Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, My R4SP had the same failure, electronics just fine, but those reconditioned Minolta mechanicals are not up to spec. ;-D Gene -------------- Original message from Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>: -------------- > Frank Dernie wrote: > > >Actually electronics have been shown to be very much more reliable and > >accurate than mechanical devices. The problem repairing electronic > >devices in 60 years time will be availability of spares. In the case > >of mechanical cameras the same problem will exist. > As a mechanical engineer I agree. In the Leicaflexes there are a few > selected mechanical parts that can be replicated by a good machinist but > most mechanical parts are grossly uneconomical to fabricate on a one-off > basis. Even in the old Leicaflexes several components were mass-produced > sub-assemblies that cannot be repaired if damaged, only replaced, like the > low-speed and high-speed shutter timing modules and the self-timer. Only > the very first models of the Leicaflex > Standard have discrete components for high-speed shutter timing. > As far as reliability is concerned, I have an R4s body that came to me as > spare parts from a very humid environment. The electronic stuff is > working well, the > aperture stop-down mechanism is bad. YMMV. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information