Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When they announced the DMR they said that the early R8's might not work. I had an early one, but it had to be replaced, so I'm hopeful that iffffff I ever had a DMR it would work. Does anyone know the serial number of the "change"? Eric Korenman writes: > Spoke with Leica NJ -- it is my R8. It needs an upgraded brain to > communicate with the DMR. Shooting too fast causes the body and back > to jam up and lose communication. > > First impressions on the DMR: > > 1) Slow - IE, 2 FPS. But I am used to shooting with a motor drive and > think nothing of blowing through a roll in several minutes. > > 2) Filling the buffer with 10 images and then having to wait for the > back to write to the SD is immediately annoying. I am using 10mb/sec > SD cards from Sandisk (the fastest you can go these days). Waiting for > back to catch up to you will annoy many. > > 3) Very intuitive interface. > > 4) Few test shots I got to look at really DO look like film! > > Eric > > > > On 8/16/05, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sandisk Ultra II 2gb. Read/Write max is 10mb/sec (I think) >> >> Eric >> >> On 8/16/05, mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> wrote: >> > eric >> > >> > the motor on the dmr is not the same as the r8 motor drive so the >> > sounds is ok. >> > what kind of sd card are u using? >> > >> > >> > >> > On 8/15/05, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > So.. the DMR arrived today.. >> > > I think my R8 may be older than I thought. It doesn't seem to play >> > > well with the DMR. >> > > >> > > Here is my "HELP!" post to the leica forum: >> > > >> > > ---- >> > > >> > > Just got my DMR today. It mated easily to my R8. >> > > Seems to work ok until I try to take a series of shots. Suddenly after >> > > 4 or 5 shots, the shuter will fire but the drive will not recock the >> > > shutter. >> > > >> > > When this happens I can still push the shutter release and the digital >> > > back 'thinks' it is taking pictures, but the shutter will not fire and >> > > the results (of course) are blackness. >> > > >> > > Only way to get out this 'jam' is to disconnect the drive unit and >> > > reconnect it. >> > > >> > > Plus, to my ear, the motor sounds wimpy compared to my motor drive -- >> > > which stills works perfectly well when I switch back to film & drive. >> > > >> > > HELP! >> > > >> > > thanks, >> > > Eric >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Leica Users Group. >> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ------------------------------------- >> > regards, mehrdad >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Alastair Firkin www.afirkin.com www.familyofman2.com