Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, Yes, I do have a winder for the R8. I will check this later today. I have been manually checking the shutter cock function of the DMR after it winds the shutter this morning and so far it has not failed using this check. So maybe it is a sticky shutter in the R8, since it has not been used for almost a year and a half. This is due to the M8 being my main camera. ;-) I will keep experimenting and report on the results. Thanks everyone for the help. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> > > Do you have a winder or motor for your R8? > If so; you may wish to test that functionality as well. > > While I have not experience this issue with the DMR > I did occasionally experience something similar > with the winder. > However, that was with a different R8 body > (which I still have) > > My DMR came with an R8 body all its own. > > 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 11:55 AM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > > > Doug, > > > > Well in my case it seems to lock up the shutter when it does this. > > this is a really weird problem. I have found that if I shoot and > > manually check shutter cock between shots it works just fine. > > Maybe it is because the R8 has sat in active for so long and its > > shutter is stiff? ;-) > > > > Thanks to everyone who has replied so soon. I will try cleaning > > the contacts, I would guess the sensor cleaner would do or I may > > see if we have some alcohol around, and keep exercising it and it > > will go away. > > > > Gene > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: "wildlightphoto@earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> > >> > >> Gene Duprey wrote: > >> > >>> 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. > >> > >> I get this occasionally, something like once every few months or > >> so. You > >> don't need to remove the power unit, just cock the shutter. I'm > >> not sure > >> what the problem is, it's infrequent enough that it hasn't > >> bothered me. > >> > >> Doug Herr > >> Birdman of Sacramento > >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and > >> application > >> hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information