Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bill, the dealer was wrong about the cameras, they are not identical to any Minolta but did use some Minolta castings. I don't know about the shutter, it is a Copal I think, I would not be surprised to find the Leica supplied item to be dearer than the same unit bought from a different source:-) Frank On 5 Jan, 2005, at 02:04, Bill Marshall wrote: > As an aside, I was in a Leica shop today where the owner had an old > Leica R3 and an old Leica R4 on display. He explained that both were > made by Minolta & were identical to Minolta models that were current > at the time, but cost 3 times as much. To make matters worse, he said, > when a shutter had to be replaced in one for a repair, the exact same > Minolta shutter cost 3 times the price when ordered from Leica. Moral > of the story: when buying from Leica, you don't always get what you > pay for.