Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>During a trade show in Paris last month the shutter of my IIIg >‘digested’ a manually-trimmed film leader >[snip] >Four Leica failures in five consecutive assignments is getting a bit >embarrassing (three years ago I could boast that I used Leicas for >work because they were utterly reliable and had never let me down). To >be fair, the basic problem is that all my ‘fleet’ (except the IIIg) >were long overdue for CLA, but on the other hand a colleague shoots >with an ancient Pentax which he has owned for decades and never had >serviced. >[snip] > >Doug Richardson doug, i don't mean to sound snide, but the iiig is a nearly 40-year-old camera and thus it doesn't seem all that surprising that it might 'fail' during a shoot. i can't comment on the other leica failures you experienced, but if they too were screw mount cameras (and overdue for an overhaul, as you say), that doesn't surprise me either. what i do find surprising is that a professional photographer would be using such old cameras for assignments. guy p.s. and i'm not against screw mount cameras - i own and use a iiif all the time - and i love shooting with that camera - but i use it along with an m6 and current lenses. (i should add that i'm not a professional, and just take pictures for pleasure.)