Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Fellow LUGnuts, I find it ironic that when Ferdinand finally got his M6 that the frame counter broke. This was one of the "most likely to fail" items that was brought up with multiple posts on the LUG. I sometimes take the reliability of my M6's and now R8 for granted. I take good care of them and expect them to work. The only real preventative for camera failure is system redundancy. So now that I have one R8, I should take Ted's lead and order another one. But not until Leica delivers a winder. Macro work on a copy stand just yells out for a winder. The camera works well on a copy stand with the mirror lock up and 2 second delay timer for each shot. Unfortunately the way the system works now - you have to re-initialize the self timer every time you want to use it. When the camera is on a copy stand, its not always easy to reach up to the top of the camera back when it is turned around backwards. Too bad you can't leave the 2 sec delay timer on until you tell the camera to cancel this function. I guess you can't have everything. I could still be shooting with a Canon F1 and a Vivitar Series 1 macro lens. The R8 is so much more fun and the 100 Apo macro is the best lens I have at this point. Happy shooting, Richard - ------------------------ Richard Clompus, OD West Chester, PA, USA