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 02:18:24 +0000
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Thanks, it was whether it was the same issue or two....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> On Nov 15, 2013, at 4:34 PM, 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.
> >
> > 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?
> 
> sounds like a number of things going wrong.
> 
> my R8/DMR works as intended.
> meter is quite superb 99% of the time.
> color balance can go a bit strange on occasion
> 
> sounds like it needs some work to play well with DMR
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 


In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] R8 / DMR questions)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] R8 / DMR questions)