Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, it was whether it was the same issue or two.... john > -----Original Message----- > > On Nov 15, 2013, at 4:34 PM, John McMaster wrote: > > > I am trying out an early R8 (sn 2294***) and a DMR (sn 10029**) and > > having > some issues, I have read that some early R8s had issues with the DMR? > > > > The exposure reading is way out, about 3 stops over, waiting for a test > > film > to come back. Tried it with various lenses both 3-cam and ROM. > > > > Batteries seems to have decent charge but neither DMR release fires the > shutter and the shutter is not re-cocked - have to do the latter by hand. > > > > Are these incompatibilities or is something broken? I have read that some > early R8s had to be sent back to Leica for something to be changed? > > sounds like a number of things going wrong. > > my R8/DMR works as intended. > meter is quite superb 99% of the time. > color balance can go a bit strange on occasion > > sounds like it needs some work to play well with DMR > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >