[Leica] R8/DMR w/ Metz 54 MZ-3

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Metz (Mecablitz) have certainly learned their customer care lessons 
well, I think Leica was off sick during the course.
The Metz people write more understandable English too.

What it boils down to is that Metz also thinks Leica should finally get 
around to getting their act together.

Maybe we should all begin future correspondence with Leica with the line

"Thanks for your lack of interest in the Leica system"

Best from Hannover
Douglas



Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals NL wrote:
> Hello Gilbert,
>
> I recieved today this reply from Leica Solms,
> no word about the influence of the Firmware-versieon:
>
> Dear Mr.  Hess,
>
> Thanks for your interest in the Leica system.
>
> Sorry about our delay. ( It took a few weeks to answer FH)
>
>  
>
> When you want to use Leica R8 / DM-R- with some Metz flashguns 
>
> in the complete function you need the SCA adapter 3502 M4. 
>
> The Metz 54 Mz-3 with SCA-adapter 3502 M3 and Metz 50Mz-5 with 
>
> SCA-adapter 3501 M can not work in perfect way.
>
>  
>
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen / kind regards 
>
>
>
>  
>
> Ulrich Dei?
> Leica Camera AG / Informationsservice / 
>
> Oskar-Barnack-Stra?e 11 / D-35606 Solms /
>
>
>
> ________
>
>
>
> >from Metz I have become this information: (within 1 day FH)
>
>
>
> Dear Mr. Hess,
> Since with the film back all the things are fine, the wrong data are
> comming from the DMR. Be aware, the adapter SCA3502 (as well as the
> former SCA3501) were designed in order of Leica dedicated to their own
> film cameras R8, R9 etc. Later, the DMR was introduced but, in that
> case, there was no order by Leica to change the electronic inside the
> adapter SCA3502 to achieve compatibility until today. If Leica do not
> give us an order to up-date the adapter, all the things remains the
> same.
> Amazing, in the past nobody complaint this matter. But, one of my
> collegues was on a Leica exhibition in Wetzlar weeks ago and had a
> chance to check a DMR in combination with a R8. Of course, he found the
> images a bit too bright but he knows exactly that the ISO was indicated
> on flash unit and DMR correctly.
> Unfortunately, a DMR was never checked in our company. Therefore a
> detailled statement about it is not possible. 
>
> Did you set on the flash unit or camera any +/- compensation???
>
> Therefore, we recommend to get in contact with Leica directly to solve
> that problem. Since we do not know anything about a DMR we have no
> chance to check it.
> The ingeneur who has developed our SCA3501/3502 is back in his
> department tomorrow. Maybe he knows a bit more about DMR.Best Regards
>
>  Lutz Goeschel
>
> Technical Support/ Advicer
>
> ____________________
> next day he replied:
>
>
> Dear Mr. Hess,
>
>
> bad news. According a statement of our specialist, the Leica digital back 
> DMR was never checked in our company. 
>
> Therefore we have no info about it. In your case we recommend to ask Leica 
> himself.
>
> Best Regards
>
>  Lutz Goeschel
>
> Technical Support/ Advicer
>
>
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