Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The vagaries of the R system, including the frequent changes in lens cams (three between 1968 and 1977), the wide variety of body styles and sizes (medium [std. & SL]; medium large [SL2]; large [R3]; small [R4, R5, R6, R7,]; and very large [R8]) are disconcerting to the collector and user alike, especially when contrasted to the RF series, which, in the last 30 years, has had only one major body size/type variation (M5) in the main range. Almost any lens from 1954 on will work on an M6. One could argue (as I do) that with the SL2, Leica achieved the pinnacle of (their) mechanical reflex design, the abandonment of which could be considered a blunder from which they have only recently (and only partially) recovered, in the R8. - -- On Wed, 24 May 2000 19:32:26 Nathan Wajsman wrote: >Chuck, > >The R system in general has not aroused collectors' passion in the way that the M >system does. The only exception are mint Leicaflexes, perhaps. In addition, the R4 >supposedly had some problems below serial number 1600000, and many people are >shunning those, further depressing the price. > >Nathan > >cec@vbe.com wrote: > >> Just curious as to why the R4 is such an unpopular camera. Used in Ex condition >> seem to pretty cheap. Was there a lot of problems with this version? >> Chuck > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Overijse, Belgium and Zurich, Switzerland >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator >Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman > > > Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com