Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:18 PM 11/11/97 -0800, you wrote: >My point is that I have never sent an R Leica in for repair. I have never >had a single failure, of any mechanism, on any of my R cameras. > >As far as I'm concerned, these cameras are tough! > >I'm starting to feel guilty. Don't Jim. You must treat your equipment with a least a modicum of respect. I always found my R4 cameras to be quite rugged, except for the film advance. But I think I'm hard on that part, I like to advance my film quickly, and that might stress them. One thing I always found about them was they were relatively inexpensive to repair. Whether it is Leica, or Don Goldberg, they never cost more than $125 to fix for anything that broke. (An old R4mot overhaul would have been $350, but it became a paper weight). My lowest repair bill once was $10. A rather large lady once kicked over my R4/motor and 280 2.8 Apo Telyt, standing on the end of the lens, at a basketball game when she got excited at a play. Again, film advance went dead, $125 to fix, and back in four days. Nikon, if I'm not mistaken, charges $75 to look at a dang camera not under warranty. Fixed or unfixed. And to fix it, hoo-boy. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child. Ron Wild