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Subject: [Leica] r8 motor drive rewind?
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Wed Sep 29 20:35:37 2004
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Eric:

I just checked mine.  Without film it rewinds just a little and then 
stops.  Like Ted mentioned, I pushed and held the front lever and it 
then continued to wind.  Have you tried that?

Jim

eric wrote:

> I figure you mean the button next to the film advance lever..
> In that case, the motor drive does not rewind.. seems this is not an 
> uncommon problem.
> Back to KEH it goes...
> 
> Eric
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "eric" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] r8 motor drive rewind?
> 
> 
>> hmmm.. knob next to rewind crank?
>> I understand the part about the lever on the front.
>>
>> Eric
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "kiakki" <msadat@gmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] r8 motor drive rewind?
>>
>>
>>> press the knob next to the rewind crank and then look @ the camera
>>> from the front, right under the lens to the right there is a rewind
>>> lever
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:03:03 -0400, eric <leica_korenman@hotmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> just took delivery of my r8 motor drive from KEH.
>>>> I don't have a manual.. how do you initiate film rewind?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> Eric
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