Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram, In addition to cleaning the motor drive contacts on the bottom, also clean the contacts between the back cover and camera body is also a good idea. I would also leave the camera switched on with no batteries for an extended period of time. May I know which batch of R8 you have? Some of the earlier ones are prone to this. Good luck. Joseph on 28/2/04 8:24 am, Jim Hemenway at Jim@hemenway.com wrote: > Aram: > > This has happened to me when the motor drive contacts needed cleaning. > They weren't visibly dirty. > > Other than sending it to New Jersey, the only solution which worked for > me was to remove the batteries and leave the camera switched ON for a > few days. > > If you use the motor drive much, then I recommend that you brush all 20+ > gold contacts, of both the camera and the drive with a cotton swab > with a little alcohol in it... after every time that you remove the drive. > > Now I keep a motor drive permanently attached to one R8 and none to my > other R8... no problems since then. > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > > > langhans wrote: > >> HELP!! >> >> I took a shot with my R8 and now things are locked up. I remember hearing >> the shutter work, but I cannot wind to the next frame. The advance lever is >> locked in place. I rewound the film and took it out. The shutter will not >> fire and the advance lever will not move. Batteries show good. They are >> almost new. Meter, display all work fine. I put the motor winder on and >> still no shutter or advance. I remember this happening once before, but I >> think when I put the winder on it advanced and all was well. I tried the >> self timer, but that didn't work. As I say, I think the shutter is uncocked >> as I remember the shutter firing. Any ideas of things to try before I pack >> it up and send it off? >> >> Aram - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html