Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to everybody for opinions about Jim Kuehl & Co., which were largely quite positive. I tried to buy that R6 from him, but it was gone. After calling around a bit, I found that Don Chatterton had one, which I did order, and I'll know pretty soon how that went... Incidentally, this is to replace an R4S that used to be my second body (I mostly use an R6.2) -- I got tired of not being able to see the manually set shutter speed in the viewfinder, and Leica USA wanted $275 to modify the body to show it, so I sold the body and coughed up the extra cash for an R6. I find it very surprising that the R4S was built not to show the manually set shutter speed in the viewfinder, given that both the R4 and the R4S Mod P (Mod 2 in Europe) show it. It must have cost them extra to tool up to make a viewfinder that didn't show it! My guess is that this was a brilliant marketing idea based on the notion that the R4S was supposed to be an entry-level camera for people who would be confused if they saw both a meter reading showing a shutter speed, and a set shutter speed simultaneously. -Patrick