The reason no one will repair an R3 is that there are two surface mount circuit boards on each side of the prism with a hornet's nest of wires between them (and wires going every where else). The solder joints break where the wires connect to the CB. Figure out what wire is the problem is, re-solder the wire(s), put all back together only to find out that another wire broke. I thought everyone quit repairing them 20 or more years ago. I really liked the camera but I went through 3 (2 are around here somewhere). Gave up an bought an SL2. There is a reason DAG can make a repair in 6 weeks and other repairs take a year, he's no different than any competent Leica repair person. Good luck, post on here if you get it repaired an by who. I'd love to get one of mine working again.
i have just asked for it back. If it is that difficult --and i told dag this in june -- and he doesn't want to do the camera i'd pay to have it sent back. I have now sent him the postage.
The problem is strictly mechanical -- a linkage under the lens mount which, I thought, would be simple. If not, no biggie, send it back and no hard feelings, is what i told him in june.
since then silence. if he's just snowed under and the place is overwhelmed, my advice to him would be to refuse any more repairs of anything until he works through the backlog. If he's doing stuff he wants, and letting other stuff slide, that's his pirogative but i don't want to play that game.
