Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/11

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Subject: [Leica] Early R8 improvment question.
From: telyt at telus.net (David Young)
Date: Sat Mar 11 09:05:26 2006

Early R8's had a problem with static.  They also had a problem with 
compatibility with the Winder R8, Motor Drive R8 and later the DM-R.

I know that Leica has had a policy to upgrade the innards of every R8 
presented to them for warranty service, no matter what the cause, and 
later units were fine, from the factory.

Does anybody here know at which date or serial number, Leica started 
putting the "improved" innards into R8's?  Or, how you can tell, from 
the outside, if this has been done?

Many thanks.

-- 
David Young,
Logan Lake, BC    
CANADA. 

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