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Subject: [Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?
From: stasys1 at cox.net (Stasys Petravicius)
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:05:00 -0800
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Gene- thanks for the quick reply. Just back from playing 2 hours of tennis- 
outdoors. A bit chilly- but nice now. Best, Stasys
On Dec 8, 2011, at 10:31 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:

> Hi Stasys,
> 
> Well it is 27 F today, unfortunately the warm weather has left us for the 
> next 4 months. ;(  It will get colder as winter moves in on us.  Nice to 
> hear Leica NJ did the battery refurb for you at a decent price.  The guy 
> who did my cables and refurbs batteries is Michael Bass.  He does a pretty 
> good job, and is relatively fast.  I think he also did some batteries for 
> Doug Herr.  Anyway here is his e-mail:  MichaelBass at charter.net
> 
> I need to send in my R8DMR to Leica one of these days, as the motor does 
> not completely wind the shutter every now and then, I think a capacitor in 
> the motor is getting weak.  This is not a big deal, but an annoyance, 
> since I have to push the shutter button a second time to get it properly 
> wound.  In the meantime, I have bought a Nikon D700 as a second body and 
> am using some old manual focus lenses from way back when the Nikon F was 
> their current camera.  I have also 2 auto focus lenses for it.  but I 
> prefer using the R8DMR.
> 
> Enjoy that warm weather.  Cheers,
> Gene
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stasys Petravicius" <stasys1 at cox.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 9:28:38 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?
> 
> Gene - Hope it's not too cold in Iowa- here is it about 50 F this morning. 
> I turned in my DMR battery to Leica NJ and they sold me a rebuilt one for 
> $150- and not their normal $190 price since I had the R9/DMR CLA'd.  I 
> have 2 R8's with motor drives and both batteries are shot. What is the 
> name/email of the guy who redid a battery for you? Leica NJ wants $285 to 
> have that battery refurbished in Germany. Best, Stasys
> On Dec 6, 2011, at 8:18 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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