Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/07

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Subject: [Leica] R8/9+DMR vs. M8/8.2
From: topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 08:54:29 +0000
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Geoff

Only 2600 DMRs ever made. Doug has two, I've had three (one stolen so only 
two now). No moving parts in a DMR - only in the R body and there are plenty 
of cheap R8.& 9s out there. Problem with battery rebuilds sorted at least 
for the time being. Looks like some of us are set for the long run.

Charlie
Www.Charlie-chan.co.uk

Sent from my iPhone

On 7 Dec 2010, at 04:22, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well Doug  has two. I guess some other dedicated users do as well. Some 
> must
> have died along the way (DMR's not Dougs) and some are languishing in
> cupboards. That makes a pretty tiny pool of users out there world wide.
> Maybe a thousand or less. Probably 30 times as many M8's in circulation
> (~20xM9's too) and now a used M8 might be say half the price of a used 
> DMR.,
> that needs a body too of course.
> 
> So those DMR folks are just a dedicated elite sub-set of Leica men. The
> Uber-shooters
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
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