Re[2]: Shortage of Used R 6.2 Leicas??

[seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com]

     Hi,
     
      I still have and use two R3's.  They have never failed me so far.  
     Several years ago I was using a R3MOT with a winder which served me as 
     well.  I don't think 20 years have something to do.  To add one more 
     to the R4 users, I also have and use three or four R4's with no 
     problem at all.  I have heard that most of the R4 with the serial 
     numbers below 1.6 million has been corrected.  I personally have had 
     no problem whatsoever with any R3, R4 or R4S.  They are all Leica 
     which have supposedly passed the most stringent Leica quality check.  
     It is your personal taste and minor features you prefer to use.
     
     Regards,
     David

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Subject: Re: Shortage of Used R 6.2 Leicas??
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internetmail
Date:    7/9/97 10:31 AM


In einer eMail vom 08.07.97  20:08:01, schreiben Sie:
     
<< I got tired of changing batteries all
 the time and got a mechanical watch. >>
     
I got your point, but I would strongly recommend a R4s or a R-E instead of a 
R6.2. They are substantly cheaper, feature the better finder displays and 
give xou auto exposure just in the case you would not be in the mood for 
manual setting. And the R6.2 needs batteries too - because what is a slide 
film woth, if you do not have an accurate exposure meter :-)
     
IMHO it is the lenses what makes the Leica R System so special. The cameras 
are more or less just average. If I had no doubts about the durability of 70's 
electronic circuits I would not hesitate to suggest a good, clean R3. It is a 
good camera and it features almost everything you need to operate a Leica lens 
successfully (only TTL flash is really missing). But these babies are more 
than 20 years old by now, which is quite a time for an early electronic 
apparatus.
     
Frank