Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David: Yo should maybe buy your gear in Canada. I sent my second R8, early production, in to Leica Canada (Kinderman) for the factory updates and picked it up while I was in Toronto last week. I had mailed it the week before and they got to work on it the morning I arrived in Toronto and it was ready by 11am. They did it for free too. I used it today with the winder to shoot soccer and it worked perfectly. Sometimes it may be cheaper to pay to get an item fixed than loose use of it for six weeks. Call Kinderman about the 180 Summicron, and they can probably turn it around in a week or less including shipping time. Regards, Robert At 04:56 PM 9/6/99 -0400, you wrote: >David: I've had similar problems with the winder for the R-7. Who knows, I'm waiting >for the motor of the R-8 before I get into the water with this body. You really need >to establish a relationship with the Folks in NJ, they can move faster than 6-wks. >cheers Wilber > >David Strang wrote: > >> I shot a football game yesterday with my R8 (winder and auxiliary battery pack). >> The winder has a almost fresh set of batteries and the auxiliary battery had >> just been recharged last week. After my third roll of film, the R8 started to >> act strange. First, the winder would seem to stop prematurely. Touching the >> release part way again would see the winder advance an extra frame and then arm >> the shutter. Finally, I just tried using the manual crank from the stand off >> position and the display would light up, but the shutter would not fire. >> >> The only thing I could think of was that conditions: temperature 90F+, 95% >> humidity, hot sun on black camera. Maybe the electronics were over heated, or >> maybe the batteries were over heated. >> >> Looking at the film, that third roll had spots where 1, 2, 3, or 4 frames were >> skipped over erratically. >> >> Has any one seen, experienced or heard of this happening with the R8 and winder? >> >> I replaced the winder batteries with a fresh set, and after firing a few shots, >> the winder seemed to sound almost normal again. My opinion is the R8 and winder >> is VERY sensitive to fluctuations in battery voltage. A couple of weeks prior to >> this the same problem occurred on similar conditions. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> BTW, I just picked up a DEMO 180f2, but the diaphragm was slow to close. Either >> dried lube or a weak spring. I sent it into Leica NJ where they specked it as a >> 3 hour bench job (covered by warranty) and turn around would be SIX weeks, >> though they would expedite to THREE weeks. >> >> The thought of being without my R8 and winder for 6 weeks makes me hesitant to >> send it in to Leica. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dave Strang >> dstrang@up.net >> >> ----Pentium Pro/Windows NT 4-SP3/Zip100/Zip250/Jaz2GB/Astra 600S scanner/RedHat >> Linux 5.0/MSVC++ 5.0/MSVC++ 6.0/PowerStation Fortran 4.0/Photoshop >> 4.01/Photoshop 5.0/Illustrator 7.01/KPT 3.0/KPT 5.0/PhotoTools 3.0/Portfolio >> 4.0/Total XAOS/Matlab 5.0/Maple V/Office 97 Pro+SR2/MacOpener 4.0/AMIGA >> 1000/AMIGA 2000-GVP030 Combo/AMIGA 3000(2)/Indigo 2 XZ/IRIX 5.3/IRIX 6.2/ and >> member of UP.NET! > >