Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll add that Carmen Vargas, @ Leica NJ, was one of the nicest, most helpful people, I've ever dealt with, anywhere ! > From: gpinkcp at msn.com > To: lug at leica-users.org > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 23:32:28 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR-Leica service > > Yep, sent R8 and DMR. > I tried numerous times to clean contacts, which I hoped would do trick as > per usual. > But somehow they weren't connecting properly. Applying pressure upwards on > the power unit at contact area, would fire it right up. > But the instant pressure was removed, it would die again :( > > > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 11:34:59 -0500 > > From: grduprey at mchsi.com > > To: lug at leica-users.org > > Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR-Leica service > > > > You could have just taken a couple of cotton swabs with alcohol and > > cleaned them yourself. Five minutes and done. But it is good to hear > > they are still doing some repair work. I may just have to send mine in > > and see if they can fix the Motor Drive issue. Did you send in the R8/9 > > body also or just the DMR? > > > > Gene > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary Pinkerton" <gpinkcp at msn.com> > > To: lug at leica-users.org > > Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 8:38:53 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > > Subject: [Leica] DMR-Leica service > > > > The contacts between the power unit and sensor back were not making a > > connection. I sent to NJ, and a couple weeks later, they called, said > > they'd send to Germany. > > Couple more weeks I got another call (and written 'estimate') > > They would clean and adjust DMR, no cost and no warranty. > > The DMR came back today (2 months total that it was gone). It works > > beautifully, and to my surprise, they either refinished the housing, or > > replaced. It looks brand new. > > It had been scratched, dinged, and scraped. > > We hear some not so good stories about Leica service, so I thought I'd > > throw in a good one :) > > > > > From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com > > > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 20:24:01 -0500 > > > To: lug at leica-users.org > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji XE-1 > > > > > > I was a Kaypro man. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Remember the Osborne? > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > On Jun 4, 2013, at 6:03 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at > > > > lighttube.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Speak for yourself, Ken. I started with CP/M, then DOS. ;~) > > > > > > > > > > Jim Nichols > > > > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at > > > > > cox.net> > > > > > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:00 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji XE-1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Sort of like buying a maxed-out PC and using DOS. Oh wait, no > > > > >> one on > > > > this > > > > >> list is old enough to know what DOS was. > > > > >> > > > > >> Ken > > > > >> > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org > > > > >> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On > > > > >> Behalf Of > > > > Robert G > > > > >> Adler > > > > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM > > > > >> To: Leica Users Group > > > > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji XE-1 > > > > >> > > > > >> It's like keeping your Costco prints and throwing out your > > > > >> negatives! > > > > >> Every time you save a jpg you lose information. Also software > > > > >> improves > > > > but > > > > >> without your raw file you cant take advantage of that improvement. > > > > >> Ansel worked on prints from the Moon Over Hernandez negative for > > > > decades. No > > > > >> two prints are exactly alike. He couldn't do that saving jpgs > > > > >> only. > > > > >> Cards/memory is cheap. You can save both simultaneously with just > > > > >> some > > > > loss > > > > >> on write time. Why not save the raw too since there is a lot you > > > > >> stand > > > > to > > > > >> loose? > > > > >> Bob > > > > >> > > > > >> Bob Adler > > > > >> > > > > >> On Jun 4, 2013, at 4:13 PM, mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >>> the jpgs from fuji are so good, i don't know why i should shoot > > > > >>> raw, > > > > >>> so far both phase one and lr are compared against the in camera > > > > >>> jpgs > > > > >>> by most reviewers and jpgs stand out > > > > >>> > > > > >>> ------------------------------------- > > > > >>> regards, mehrdad > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> > > > > >>> wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> Except he doesn't shoot raw! > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Sent from my iPad > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > > > > >>>> gmail.com> > > > > >>>> wrote: > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>> Nice review: > > > > >>>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013 > > > > >>>> /06/fuji-x-e1-the-keeper.html > > > > >>>> theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/06/fuj > > > > >>>> i-x-e1-the-keeper-part-ii.html > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> Cheers > > > > >>>>> Jayanand > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > > > >>>>> 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 > > > > >>> > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > > >>> 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 > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > > > > Sonny > > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > > > > > USA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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