Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have not experienced the issue you describe. If I did experience this issue; the first thing I'd do is clean the contacts between the back and body. Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Nov 19, 2008, at 11:18 AM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > > Well I have now been playing with my DMR for a day or so, and I > have run into a perplexing problem. After shooting a while the > unit will not cock the shutter. I can remove the power unit and > cock the R8 manually and it then works for a while. Then I have to > cock it manually to get it working again. I can manually cock the > shutter and it works every time. The battery display shows full > charge, and trying to charge the batteries, they charge only for a > short time, which is what I expect if they are indeed charged. A > couple of times it sounded like a sluggish wind, so I tried to > charge them, but as I said they appear to be fully charged. The > digital section seems to work just fine every time, so no > complaints there, and the images are very nice. At this point I am > thinking a connection problem, but very strange. Have any of you > run into this problem or heard of any one that has had it? > > Thanks for any help. > Gene > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information