Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 woes.
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 12:23:25 -0400

Eric:

I noticed when mine won't rewind, I just have to give a little nudge to the
manual rewind crank and then hit the rewind switch again.  This happens
when I come to the end of a roll without completing the wind.  I think the
drive may just need a bit of the film tension released before the rewind in
order for it to reset off the end of film saftey.  I bulk load my film so I
am always just shooting until it stops at the end of the film.


Regards,

Robert
At 07:49 AM 2/9/99 -0600, you wrote:
>As for the winder, that's certainly not a great thing that there were
>problems with the contacts. Leica had some design problems that only proved
>out after sending the winder out. They have a fix and will do it for free
>under warranty. Other than mine having problems rewinding, it's been
>flawless. Once the contacts are replaced, it will be great. I've played
>with the battery that fits on the bottom that Ted Grant has. Seems like a
>pretty nice battery/charger system, and a heck of a lot cheaper than
>Nikon's for the F5. Of course, it doesn't go 8 fps. ;-)
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>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
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>All generalizations are false.
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