Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] why is the R4 so cheap?
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Fri Apr 30 07:47:07 2004
 
Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> wrote:

> it's no M3 or even an M6, but why are these cameras so cheap? 

Rei, the R4 is cheap partly because of the reasons others have mentioned, and partly because they're a *&%# pain in the a$$ to service.  Among the improvements in the R4sP, carried forward to the R5, RE and later bodies, is better servicability.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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