[Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?

[gpinkcp at msn.com (Gary Pinkerton)]

Doug H. probably knows for sure, but I believe you can tell an upgraded R8 
by the gold contacts on bottom rear of film chamber. 
Seems like when the contacts are 'flat' (they are on mine) there's been an 
upgrade, and the contacts were swapped from the (possibly) concave originals.
There's a chance I'm just imagining this, so don't hold me to it !

> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:24:05 -0600
> From: digiratidoc at gmail.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?
> 
> Gene,
> 
> Thanks. I don't have a DMR (yet) but I do have an R8 and I might be in
> the market.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM,  <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
> > Jim,
> >
> > I sent it in to Leica NJ.  They did the update there in NJ.  It was a 
> > free update, what they called a warranty repair (My R8 was well out of 
> > warranty and so was the DMR, as I bought it used while in Germany).  do 
> > not know what they did exactly, but it took about 2 weeks round trip for 
> > this service.  Not a download from their website, unfortunately.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gene
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Laird" <digiratidoc at gmail.com>
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 12:32:59 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?
> >
> > Gene,
> >
> > What was involved in the firmware update for the R8 to use the DMR?
> > Did you have to send it to Leica or was it a simple download?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM,  <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
> >> I have one of the early to mid production R8's and never had any 
> >> problems with it and definitely no film scratching.  I did have to have 
> >> it updated, firmware wise so it would work correctly with the DMR.
> >>
> >> Gene
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko at sympatico.ca>
> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 10:06:24 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?
> >>
> >> Just one of those weird Leica things.
> >>
> >> Turn it around, why is the R9 selling for so much more than the R8, it
> >> is virtually the same camera.
> >>
> >> But, tangible reasons - the R9 has a lock button for the mode selector,
> >> and a lot of the electronic bugs in early R8's, and film scratching,
> >> were solved in the R9.  So, the R9 is more reliable.
> >>
> >> Reliability is worth the extra bucks.
> >>
> >> Vick
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/5/2011 10:38 PM, James Laird wrote:
> >>> Why is the R8 selling for so much less than the R9? Less than half the
> >>> cost at KEH anyway.
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >>
> >>
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