Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 28-03-1998 09:33 RBedw51767 wrote: >During my first roll with the camera and winder the film only >advanced >automatically about 50% of the time. Obviously I was not happy with the >performance and returned it. I agree with you the size and quietness was >exceptional. I miss the automatic advance feature but have chosen to wait on >the motor drive. My impression of the winder was that the quality was not >the >same as the R8. Looks good, feels good, but not the quality that one would >expect from Leica. I would be very surprised if the winder is not a future >problem area for Leica. However, I do hope that yours, and other Luggers >have >better luck than I. > I had the same problems like you when first wanting to mount the motor-winder on the body. The film did not advance although all contacts were in place as they should be. It worked well when I unmounted the winder and tried a second time. I hope this will not happen again. As for the general quality problems you had, I am keeping my fingers crossed! No problems so far, the winder seems to be working alright. Pascal - -------------------------------------------------------- t h i n k d i f f e r e n t a p p l e c o m p u t e r - -------------------------------------------------------- <<< PGP public key available on request >>>