[Leica] DMR battery solution update

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

George,

Yes, you can have a battery in the slot or take it out, either way, I keep 
one in there so when the QT is off the DMR battery keeps the internal timing 
battery charged up.  The DMR automatically senses the external battery 
connection and switches to that.  He makes an Y adapter so you can use the 
external battery and a cable release, at extra cost of course. ;)  If you do 
not have a QT battery, I would recommend the Tekkeon battery pack, sold by 
B&H, it is much lighter and less expensive, and has a selectable voltage 
output.  The cable Michael makes for that is basically the same , but a 
different connector on the battery end.  Both supply plenty of power to run 
the DMR for several days, depending on your shooting load.  If you already 
have the QT or QT3, then that works great also, I already had the QT, but 
the internal battery was dead, so I bought a new battery at Batteries Plus 
for the unit at substantially less than Quantum Industries wants.

Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 1:44:20 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR battery solution update


On Jul 11, 2011, at 1:42 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:

> Just a note for all the DMR users out there.  I just received my cable 
> from Michael Bass for the DMR to Quantum Turbo.  It works just fine, and 
> now battery problems are a thing of the past, for now.  We'll see how it 
> works with a cable hanging off the body from now on when I go out shooting 
> with it.  


Does this work with a battery in the slot?
or?

And I assume that you cannot use an electronic release with the cable?

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
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