Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I quote the following from Andrew Nemeth's Leica Q & A at azn@nemeng.com Older model R8 scratching your film? On a mailing list in June 2001 "Chi Cheung" <chic@ intergate.bc.ca> noted the following: [By scratching my film, my early serial number R8 …]] damaged 30 rolls of slides when I went on a trip to SE Asia. With extensive investigation into the problem, I finally find out where the problem coming from. There is a plastic piece on the left side of the film pressure plate held down by 2 machine screws. This piece covers the film advance indicator (also there is a cam switch under it). I believe Leica used the wrong material for this part. After about 150 rolls went through the camera, this piece start wearing out.If you use a loupe to look at this piece, you can see its rough surface. I did a quick fix by putting some cellophane tape over the piece. I bought my second R8 body couple months ago. Leica changed their design on this piece. Instead of using different material, they sanded down the area that will be weared out by film transportation. I wrote a letter to Leica Solms for a replacement part, but they forwarded the whole issue to their Canadian Distributor. I then got a letter from the distributor telling me to blow away the dust particle inside my camera. What a joke. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html