robbegibson Posted February 8, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all, Check this out Rob Galbraith DPI: Leica Digital-Modul-R discontinued; new R digital planned? Â Is this legit? Â Robbe Gibson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Hi robbegibson, Take a look here DMR discontinued?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 8, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Not sure and I have not heard anything about this from leica either, I know there working on something. What that is i am not sure but i would not be in a real hurry to sell off your DMR and R lenses either. I'm going to wait and continue to use my DMR . Pretty damn nice as it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnelson Posted February 8, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Has anyone confirmed this with a authorized dealer? It would be good to know. Â Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdai Posted February 8, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted February 8, 2007 I know Rob ... he is one of the very few guys I would trust on the Internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 8, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Frankly I would not be surprised, maybe we will hear about new development on the R soon here. There is PMA next month and I am going myself, maybe soemthing will be announced. Â Guess we have collectors items now. LOL Â Okay I will start the bid at 6 k for my DMR . ROTFLMAO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdai Posted February 8, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted February 8, 2007 There was one guys dumping a R8+DMR combo with a bunch of other stuff for merely 4900 US on photo.net last night ... figure it yourself, Guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 8, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well if it is still no reason to sell it now, still does the job it did yesterday just as well as it will do tomorrow so really no hurry to sell mine if at all. I do use the M8 much more but I still need the DMR at least until a new R system comes or go to MF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_r_smith Posted February 8, 2007 Share #8  Posted February 8, 2007 Well  the DMR was always going to be some kind of a stop-gap, an interim solution, wasn't it? And now, with the introduction of the M8 - where you get a whole camera, not just a module, for less money but with the same picture quality - its position in the range looks pretty shaky. Also I should imagine that problems with Imacon have played their part in this announcement. The puzzle is - where is the R10?  John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted February 8, 2007 Share #9 Â Posted February 8, 2007 John, I'm not so sure about that. There are things you can do with an SLR that you can't do with a rangefinder (and visa versa), it the rumour does turn out to be true then I'd be very surprised that they didn't wait until the R10 was available. On the other hand we had rumours the other week that both the DMR and D-Lux 3 were to be discontinued :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJL Posted February 8, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted February 8, 2007 I would be more concerned with any continued support for the DMR. As Guy points out, it still works as well today as yesterday. Many may still feel the need for a firmware update that was being promised. Will that still happen? Will be interesting to see if the DMR gets some continued support from Leica, even if they no longer make it, just as they continue to service old M models today that are no longer made. Hoping that will be the case....at least for a few more years. Â LJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest magyarman Posted February 8, 2007 Share #11 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Prablem of firmware becaus relation stop between Imacon and Leica. Relation also is become to bat between Jenoptik and Leica, mabe same will be prablem in futur for M8 firmware. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJL Posted February 8, 2007 Share #12 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Blasko, With all due respect, your suggestions about what will be supported and not are speculation, unless you know what the contractual agreements among the various companies state. Also, this thread is talking about the DMR, not the M8. Future speculation on its firmware support is out of place here. Thanks for your condsideration. Â LJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted February 8, 2007 Share #13  Posted February 8, 2007 Hi all,Check this out Rob Galbraith DPI: Leica Digital-Modul-R discontinued; new R digital planned?  Is this legit?  Robbe Gibson   Robbe:  I don't know if discontinued is the right word. The link to the RobGalbraith site says Leica has sold all they have made. Sold out may be a better term.  The note from Leica says they will continue to support the DMR. "Leica assures all DMR customers of its full customer service and are optimistic about the digital developments in the R System in the near future. " Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbegibson Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share #14 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Well, here's the text from the memo shown: "Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Â We regret to inform you that we have been informed by Leica Camera AG that the Leica Digital-Modul-R is sold out with immediate effect. Leica Camera will not be accepting any more orders or making any further deliveries of the DMR. Please inform your dealers accordingly." Â IMHO, that reads 'discontinued' as there are no future deliveries and they're not taking any more orders. Maybe I'm misconsruing something here. Â Robbe Gibson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ustein Posted February 8, 2007 Share #15 Â Posted February 8, 2007 >Is this legit? Â I confirmed with Leica. Â I am not that surprised as I think Leica may now focus on M8 and future models. Here they have a unique product and perspective. Â Uwe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
osera Posted February 8, 2007 Share #16 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Uwe, Thanks for that info. Do you have any info on continued support for the existing DMRs (specifically with regards to firmware updates)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsolomon Posted February 8, 2007 Share #17  Posted February 8, 2007 we all knew this was coming - we just didn't know when... leica does need to move on, however i am truly disappointed in that:  1. the DMR was deleivered late 2. the price was high 3. the firmware does not exploit the harware to it fullest  The R9&DMR is a GREAT tool -can it really be beat ?. I was hoping an R10 would be geared around "bringing new users into the leica program" by offering a lower priced / lower function digital only alternitive to the R9/DMR.  Normally i would say ..who cares if i am happy with my tools, however i feel the firmware needs considerable upgrading. My interetation of this news is that l most likely Leica will not be providing these upgrades due to "the stopping" of the DMR  rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 8, 2007 Share #18  Posted February 8, 2007 Well, here's the text from the memo shown:"Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,  We regret to inform you that we have been informed by Leica Camera AG that the Leica Digital-Modul-R is sold out with immediate effect. Leica Camera will not be accepting any more orders or making any further deliveries of the DMR. Please inform your dealers accordingly."  IMHO, that reads 'discontinued' as there are no future deliveries and they're not taking any more orders. Maybe I'm misconsruing something here.  Robbe Gibson  Like all small run items, they will have had a certain number made. When they're gone, they're gone.  They have all gone, so it's gone.  Leica will have said to themselves "We reckon we can sell 5,000 (insert your own number here). We will have 5,000 made". Now they have sold out.  Let's hope they made some profit on them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted February 8, 2007 Share #19 Â Posted February 8, 2007 Read the rest of the announcement. Leica promises support for the DMR (when has Leica ever dropped a product), and make hints about a new digital R product coming soon. Let's see what happens at PMA before getting all excited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjah Posted February 8, 2007 Share #20 Â Posted February 8, 2007 So how long do we have to wait for the R10? Here I was with my R9, happy for the moment to stick with film, and happy in the knowledge that Leica trail the R9 in their publicity as the Analogue/Digital system, so that I was reasonably future proof, and could switch when I want to, or when decreasing film sales force me to. Let's hope they have the decency to reprint their R9 brochures. It should go something like this: Â "Analogue or Digital - No! Analogue AND Digital! - that is to say, Analogue only again (for the moment) but possibly Analogue or Digital in the future, or possibly Digital only, or possibly neither." Â Not good. My humble opinion is that given their marketing of the R9 as an Analogue and Digital system, they should have kept going with another batch of DMRs until the R10D is released. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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