Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:41:17 -0600 >From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 goes back! >At 06:27 PM 2/24/99 -0500, you wrote: >>Anyway, I hate to be bringing the group down with my Leica woes, but it sure >>seems like others have had the same problems with the R8. >Actually, never heard of that particular problem before. Sounds like the >switch just screwed up. My R8 has worked for some 16 months and I love it! >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Eric: I was referring more to the shut off situation. Someone posted that their R8 just quit working. In fact he has emailed me a description of his experiences with the R8. His R8 would shut down and stopped working altogether. My situation is a bit stranger because of the switch, but iIt will not always go into the Program mode upon being switched off. This erratic behavior has to be much more than just a bad switch! The second problem of the camera shutting itself off during use is what I was referring to. The above mentioned post had a similar problem, but his R8 just quit period! BTW, Eric, do you use the matte screen for your R8? I tried to order one through Eric at Tamarkin but his are on backorder for a week or two, Dave dstrang@up.net - ----Pentium Pro/Windows NT 4-SP3/Zip100/Zip250/Jaz2GB/Astra 600S scanner/RedHat Linux 5.0/ MSVC++ 5.0/MSVC++ 6.0/PowerStation Fortran 4.0/Photoshop 4.01/Photoshop 5.0/Illustrator 7.01/ KPT 3.0/KPT 5.0/PhotoTools 3.0/Portfolio 4.0/Total XAOS/Matlab 5.0/Maple V/Office 97 Pro+SR2/ MacOpener 4.0/AMIGA 1000/AMIGA 2000-GVP030 Combo/AMIGA 3000(2)/Indigo 2 XZ/IRIX 5.3/ IRIX 6.2/ and member of UP.NET!