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dkpeterborough · 07/09/08, 05:35 PM

$770 is exorbitant ... I shopped around this morning for a service/repair to a non working Minolta XM body with 50mm f1.2 lens with a sticky diaphragm and was quoted basic service cost of £87 ... so am sending it to the repair shop .. I asked "Do you also service Leicas?" and was advised 'Yes" so also sending a Leica IIIb and an M2 for CLA's for which quoted approx £80 each ... and they are also going to look at my Rollei Heidoscop Stereo camera with a faulty diaphragm adjustment coupling ... Total cost for the everything will probably be less than £350 ie $700 (ish) for four cameras and one lens.

It is best to shop around and get quotes elsewhere before sending to manufacturers ... unless repair is so complex that a competent repairman cant do it . My Minolta XM is probably more mechanically complex than an R4.

Cheers

dunk

07/09/08, 05:35 PM	#18 (permalink)
dkpeterborough Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 06/27/04 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 542	Re: R4 repair, is it worth it? $770 is exorbitant ... I shopped around this morning for a service/repair to a non working Minolta XM body with 50mm f1.2 lens with a sticky diaphragm and was quoted basic service cost of £87 ... so am sending it to the repair shop .. I asked "Do you also service Leicas?" and was advised 'Yes" so also sending a Leica IIIb and an M2 for CLA's for which quoted approx £80 each ... and they are also going to look at my Rollei Heidoscop Stereo camera with a faulty diaphragm adjustment coupling ... Total cost for the everything will probably be less than £350 ie $700 (ish) for four cameras and one lens. It is best to shop around and get quotes elsewhere before sending to manufacturers ... unless repair is so complex that a competent repairman cant do it . My Minolta XM is probably more mechanically complex than an R4. Cheers dunk __________________ Every day has its dog ...