Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/09

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Subject: Re: camera failures/RTSIII & R8
From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 97 23:23:24 -0400

>I did call the figure "MRBF, average" and I hope it passes critical eyes. 
>The 4 bodies were turned around in use, trying to accomplish an even 
>load. However no exact figures on how many rolls which body actually did 
>were recorded. Nor did I record any max or min rolls before a failure 
>occurred.

Otto,

Do you subject your cameras to unusual conditions? Since you shoot from 
aircraft, are they subjected to a lot of vibration or changes in 
temperature/humidity or something else that would account for your 
failure rate?

- - Paul