Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What! They were talking about it being field swappable - change it on the fly. Shorten its life? How long do they think people are gonna hang on to a digi back that'll be updated in a couple of years? BD, can you refer me to this statement of Leica's? Anyone else out there being kinda penny-wise at the moment, just in case the DMR is irresistible? I almost placed a bid for an R8/9 Motor Drive set the other day but pulled back when I remembered the DMR would come with it's own drive unit. Rick. On 09/01/2005, at 11:51 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Keep in mind that contrary to original impressions, Leica has said that > the DMR is NOT intended as a frequently swapable back. In fact, if > memory serves me right, they said that frequent swapping - more > frequent > than every couple weeks? - will shorten it's life span. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > eric > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:40 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] will DMR obviate need for R motor? > > > Leica's virtual tour of the DMR implies that the DMR consists of two > parts. The digital back, and drive/processor. The 'cartoon' of > switching from > digital to film implies that you only need to remove the sensor back > and > not > the drive to switch to film. > > Eric > > -------------------------------------------------- > www.faneuil.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] will DMR obviate need for R motor? > > >> You have to remove the DMR and put the normal R8/9 back in place in >> order >> to shoot film. >> >> John Collier >> >> On Jan 8, 2005, at 3:00 PM, eric korenman wrote: >> >>> So - When I buy the DMR for my R8, will it make my motor drive >>> redundant >>> when shooting film? >>> >>> (shhh, I may need to unload the motor drive to get the DMR into my >>> financial targets..) >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >