Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 Motor Drive Sightings ??
From: JGong <jgong@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:04:00 -0800

I was at my local dealer, Keeble and Schucat in Palo Alto, CA. on Monday.
They had one on display. I even got to play with it. It's great, but it
makes the R8 a super massive camera. In the end, I settled for a used
winder that they had.  You can call them for availability:  (650) 327-8996.


John

At 04:50 PM 02/16/2000 +0000, dpfreedman@att.net wrote:
>Well, I give up. I can't locate an R8 motor drive 
>anywhere. My usual dealer won't even take my order for 
>one!  In frustration, I called Leica USA yesterday: They 
>have no information (at least not for public 
>consumption).  I was told that somewhere between 50 and 
>100 of the drives were received and they, of course, are 
>loooong gone. No word from Germany on when any more will 
>be forthcoming. Hmmmm.  One dealer I spoke to said his 
>Leica rep told him there were problems sourcing certain 
>parts in Germany hence the delay but this remark is 
>unsubstantiated.
>
>Does anyone know what's up with the motor after its 3-
>year gestation period?  Better yet, does anyone know of 
>a dealer that has one?
>
>Thanks all!
>
>Dave F.
>