DMR Error Message

[Simbad]

My brand new DMR fitted to a brand new R9 locked up on me half way through a shoot this week. An Error 02 message came up on the LCD screen and camera/back became unusable. I removed the battery and replaced it after a few minutes which seemed to restore things and the camera seemed to be capturing images until I noticed that the Instant Review...wasn't!

I did a play back and all my images captured until the time of the Error message was there on the card but nothing after that.....the DMR had failed.

An email to Leica and my Leica dealer from whom I purchased the R9/DMR was immediately responded with the information that Error Message 02 is caused by a minor electronic component failure and the unit needed to be returned to Solms in Gemany for repair. I had only taken a total of 74 images, the DMR
failed on the 75th just as I was getting to enjoy using this camera!

Leica Camera Ltd in the UK have been brilliant, arranging collection of the DMR from my home and promising a loan DMR back until mine is returned from Solms.

Has anyone else had this problem I wonder?

[Jorge Torralba]

I had a similar problem which turned out to be a corrupted sd card. after that i never used an sd reader again and stuck with the firewire cable. swap out the card and see if it works.

[Simbad]

Thanks Jorge

In fact that is exacly what I thought so I changed the card and re-charged the battery, but regrettably it didn't solve the problem.

My DMR is now on it's way to Solms for repair/replace after first being checked at Leica UK who verified that it is an ERROR 02 requiring the unit to be returned.

I haven't had the DMR for very long but damn it I am missing the darned thing already! But I should get my loan unit next Monday.

[DMR Bob]

My camera has locked about several times since I purchased it. Usually if I try to do things too fast with "Play". I cannot even turn the DMR off. However, removing the battery and reinserting it (without any delay) always has worked for me.

[Simbad]

Thanks for all the advice. However even Leica UK were not able to solve it and as of today I still don't have it back from Solms. Leica UK were as good as their word though and I still have their DMR on loan.