Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]for one thing, most of the r8 needed to get the electronic upgrade to work with the dmr, so check with leica if yours is in need one one. second, when the problem happens, does the dmr have power, i did have a faulty battery that had some contact problem. i do have an upgraded r8 that i am not using and will be up for sale as soon as i get around to it On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:18 AM, <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote: > > Well I have now been playing with my DMR for a day or so, and I have run > into a perplexing problem. After shooting a while the unit will not cock > the shutter. I can remove the power unit and cock the R8 manually and it > then works for a while. Then I have to cock it manually to get it working > again. I can manually cock the shutter and it works every time. The > battery display shows full charge, and trying to charge the batteries, they > charge only for a short time, which is what I expect if they are indeed > charged. A couple of times it sounded like a sluggish wind, so I tried to > charge them, but as I said they appear to be fully charged. The digital > section seems to work just fine every time, so no complaints there, and the > images are very nice. At this point I am thinking a connection problem, > but > very strange. Have any of you run into this problem or heard of any one > that has had it? > > Thanks for any help. > Gene > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad