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Subject: [Leica] Anyone had this R7 problem
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Sun Jan 4 17:23:53 2009
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Hmm, thank you Douglas.

There was no motor attached to my R7.  Are these "two dots" on the motor?

Bit of a mystery.

Vick



Douglas Sharp wrote:
> Once or twice, but only with a motor or winder attached.
>
> Sometimes the lever on the bottom can be knocked to the two dots 
> position when you take your camera out of your bag. This disengages 
> the film sprocket.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> Vick Ko wrote:
>> Anyone had this R7 problem?
>>
>> I shot a roll of 36, and in the middle of the roll, there was one 
>> photo that was quadruple exposed.
>>
>> I remember in the middle of the roll, advancing the camera "felt 
>> funny", and felt that it wasn't pulling the film.  Now I see that it 
>> wasn't.  The shots after that are fine.
>>
>> I was thinking that maybe I had touched the rewind button, but I 
>> don't recall doing that.  And wouldn't that at worst, result in one 
>> double exposed shot, not 4 exposures on the same frame?
>>
>> ....Vick
>>
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