[LRflex] Re: Is it worth repairing the R3?
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:57:54 +0200
Difficult question, and a bit of a quandary too.
One consideration could be getting it repaired in order to sell it
rather than use it - you could probably recoup the repair costs and make
more on the camera than you could expect when selling it with the tag -
"defective, in need of repair". But then again, having it repaired makes
you less likely to want to sell it.
If I personally look at my camera collection, there are things in there
that I would never use, hardly ever take out of the cabinet, are even
virtually worthless - in a rational world I would have dumped them years
ago - but it just doesn't work that way.
Douglas
Juan Gea-Banacloche wrote:
>My R3 is acting up. Some exposures are blank. Nothing. Zero. 5 in a
>24-exp roll and 3 in the subsequent 36-exp.
>
>When I open the camera without film and look, I am unable to see a
>problem at any manually selected speed or in Auto, either with spot
>or center-weighted metering.
>
>I can live without the R3, which has a worse reputation than I think
>deserves, but I hate to throw a camera I like so much. (In fact, it
>has almost everything I need, except I would like faster shutter
>speeds). I am guessing that having it repaired by Leica (if they
>still do... I know they service from R4 on, but I am not sure about
>the R3) is more expensive than buying one with 6 moth warranty from
>(say) KEH or Adorama.
>
>Does anyone have experience or suggestions (in terms of shops to send
>it to and cost)?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Juan
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