Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8: angel crashed and burned
From: Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 22:23:28 +0100

On 12-03-1998 13:32 RBedw51767 wrote:

>Re: Faulty Winder for R8
>
>We had difficulty getting the winder to work on the demo R8.  After cleaning
>the contacts thoroughly it finally worked.  When I tried it at home on my 
>R8 I
>did everything; cleaned the contacts, took it off and on and made sure 
>that it
>was tightly seated on the R8.  Still did not work.  I returned the camera and
>the winder to the dealer and they it turn shipped it to Leica per their
>request. (snip)

I also had trouble mounting the motor-winder on the R8. At first, it did 
not work. Although mounted correctly, the film would not advance. Only 
after trying several times it finally worked.

Pascal

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