Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]eric, there are two other cards faster than the one u are using now 1) sandisk ultra III 2) ridata 155x card (mydigitaldiscount.com) both are about twice as fast the ultra ii On 8/16/05, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: > Spoke with Leica NJ -- it is my R8. It needs an upgraded brain to > communicate with the DMR. Shooting too fast causes the body and back > to jam up and lose communication. > > First impressions on the DMR: > > 1) Slow - IE, 2 FPS. But I am used to shooting with a motor drive and > think nothing of blowing through a roll in several minutes. > > 2) Filling the buffer with 10 images and then having to wait for the > back to write to the SD is immediately annoying. I am using 10mb/sec > SD cards from Sandisk (the fastest you can go these days). Waiting for > back to catch up to you will annoy many. > > 3) Very intuitive interface. > > 4) Few test shots I got to look at really DO look like film! > > Eric > > > > On 8/16/05, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sandisk Ultra II 2gb. Read/Write max is 10mb/sec (I think) > > > > Eric > > > > On 8/16/05, mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> wrote: > > > eric > > > > > > the motor on the dmr is not the same as the r8 motor drive so the > > > sounds is ok. > > > what kind of sd card are u using? > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/15/05, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So.. the DMR arrived today.. > > > > I think my R8 may be older than I thought. It doesn't seem to play > > > > well with the DMR. > > > > > > > > Here is my "HELP!" post to the leica forum: > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > Just got my DMR today. It mated easily to my R8. > > > > Seems to work ok until I try to take a series of shots. Suddenly > > > > after > > > > 4 or 5 shots, the shuter will fire but the drive will not recock the > > > > shutter. > > > > > > > > When this happens I can still push the shutter release and the > > > > digital > > > > back 'thinks' it is taking pictures, but the shutter will not fire > > > > and > > > > the results (of course) are blackness. > > > > > > > > Only way to get out this 'jam' is to disconnect the drive unit and > > > > reconnect it. > > > > > > > > Plus, to my ear, the motor sounds wimpy compared to my motor drive -- > > > > which stills works perfectly well when I switch back to film & drive. > > > > > > > > HELP! > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------- > > > regards, mehrdad > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad