[Leica] Re:R digital back

[jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Felix:

I don't have any comments on the DMR's startup delay... but I do have a 
long-in-the-tooth Kodak/Nikon DCS460, which is a 6mp digital back fitted 
to a Nikon N90.  I've found that it's a heck of a lot easier to clean 
the sensor on it by removing the Kodak back, than it is cleaning 
assensor deep inside a camera... as in my Pentax isDS.

Jim

F?lix L?pez de Maturana wrote:

> I've had a attentive look to the R digital back instructions booklet and 
> I am a little worried about two points
> 
> 1. The start up seems to be three seconds when last cheap DSLRs have an 
> almost instantly start up
> 2. No TTL flash with the digital back at least up to the moment when 
> Metz launches a like-TTL flash
> 
> Knowing thew big problems of sensor cleaning I like the idea of 
> detaching the back from the camera and cleaning directly. Leica suggest 
> Sensor Swabs and Eclipse that, in my experience, is among the best 
> sensor cleaning product.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Felix
>