Re: [Leica] Shutter speed problems on R7: strange new events

[Ted <tedgrant@home.com>]

Sorry the R7 ......does draw power from the motor batteries..... when they are
attached, it also requires that the normal in camera body batteries be of a good
charge and obviously installed in the camera body, read the motor drive interactions
and or the Leica R7 book!

ted Grant

Jiri_Dvorak@idx.com wrote:

> >> The R7 should, according to all sources on the matter, only ever be powered
> >> by the four 1.5V batteries in the camera body.  So no, it doesn't draw its
> >> current from the winder or MD when this is attached.  Hence my suprise at
> >> the affects.
> >>
>
> >Are you certain of this?  The R4sP gets its power from the motor or winder (and
> my R7 >references are at the other end of the county)
>
> >Doug Herr
>
> That's right. I used to have the R7 and I remember that I was surprised upon
> learning, that the R7 was the only one of the R4-R7 bodies that did not take the
> power from the winder/motordrive.
>
> Jiri