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. I don't have a DMR (yet) but I do have an R8 and I might be in the market. Jim On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > Jim, > > I sent it in to Leica NJ. ?They did the update there in NJ. ?It was a free > update, what they called a warranty repair (My R8 was well out of warranty > and so was the DMR, as I bought it used while in Germany). ?do not know > what they did exactly, but it took about 2 weeks round trip for this > service. ?Not a download from their website, unfortunately. > > Cheers, > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Laird" <digiratidoc at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 12:32:59 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days? > > Gene, > > What was involved in the firmware update for the R8 to use the DMR? > Did you have to send it to Leica or was it a simple download? > > Jim > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:18 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