[Leica] DMR battery info

[gpinkcp at msn.com (Gary Pinkerton)]

Doug and all
I've had 4 batteries rebuilt by Michael Bass and they all seem to be just 
fine; getting ''about'' 150 shots RAW per battery [well, I haven't had 
chance to run out the very last one, but it seems ok so far]
 
I've tested Michael's SLA battery cables, his Li-Poly battery cables, his AC 
power unit, and Tekkeon power cables.
I give a thumbs up to all of them. 
I was not able to test the life of each unit so that's to be determined.
The Tekkeon is rated [I believe] for -4 F, which is probably lower than the 
internals can go. No chance to try that either, but that's ok :)
None of these units would fire the DMR at it's max rated 9 shot burst, only 
getting 3 - 4 shots at best, until I switched R8 bodies.
On a whim to see if my older R8 would even work with the DMR, I found it not 
only worked, but it would shoot those 9 shot bursts with the external setups 
with no trouble ! The first R8 worked fine otherwise, except for the burst 
issue.
 
Also, Michael is a good guy to work with and talk to, very accommodating, 
and patient too.  I'm pretty 'tech limited' so I needed a lot of instruction 
:) 
 
Gary