[LRflex] Re: DNR EV problem
- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:52:01 -0800
Know anybody with another R9/R8 you can try the back on? That might narrow
down your problem. Try the camera alone with the film back on it and see if
the meter behaves properly. Might not solve a problem, but might help
understand it.
Aram
> -----Original Message-----
> From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leicareflex-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lee
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:04 AM
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: DNR EV problem
>
> Bill,
>
> The lack of EV control (but not the LCD) happened to my R9/DMR as well.
> Like you, popping out the battery seemed to cure it. About 1 month
> after this started happing, the AE gave out on the R9. When the AE
> gave out, the metering still works on manual but the R9/DMR selects 4
> seconds as the default exposure time. When sent to Leica, they
> replaced the metering cell under warranty and no more problems with AE
> or the EV toggling. I suspect that some malfunction in the electronics
> of the meter is interfering with the EV compensation.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 12-Dec-07, at 10:37 AM, William Abbott wrote:
>
> > Fred,
> >
> > Thanks. No, the camera is definitely *on,* freshly switched on, as
> > evidenced by the fact that after the first image is taken with an EV
> > number entered and displayed, additional images can be made, but
> > access to EV settings cannot be accomplished nor is there any
> > indication of EV following those two letters.
> >
> > It is then not plain whether any EV adjustment is in effect. If I
> then
> > turn off the camera, and turn it back on, the previously set EV
> > adjustment does appear, and can be adjusted, but the indication and
> > ability to change it only lasts for one more exposure.
> >
> > It is as if the EV setting lever, and the EV setting indication
> (+0.5,
> > -1.0, etc., not the letters EV), becomes non-functional after the
> > first exposure after turn on.
> >
> > There has been another strange behavior as well: with the camera
> > turned off, the LCD display stays on. Popping the battery out and
> > reinserting it seems to clear what ever ails the camera. I fear I am
> > seeing signs of senility in my R9, forgetting what it is supposed to
> > be doing!
> >
> > Last night I remembered that some time ago many ills were attributed
> > to poor electrical connection between the DMR and the camera; I'll
> > explore that today, as well as have a heart to heart talk with my
> > dealer.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > On Dec 11, 2007, at 11:36 PM, Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals NL wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Bill,
> >>
> >> Are you sure you have switched on the camera by slightly touching
> the
> >> releasebuttom as well??
> >> This seem to be the 'problem' I think. I have checked this on my
> >> DM-R.....
> >>
> >> Once I went back to my Leica-dealer with my M6 camera because I
> >> believed the
> >> camera was broken:
> >> I just forgot to switch on the camera by putting the shutterdial in
> >> right
> >> position (and that after 20 years of professional
> >> use of M-Leica's......;-))
> >>
> >> HTH kind regards Fred Hess
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "William Abbott" <wbabbott3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 6:22 AM
> >> Subject: [LRflex] DNR EV problem
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> My DMR has begun to act strangely: After I switch it on, I can set
> >>> the EV to plus or minus any amount within the bounds, but after the
> >>> first exposure, I can no longer set the EV.
> >>>
> >>> In fact there is no EV display of any kind, other than the letters
> >>> "EV." If I restart the DMR, the setting I previously made shows up,
> >>> but after another exposure, EV can no longer be set
> >>>
> >>> I have replaced batteries, let the camera sit without power (no
> >>> battery installed) for an hour, and reinstalled firmware v. 1.3,
> all
> >>> to no avail. Switching modes to JPEG, etc. makes no difference. All
> >>> else "seems" normal.
> >>>
> >>> What am I missing? Any thoughts?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance,
> >>>
> >>> Bill
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