Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/30

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Subject: [Leica] R4s Winder
From: Doug Herr <71247.3542@compuserve.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 06:17:18 -0500
 
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Gib Robinson wrote:

>Occasionally I use my R4s bodies with a winder but lately the winder has
>stopped functioning at annoyingly inconvenient moments, usually toward the
>ends of rolls. I can still use my thumb to advance the film and cock the
>shutter, so I know the camera body is functioning. I've tried wiggling the
>winder a bit to see if the contacts are mis-aligned, but that doesn't seem
>to help. Batteries seem to be OK. Any thoughts?

Gib,

It may mean your R4s is due for a CLA.  I've had similar problems with R4s
and R4sP bodies with both the R winder and the R4 winder.  In all cases (3
bodies) the problem disappeared after the CLA.

Doug Herr
Sacramento