Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Elecrostatic prob with R8
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:39:56 -0300

Greg:

Yes, some of the earlier R8's have a static problem.  Send it to Leica and
they will update it with some new static sheilding.

Regards,

Robert

At 01:28 PM 6/18/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi, This is the first time I subscribe to the LUG.
>
>I bought recently with a friend (hello Gilles) a second hand Leica R8, with
>a 50 summicron, then after a while, I bought a summicron 90, all second
>hand. The optics are really great.
>
>I just had a syncop when, a day, without any advice, the little led screen
>on the back of the camera displayed just after loading a film unrecognizable
>pattern, I then open, then close, then open again the camera, advance the
>film, and all was ok. I read carefully the notice, and it seems that the
>camera is very electrostatic-sensitive. I wonder if this odd pattern
>displayed by the led is just the effect of touching the contacts between
>body and back, so making false contact, or static electricity, or is it
>really an internal electronic problem. I have to mention that it was not
>really a second hand body, the precedent possessor just bougth it on a
>friday, realized it was impossible to make the point for him without
>autofocus (poor man, sigh...) and sell it the monday after for a brand new
>F5. So I don't consider it is really second-hand.
>
>This misfunction occured two times and I would like to know if somebody had
>the same experience with his R8?
>
>Thanks for any response for that
>
>Greg (sorry for my french transcripted english)
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