Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >