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Subject: [Leica] R8 / DMR questions
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:19:27 +0000
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I had not tried the spot meter, it is very very over so sounds like the 
nasty replacement issue :-(

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> John McMaster wrote:
> 
> >>>
> I am trying out an early R8 (sn 2294***) and a DMR (sn 10029**) and having
> some issues, I have read that some early R8s had issues with the DMR?
> 
> The exposure reading is way out, about 3 stops over, waiting for a test 
> film to
> come back. Tried it with various lenses both 3-cam and ROM.
> <<<
> 
> Which metering pattern, spot, average or matrix?  If the spot meter has 
> gone
> bad the other meter patterns will over-expose a few stops and the spot
> meter will overexpose by many many stops.  A bad spot meter means a
> mirror box replacement (USD$$$).
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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