Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, This is exactly what happened to my early R8 a couple of years ago. The only way to unlock the camera was to open the camera back, but this would do the film no good! I believe your camera with serial number 242xxxx was from the first production batch, produced in around 1996-97. I would suggest you send both the camera and motor drive to Leica for repair. Hope this helps. Best regards, Joseph on 16/4/01 2:50 AM, Tom.Henson@bakerbotts.com at Tom.Henson@bakerbotts.com wrote: > I have an R8 I purchased recently and after reading your post I checked my > serial number. > > It starts with242xxxx. I have run a couple of rolls of film through it with > the motordrive attached. On the second roll it locked up about half-way > through. I tried advaning manually but decided the film might be the problem > and I didn't want to tear it so I rewound it. > > Does this sound like the kind of problem with the affected cameras in this > serial number range? > -------------------------- > Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld