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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 11:00:49 -0800
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Gary- Thanks for the info!! Stasys
On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Gary Pinkerton wrote:

> Apologies for butting in....
> Stasys, I'm pretty sure it was Michael Bass.
> He rebuilt 4 batteries for me, and let me, Gene and others test some of 
> his power sources for the DMR.
> Nice guy too:)
> If link does not work then just search for Michael Bass Designs
> Gary
> http://michaelbass.blogspot.com/2007/09/sync-cords.html#Leica_DMR_BatPack_Comp
> 
>> From: stasys1 at cox.net
>> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:28:38 -0800
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> 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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In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com) ([Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?)
Message from stasys1 at cox.net (Stasys Petravicius) ([Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?)
Message from gpinkcp at msn.com (Gary Pinkerton) ([Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days?)