Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A question for you R users from new owner. I recently aquired an R-E for my wife. We added a used R4 winder as she likes to burn film. She hasn't show it much as she prefers zoom lenses and the the Vario Elmar we ordered has not arrived. I shot a roll (24) in it yesterday. When the film came to an end, at about 26 shoots, the winder made a series of click-whir sounds. I rewound the roll and put another one in. The winder would not function and would not allow manual film advance/shutter operation. The camera worked OK whenthe winder was removed. In trying to diagnose the problem today, I noticed the the winder stops at 36 shots with film in the camera or not. I began to wonder if, when shooting shorter rolls I have to stop at the number of shots on the roll rather than going to all the way to the end of the roll. This seems to work with this winder. Is this the expected behavior for an R4 winder? Or did I buy a bummer? Is this a common problem? Expensive to repair? Thanks for any help offered. Cheers! kw ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits Davison Middle School preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> 600 Dayton, Davison, MI 48423 <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org>