Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The thought of being without my R8 and winder for 6 weeks makes me hesitant to send it in to Leica. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Dave, Well you are not the first to have electronic mishaps with the R8 winder combination. As you may know, mine spent 4 of its first 12 months in Germany making 3 return visits before they replaced the whole camera. The result is a functional unit that has not had a hiccup [touch wood]. For all the agony of getting the camera replaced, Leica's dealer in Australia set me up with a loner camera, so that I was not without a camera during this time. That in my opinion was fantastic local service, given that the camera was being repaired under international warranty, not local. So beware the R8 in combination with a winder has been my advise to any who care to listen. I do not usually use winders, and if I had not been convinced to get one by the LUG, I'd have never known the camera was faulty. Now that I'm testing the winder on the new body as often as I can, I'm kinda gettin to like using a winder, so I hope it continues to act flawlessly. Good luck, but if I were you I'd start getting it looked into ASAP, those "symptoms" may well be more than just poor contact, but if the camera is sent back to Leica, the contacts will be "renewed" and brought up to the newer specs automatically anyway, and this may save a lot of grief. Ask your dealer for a replacement body. Cheers Alastair Firkin http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/AGFhmpg.html