Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]-- [ From: Jack Hamilton * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- Jorge, and other Leica list readers: The r-4s was a good reliable Leica box. It supposedly did not have some of the mechanical shortcomings of the earlier r-4. I use the word SUPPOSEDLY because I own three r-4 boxes and have never had any trouble with them...and they've each had thousands upons thousands of rolls through them. (The last one that I sent in for a complete Leica overhaul, had been dunked in Lake Michigan...and so certainly deserved some tender, loving, and DRYing care. I have a professional photojournalist collegue that has three of the r-4s boxes...and he's used them for years and loves them. When the boxes are available in Milwaukee, here at Reimers, they typically sell for (bodies only, in excellent condition) around 800-1100 dollars WITHOUT ANY LENS. Fifty mm Summicrons in excellent shape go for about $600-700 here... So, your deal for $900 sounds very, very reasonable. I just hope that the previous owner doesns't know something about the camera that you don't. And, of course, maybe the present owner just needs quick cash. And we all know that Leicas can be a good source of that. In short, it if looks, feels and handles good...and most importantly, IF THE CAMERA WILL DO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO---then go for it! Cordially, Jack Hamilton Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA 202-2804@mcimail.com -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- > Date: Monday, 02-Oct-95 03:37 PM > > From: Jorge Saravia \ Internet: > (jsaravia@riscadmin.uniandes.edu.co) > From: Jorge Saravia \ Internet: > (jsaravia@riscadmin.uniandes.edu.co) > To: Jack Hamilton \ MCI Mail: (JHAMILTON / MCI ID: 202-2804) > > Subject: Leica R4 S (looking for advice) > > To the Leica Users Group: > > Some one is selling a second hand R4 S, the price is US$ 900. The price > includes a German made R4S black body, a 50 f/2 summicrom (made in canada), > and a Leica UV filter. > > The camera looks like new, but, it has a finger print on the shutter metallic > courtain, and, it has a little peak made of the black finishing material on > the prism top surface (in front of the hot shoe). > > My questions are : > > 1- Is Us$900 a good price for that camera ? > 2- Is it worth to buy it ? > > Thanks in advance. > > Jorge Saravia. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > JORGE SARAVIA RIOS > FACULTAD DE ADMINISTRACION > UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES > COLOMBIA, S.A. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > E-MAIL:jsaravia@riscadmin.uniandes.edu.co > Phone: (571)2849911 ext. 2350 > Fax: (571)2841890 > Mail: a. a. 4976, Bogota, Colombia > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------- REPLY, End of original message --------