Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/28

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Subject: Re: R8 film loading problem
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 14:39:58 -0700

At 11:23 AM 6/28/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Chip: Thanks for the input.  Believe it or not, I still haven't had a
chance to 
>run any film through the camera.  I loaded some film, and  surprise...the 
>winder and the shutter release froze, and nothing happened.  Couldn't do a 
>thing.   When the film was removed, all seemed to function reasonably 
>well.  Re-loaded the film...surprise, the same glictch.  Spoke with Eli at 
>Wall Street Camera, from whom the camera was purcahsed.  He has been 
>extremey honorable, and helpful, but wasn't completely sure of the 
>problem.  Called Earnie at Leica, NJ.  Hadn't heard of this particular 
>problem before.  Why does the camera freeze when there is film loaded, 
>and the shutter and winder work when there is no film?  Some sort of a 
>neurosis?!
>
>Suggestions?  Eli will exchange the camera, and I'll keep you posted.
>
>Thanks to all,
>
>Elliot
>

If everything works up to closing the back door, then doesn't work after
the door is closed, I would suspect a DX coding interface problem. That's
about the only way I can think of, that the camera knows that film is
actually loaded.

Jim