Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] R8 switch hitter!
From: "David Strang" <dstrang@up.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:27:15 -0500

>Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:41:17 -0600
>From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 goes back!

>At 06:27 PM 2/24/99 -0500, you wrote:

>>Anyway, I hate to be bringing the group down with my Leica woes, but it
sure
>>seems like others have had the same problems with the R8.

>Actually, never heard of that particular problem before. Sounds like the
>switch just screwed up. My R8 has worked for some 16 months and I love it!

>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Eric:
I was referring more to the shut off situation. Someone posted that their R8
just quit working. In fact he has emailed me a description of his
experiences with the R8. His R8 would shut down and stopped working
altogether. My situation is a bit stranger because of the switch, but iIt
will not always go into the Program mode upon being switched off. This
erratic behavior has to be much more than just a bad switch!

The second problem of the camera shutting itself off during use is what I
was referring to.  The above mentioned post had a similar problem, but his
R8 just quit period!

BTW, Eric, do you use the matte screen for your R8? I tried to order one
through Eric at Tamarkin but his are on backorder for a week or two,

Dave
dstrang@up.net

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