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[rlocurto@pccsite.com (Ruth Locurto)]

Ian Stanley wrote:

  Hello to all,

          My Minilux has just let me down.  For some reason it will
  not load
  colour negative or tranparency films - only TRI-X.  BTW "only TRI-X
  is not a
  slur against that film - it is my personal favourite".  When I
  insert the
  other films the thing whirs away, stops and then the frame counter
  flashes
  the number one continually and nothing else happens.  I loaded and
  shot 2
  rolls of TRI-X and the exposures were on so I don't think that it
  went to a
  default DX reading or anything like that.  I have also checked and
  cleaned
  all contacts and istalled a new and tested battery with the same
  results.

          Any ideas?  There doesn't seem to be a Leica repair shop
  here.

Why did you retire the Nikon and Olympous's? You upgraded or they broke?
I would have thought they were reliable, if not durable.
Regards, Mark Wilk rlocurto@pccsite.com (8~)

  Question #2 - why did I buy a camera that relies on such technology?

          There have been some questions lately about the build
  quality of the
  M4-P.  This is the only M I have ever used, I only have one body and
  it has
  been functioning for 12 years under hard use in adverse conditions.
  It has
  always and still functions flawlessly.  I don't know what some of
  the others
  are like to use but I am happy with the M4-P.  During this same
  period I
  have used 3 Olympus M4's and 1 Nikon F90X - all of them finally had
  to be
  retired.  The Leica is still going.  I read a quote the other day -
  "I use a
  Nikon and a Lecia, that way if one of them breaks down I will always
  have
  the Leica".

  Ian Stanley

  Kathmandu, Nepal