Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/22
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I have used an R8 professionally for some time with no major problems
whatsoever. And remember, the R8 has a 5 year guarantee, which is better
than any other pro camera.
Gerry
wrote:
> Funny enough
>
> Just this weekend, I overheard a dealer saying that this problem is
> endemic to the R8 plus
> the motordrive. I was really perturbed hearing this after buying my
> R8 only about 6months
> ago. I could have bought the R9 which he said is rid of all these
> problems but i chose to
> go with supposedly old reliable R8 which I forsee to be nearing its
> age of problem free
> functioning.
>
> I would like to hear more about registering for any pro servicing of
> my equipment in Solm?
> I tap on wood, hope that my R8 does not start to sh.. itself.
>
> Has anybody else felt kinda iffy about their R8?
>
> Ruddy
>
> > Hi Ted. It's only been happening since I started using Reala for the
> > soccer work I've been doing for the last several weeks. I've thought
> > it might be the Reala, which is a stiff sort of film (must be that
> > fourth layer ;-) ), but geez, I'd be surprised if that was the extent
> > of it. Come to think of it, I did run tests with some Agfa 100 and
> > with a roll of Kodak Max. While I didn't get broken holes in the
> > middle of the film with these, they did break once the last frame had
> > been reached.
> >
> > There must be a mechanism in the drive to stop it from ripping the
> > holes at the end of the film. If there wasn't, it'd rip them every
> > time, with multiple exposures on the last frame being the norm. I
> > think my drive is just out of kilter, for some reason. It's been
> > useful otherwise - I'm still using it even though it's trouble prone,
> > but not confidently.
> >
> > Ted, or others, have you used the Pro Service offered by Leica Germany?
> > Our local service centre can't repair R8/9 bodies - don't have the
> > tools and computers for it, yet.
> >
> > Regards, Rick.
> >
> > On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 01:20 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> >
> > > Rick Dykstra asked:
> > >>> R8 with Drive is ripping the sprocket holes! ???<<<<
> > >
> > >
> > >> my black R8 fitted with a Motor Drive has
> > >> been shearing the sprocket holes of Fuji Reala. This has led to
> a few
> > >> minor tragedies; double exposures, multiple exposures, in the middle
> > >> of
> > >> rolls and at the end. One thing I have learned though; the sound of
> > >> the drive sprockets spinning through torn sprocket holes <<<<,
> > >
> > > Hi Rick,
> > > That's something new all together as I've used my R8's in the
> Canadian
> > > Arctic and never had a problem at any temperature well below
> freezing.
> > > And
> > > in Malaysia at 40 degrees and never had any sprocket problem at all.
> > >
> > > Does this happen if you use B&W film? And or film of other
> > > manufacture? Or
> > > is this something specifically to Fuji Reala only?
> > >
> > > ted
> > >
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