Re: [Leica] R8 Question

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com>]

Ken Lai wrote:
> Wonder if you guys have seen this problem with the R8 with motor drive -

G'day Ken,

I don't believe we've heard this glitch before with the R8 and motor
drive, but my immediate advice is to pack it up, send it back to Leica
with your most detailed explanation of what happens.  Or have the dealer
where you bought it do that.

And even though you don't think it's a contact problem the chances are
it more than likely is.

ted



> When you are done with the roll of film and you click the rewind button to
> rewind the film, the drive do not run and the battery icon on the panel
> keeps flashing. Note that the battery is full charged and all three LEDs on
> the battery are ON when you check it. If you rewind the film manually and
> put in another roll of film, the camera would still work but the camera
> won't forward the film.
> 
> When this happens, if you remove the battery for a few minutes and then
> re-insert it, the drive would run again. Note that simply removing and
> reinserting the drive immediately would not work so this is unlikely a
> problem with the contact between drive and camera. Re-inserting battery
> immediately also does not work so it is also not a problem with the contact
> between drive and battery.
> 
> This happens intermittenly - may be around once per 3 rolls. The R8 itself
> was running perfectly until I bought the drive a few months ago.
> 
> If you have seen this problem before, do you know what is wrong and how to
> fix this?
> 
> Regards,
> Ken