Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Other than a few which were self inflicted, I've never had a problem with my 6006, 6008 Pro or my 6008i. <http://www.hemenway.com/pages/Twisted%20Tree.htm> They have the best metering system that I've ever used, the R8 comes in as a close second. Jim Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > This reminds me of when the first electronic Rolleis came out. Same > mess. Batteries were dying, drained while the camera was allegedly off. > Circuit boards and lens motors frying unexpectedly. Yep, some sorry mess. > Rollei never recovered from that, among other reasons. It lasted > through two model generations, the SLX and the 6006. For a while one > could find them being given away in the back pages of Popular > Photography. By then, one could count on one hand how many 'real' > dealers could be found nationwide. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/ > > > > On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Wade Heninger wrote: > >> Well, I got my new battery today. They were supposed to overnight it >> for >> delivery Saturday, but it got caught somewhere and he didn't get it here >> till 5 pm. >> >> Regardless, I popped it in the charger and waited 3 hours. Yellow light >> still on. I waited 5 hours. Yellow light still on. >> >> Just like last time... Ugh. >> >> So I took it out and shot a few pictures. I managed to find the Set >> menu >> this time (happy that!) and shot about 20-30 pictures. Then the camera >> died. >> >> Pretty much the same as last time. >> >> So here I am again. Dead battery. What must be a dead charger or >> battery. >> >> And I'm pissed. >> >> Tomorrow I'll call Leica USA again and get a complete replacement. >> Sigh. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >