My Blad required service every other year, too. If you are going to run as much film through a camera as a working pro, you should expect to have to maintain your camera bodies. If you are going to shoot four or five rolls of film a year, like most ordinary citizens, then maybe you could get away with having your camera serviced every four or five years.
There are no cameras, at least those with interchangeable lenses, that never require service. To avoid service completely, buy disposable cameras and dispose of them regularly. Otherwise, reconcile yourself to the necessity of a CLA at regular intervals and a repair when a problem arises. We don't expect our cars to do without regular mainteance, so why do we expect our cameras to be maintenance free? Len ---- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:18 PM Subject: Way OT now: New Limited Lenses? > Leica never, ever made a camera like the PZ or the LX, either. > > > Leica offers real product support to their customers, and never > > made a camera that required service every 1500 exposures. > > William Robb > > > > Good thing, too. If what I hear about the reliability of the R series is > true. > > My Leica requires service regularly (every other year or so) no matter how > many (or few) shots I take with it. Slow speeds get slower, rangefinders need > tweaking. > > I love my Leica, but I fail to understand why people ascribe such "magical" > properties to them. It's a simple, well made mechanical device. For goodness > sake, it should be reliable. So's my Craftsman claw hammer, but it ain't > magic.... > > It's a lot easier to support clawhammers than microprocessors. > > Yeah, uh huh, I think we'll get see how great their support is with the new > M7... > > Whatever. > > Chris L. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
