Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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