Re: [Leica] Should the R8 be avoided? (was:R8 woes.)

[Francesco <fls@san.rr.com>]

I have owned TWO different NEW R8 bodies, one chrome and one black,
and neither have provided any reason for any feelings other than love
and appreciation.  In other words, they are awesome and I have NEVER had
a single problem with either body.

Francesco



At 09:17 PM 2/9/99 , Alan Ball wrote:
>John Hudson wrote:
>> What I hear is
>> that perhaps the R8 should be avoided.
>
>Well, this seems like a logical conclusion to this thread, no ? 
>
>Either the statistical image of unreliability given here really reflects
>proportionnaly through the LUG and (very probably) the outer world, and
>buying the R8 (and winder) should be considered as a very risky and
>frustrating experience. 
>
>Or only the unsatisfied have related their experience and we have a
>grunty unfounded thread that is potentialy very dangerous for the
>reputation of that range.
>
>I, for one, would NOT have bought a R8 last December if this exact same
>thread had developped just before I made the purchase.
>
>So, is this founded or unfounded ? Are there only 2 persons on the LUG
>who have had a normal, problem free, experience with the R8 ? Could we
>initiate a round of calls on user satisfaction, and count the "good" and
>the "bad" stories ?
>
>i suggest not to repost the experience itself, simply state one of the
>following:
>
>1. Yes, I have had to send back one or more R8 (body nr XXXX, bought in
>mm/yy) for fixing of factory induced problems (name problem in 5 words
>max).
>2. No, I have bever had to send back one of my R8 (body nr XXXX bought
>in mm/yy)
>3. I have had to send back a R8 due to a user induced incident
>
>Thanks for the input: this just might produce a more 'correct' image of
>the situation.
>
>Alan
>