Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Velvia & Motor Drive R8 jammed!!
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Wed Oct 19 22:24:46 2005
References: <BF5CC606.61D9%philippe.orlent@pandora.be> <001801c5c449$fc0d3d70$9600000a@Sander> <5aedfcae4d10386d809cf5a6f19af14c@ncable.net.au> <006a01c5c4c7$e7456d30$9600000a@dell810> <000701c5d4a6$0f1fa940$9600000a@dell810>

Fred, I shot a lot of Velvia through my R8 and had no difficulty of
the kind you're experiencing so I think you'd better follow this one
up with Leica.

AB

On 10/19/05, Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals NL <fredhess@phenix-visuals.nl> 
wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I recently switched form Kodachrome to Velvia for my wildlife-photography.
> I faced a strange problem: when I use Velvia 50 film in combination with my
> Motor Drive and Leica R8 my motor gets jammed after about 20 pictures. I
> even can not use the advance lever to transport the film. I can hear the
> sprockets ruin the perforations (in moterized mode as well as manual)
> It looks like the film got stuck in the cassette!
>
> This has happened with several Velvia-films, not with Kodak or Agfa films.
>
> Is Velvia-film to thick for the R8 or should there be  a technical problem
> with my Motor-Drive?
>
> Has anyone encountered the same problem?
>
> Hopefully my ordered DMR arrives soon,so I don't need Velvia anymore!
>
> Looking forward to your replies.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Fred Hess / Phenix-Visuals.nl
>
>
>
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