[Leica] will DMR obviate need for R motor?

[leica_korenman at hotmail.com (Eric)]

So .. To shoot film do you have to remove both the back and drive?
IE, I will still my R motor drive?

thanks
Eric

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] will DMR obviate need for R motor?


> Rick, during the live chat held when Leica announced the DMR delay, I 
> asked
> about swapping backs shortening the life of the DMR.  I was told that 
> there
> would be no problem, it would not shorten the life.  This contradicts what 
> I
> was told a few weeks before when I handled the DMR in Walnut Creek.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
>
> I asked on 1/9/05 2:33 AM, Rick Dykstra at rdcb37@dodo.com.au wrote:
>
>> What!  They were talking about it being field swappable - change it on
>> the fly.   Shorten its life?  How long do they think people are gonna
>> hang on to a digi back that'll be updated in a couple of years?
>>
>> BD, can you refer me to this statement of Leica's?
>>
>> Anyone else out there being kinda penny-wise at the moment, just in
>> case the DMR is irresistible?  I almost placed a bid for an R8/9 Motor
>> Drive set the other day but pulled back when I remembered the DMR would
>> come with it's own drive unit.
>>
>> Rick.
>>
>> On 09/01/2005, at 11:51 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:
>>
>>> Keep in mind that contrary to original impressions, Leica has said that
>>> the DMR is NOT intended as a frequently swapable back. In fact, if
>>> memory serves me right, they said that frequent swapping - more
>>> frequent
>>> than every couple weeks? - will shorten it's life span.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>>> eric
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:40 PM
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] will DMR obviate need for R motor?
>>>
>>>
>>> Leica's virtual tour of the DMR implies that the DMR consists of two
>>> parts. The digital back, and drive/processor.  The 'cartoon' of
>>> switching from
>>> digital to film implies that you only need to remove the sensor back
>>> and
>>> not
>>> the drive to switch to film.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
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>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:23 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] will DMR obviate need for R motor?
>>>
>>>
>>>> You have to remove the DMR and put the normal R8/9 back in place in
>>>> order
>>>> to shoot film.
>>>>
>>>> John Collier
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 8, 2005, at 3:00 PM, eric korenman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So - When I buy the DMR for my R8, will it make my motor drive
>>>>> redundant
>>>>> when shooting film?
>>>>>
>>>>> (shhh, I may need to unload the motor drive to get the DMR into my
>>>>> financial targets..)
>>>>>
>>>>> Eric
>>>>>
>>>>>
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