Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]|There is always a lot of discussion about the R8 - does anyone use the R6? I |had a serious look at this and it seems to be a great camera. The prices |second-hand are very low. Is there as problem with it? I used two R6's last year in India (11 months full-time photography). I loved the cameras despite their limitations (slow flash synch mainly) and the meter readings were very reliable and accurate. BUT - they both failed on me, due to heat and rain. Then again, maybe I shouldn't have gone out in the rain. But that would have meant four months of not taking pictures! I liked them a lot, but am now using M's with the same lens combo, although I hardly expect them to be more reliable in extreme conditions - I swapped because I was getting too many out of focus shots with the R's. I have heard (maybe on this list) that the R6 shutter mechanism is harder to service than the R6.2. This would be a consideration for me. Rob. Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow Via Bellentani 36 41100 Modena Italy Tel/fax [39] 059 303436