Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Can someone explain why?
From: Mikiro Mori <arbos@iname.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 20:03:07 +0100

At 7:06 PM +0100 1/13/99, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Well, I guess this what differentiates Leica from "gadgets". In all fairness,
>the
> Ricoh SLR referred to is a cheap one. But as far as I know, there are also
>much
> more expensive Japanese cameras which are not repairable after 10 years. I
>would
> find it utterly unacceptable.
>
> The Leica is for me a mental antidote from our consumerist throw-away culture
> (aside from being a wonderful picture-taking tool).

Is R3 repairable now?  I was told "No".  Well, repairable or not, I regret
having parted with mine, which looked like-new and worked flawlessly.  :-)

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