Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] R8 / DMR questions
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:50:15 +0000
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Thanks Gene, I wasn't sure what the issue was with early R8's

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> John,
> 
> the meter problem is probably a bad or misadjusted meter.  The shutter
> issue is probably a compatibility issue with the DMR, and the early R8.  
> Mine
> had this same issue and was fixed by Leica NJ for free as a warranty
> adjustment, even though neither were in warranty.  Once they were
> calibrated together everything worked just fine.
> 
> Gene
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 4:34:28 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Leica] R8 / DMR questions
> 
> 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.
> 
> Batteries seems to have decent charge but neither DMR release fires the
> shutter and the shutter is not re-cocked - have to do the latter by hand.
> 
> Are these incompatibilities or is something broken? I have read that some
> early R8s had to be sent back to Leica for something to be changed?
> 
> john
> 


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