[LRflex] Re: DMR Casualty Report

Sorry for you Bill in this case of DMRIP, I sincerely hope they can fix 
this and provide you with a stronger one for free if and when they do 
alter and upgrade the whole back.
Yours
Phil


Bill Abbott wrote:

>Dear friends,
>
>I found the Setting Button and Wheel of my DMR missing the morning of  
>May 29; the two parts were later found in my camera bag.
>
>The casualty took place almost 4 months to the day after I bought it,  
>serial number 1001379, and after 1251 images had been made.
>
>I am away from home and will return the DMR to my dealer, Camera West  
>in Monterey, in whom I have the highest confidence, when I return.  
>I'll keep you posted on what transpires.
>
>I have fooled with temporarily holding the parts in place to try to  
>change the last settings (ISO 100, jpeg fine, WB set to A) but have  
>decided to leave well enough alone and not risk further damage. The  
>camera appears to be functioning normally otherwise.
>
>I have no idea when or how the damage and detachment (perhaps two  
>separate events, perhaps two immediately sequential events) occurred,  
>whether the damage occurred when I was using the camera the prior  
>day, upon placing it into the bag that day, during its ride in the  
>bag on the walk home, or upon its removal from the bag. All are  
>possibilities. The only part of which I am certain is that detachment  
>occurred somehow as to leave the two parts in the bag.
>
>In my humble opinion (IMHO), the Settings dial and button are nowhere  
>near as robust as any other user operated device or feature I have  
>ever seen on a Leica camera, going back to the M4 with MR Meter, and  
>the R4, or during 20 years with a seemingly bullet-proof 3.5 Rollei  
>TLR. Again, IMHO, the current DMR Setting mechanization cries out for  
>re-engineering.
>
>The message of this casualty, and similar ones documented on the  
>Leica Forum, is for all DMR users  to exercise some sort of caution,  
>but I will leave it to your collective experience to suggest what  
>that might be.
>
>All the best,
>
>Bill
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