Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was just quoted $337.50 USD for complete work on my R4, which has not had CLA since purchased about 20 years ago. This includes CLA, replacement of clutch, clean or replace switches, replacement of foam seals, clean my very dirty screen and viewfinder "as well as possible". Sounds like a lot, but the camera has served me perfectly, has the newer 'R' screen, and I am very comfortable with it. When done, I figure I should have an excellent camera for use with all my R lenses. If I went to the second hand market for something affordable, I would have to pay close to $1k for a fairly new used camera, and I would want to do a similar CLA on any older, cheaper camera. Incidentally, everytime I have changed a viewfinder screen on an R camera, it takes me a try or three to get the screen properly seated, and invariably I seem to shake loose some heavy black specks that look like grease-laden dust hunks, appearing on my newly seated screen. I'm virtually certain these come from within the camera. Anyone have similar exeriences or suggestions how I can avoid this? Julian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas M. Sharp" <DouglasMSharp@netscape.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Expensive Leica service Thanks for the information, I'll bear this in mind the next time I find one at a decent price. I'm still looking for an R4mot electronic and a late model R4 for my collection, the basis of which is to find one of the first and one of the last of each SLR model in perfect working order, looks like this may be a little difficult in the case of the first R4 model but I'll keep trying. Douglas John Collier schrieb: > The R4 is not an easy camera to service and may require service more > often than usual. Some, mostly early ones, are real lemons. The R4s > and up are much much better cameras. My Leica tech charges > significantly more to service R4 cameras and offers a much shorter > warranty period on R4 cameras as well. > > John Collier > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information