Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Velvia & Motor Drive R8 jammed!!
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Wed Oct 19 06:00:03 2005
References: <BF5CC606.61D9%philippe.orlent@pandora.be> <001801c5c449$fc0d3d70$9600000a@Sander> <5aedfcae4d10386d809cf5a6f19af14c@ncable.net.au> <006a01c5c4c7$e7456d30$9600000a@dell810> <000701c5d4a6$0f1fa940$9600000a@dell810>
 
Not that I am aware of. I would phone Leica NJ and talk to a  
knowledgeable service person about this. If you can't talk to someone  
other than a talking head at Leica NJ then phone Gerry at Kinderman  
Canada. You can then get it fixed where ever you prefer but they  
should know what is up.

John Collier

On 19-Oct-05, at 6:10 AM, Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals NL wrote:

> I recently switched form Kodachrome to Velvia for my wildlife- 
> photography.
> I faced a strange problem: when I use Velvia 50 film in combination  
> with my
> Motor Drive and Leica R8 my motor gets jammed after about 20  
> pictures. I
> even can not use the advance lever to transport the film. I can  
> hear the
> sprockets ruin the perforations (in moterized mode as well as manual)
> It looks like the film got stuck in the cassette!
>
> This has happened with several Velvia-films, not with Kodak or Agfa  
> films.
>
> Is Velvia-film to thick for the R8 or should there be  a technical  
> problem
> with my Motor-Drive?
In reply to: Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Benelux Leica Users Group (BLUG) meeting: update)
Message from alex at vanhulsenbeek.com (Sander van Hulsenbeek) ([Leica] Re: Benelux Leica Users Group (BLUG) meeting: update)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Re: Benelux Leica Users Group (BLUG) meeting: update)
Message from fredhess at phenix-visuals.nl (Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals NL) ([Leica] Re: Benelux Leica Users Group (BLUG) meeting: update)
Message from fredhess at phenix-visuals.nl (Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals NL) ([Leica] Velvia & Motor Drive R8 jammed!!)