I had an R4 with a "bad" serial number for years, but never had any problems with it (and I've heard many similar tales from others - any bad R4s have probably long been fixed). I recently "upgraded" to an R5 just for the 1/2000... ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike B. <funsky1@xxxxxxxxx> To: LeicaReflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 4:49:09 AM Subject: [LRflex] R cameras I have had a used R-E for about 3 years and like it. Almost bought a nicer//less used R3 today but something wasn't right in Automatic mode. It had not been demo'ed in 2 years and we loaded new batteries but it kept defaulting to 1/1000th of a second for shutter speed. I know that R4's can be quirky (they had a used body and never-sold new body in R4's) and I really did not want to pay what they wanted for a used R6 body. Any thoughts on the R3's problems? Regards, Michael aka funsky1 ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/