Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R4? R4S?
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 20:20:52 -0800

At 08:24 PM 1/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>LUGs,
>
>The fates are laughing heartily at me.  A few weeks ago an R4 outfit
>joined me and the labrador in the household.  Today, my local photo
>supplier smirked as I zeroed in on the R4S that just appeared in the used
>equipment case. 
>
>I recall some discussions about the relative quality of the various R4
>permutations with some consensus that the later version (R4S) was a more
>reliable piece. Because I really don't use all the exposure metering modes
>of the R4, do you folks think a replacement with the R4S is the way to go? 
>
>Roy
>

Without going into detail again (you can get it from the archives) get an
R4sP. Internal improvements, control improvements, and easy bracketing.
Don't get an R4, or an R4s. An R4s is just a stripped R4.

Jim