Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary Pinkerton wrote: >>> I think luck was on my side, and mine was upgraded before I purchased :) <<< > Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:23:25 -0600 > From: grduprey at mchsi.com > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you buy a Leicaflex SL2 these days? > > Mine had the gold contacts from the beginning, but still needed updating, it is a firmware update from what Leica NJ told me. > > Gene I don't know if there are any visual clues that identify an R8 as DMR-ready. My first R8 was purchased used in 2005 IIRC and worked with the DMR from the start. Perhaps Adam Bridge can tell us when it was first purchased. It's the energizer bunny; it keeps going and going and going and going... The second R8 was a freebie with the second DMR (tangled shutter blades). It has flat gold contacts, FWIW. Once I untangled the shutter blades it too has been like the energizer bunny. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE