Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had the same experience. Leica in Singapore changed the same part for me and the problem went away. The technician said it was a known problem and Leica talked about it when he went for training on the R8 in Solms. Cheers, Paul >Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 22:36:42 -0700 (PDT) >From: Ray Moth <ray_moth@yahoo.com> >Subject: [Leica] Re: [R8 and scratched slide film >Message-ID: <20020503053642.43786.qmail@web9101.mail.yahoo.com> >References: >I quote the following from Andrew Nemeth's Leica Q & A at >azn@nemeng.com >Older model R8 scratching your film? >On a mailing list in June 2001 "Chi Cheung" <chic@ intergate.bc.ca> >noted the following: >[By scratching my film, my early serial number R8 ?]] damaged 30 rolls >of slides when I went on a trip to SE Asia. With extensive >investigation into the problem, I finally find out where the problem >coming from. >There is a plastic piece on the left side of the film pressure plate >held down by 2 machine screws. This piece covers the film advance >indicator (also there is a cam switch under it). I believe Leica used >the wrong material for this part. After about 150 rolls went through >the camera, this piece start wearing out.If you use a loupe to look at >this piece, you can see its rough surface. >I did a quick fix by putting some cellophane tape over the piece. I >bought my second R8 body couple months ago. Leica changed their design >on this piece. Instead of using different material, they sanded down >the area that will be weared out by film transportation. >I wrote a letter to Leica Solms for a replacement part, but they >forwarded the whole issue to their Canadian Distributor. I then got a >letter from the distributor telling me to blow away the dust particle >inside my camera. What a joke. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html