Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another vote for Michael Bass. I got mine back within a fortnight including transatlantic shipping. Great service and good value. Best wishes, Charlie Chan Cheltenham, UK topoxforddoc at btinternet.com www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 7 Dec 2010, at 16:08, Gary Pinkerton wrote: > > Doug and all > I've had 4 batteries rebuilt by Michael Bass and they all seem to be just > fine; getting ''about'' 150 shots RAW per battery [well, I haven't had > chance to run out the very last one, but it seems ok so far] > > I've tested Michael's SLA battery cables, his Li-Poly battery cables, his > AC power unit, and Tekkeon power cables. > I give a thumbs up to all of them. > I was not able to test the life of each unit so that's to be determined. > The Tekkeon is rated [I believe] for -4 F, which is probably lower than > the internals can go. No chance to try that either, but that's ok :) > None of these units would fire the DMR at it's max rated 9 shot burst, > only getting 3 - 4 shots at best, until I switched R8 bodies. > On a whim to see if my older R8 would even work with the DMR, I found it > not only worked, but it would shoot those 9 shot bursts with the external > setups with no trouble ! The first R8 worked fine otherwise, except for > the burst issue. > > Also, Michael is a good guy to work with and talk to, very accommodating, > and patient too. I'm pretty 'tech limited' so I needed a lot of > instruction :) > > Gary > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information