Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Axel >Twenty years is a hell of a long time. Will I be using the same camera in >twenty years as I am now? I don't think so. >My observation was a practical one: the electronics do actually seem to >handle the horribleness of certain environments better. I'll take it six >months at a time, or eleven (my longest trip to anywhere). >Rob. > >Robert Appleby >V. Bellentani 36 >41100 MO >Italy >tel. (+39) 059 303436 >mob. (+39) 0348 336 7990 Hi Robert, For what it's worth, I bought my Leicaflex SL2 back in 1978 and another (second hand) a few years later. Neither has ever needed repair nor has ever given poor/unreliable exposures in the heat, freezing cold or pouring rain! Both shutters are still so sweet I sometimes like just listening to them!! (OK, they may not be EXACTLY 1000 sec. - probably somewhere nearer 800 maybe - but slides turn out fine, and I'm very, very critical of my own pictures.) Twenty years is a long time, as you say, and speaks volumes for the quality and durability of mechanics if done right - and the SL2 just feels right to me. As I've had faultless service from both cameras over that time, why would I assume I'd buy something else twenty years from now? Please don't take this as a criticism of electronic shutters. I'm just a poor Luddite at heart! Nick.