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Subject: [Leica] Anyone had this R7 problem
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Mon Jan 5 01:54:47 2009
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Hello Vick,

yes there is  a lever on the base of the motor that has two settings - 1 
dot is for normal operation, two dots is for multiple exposure. I gather 
that all it does is depress the button that disengages the sprocket.

Cheers
Douglas

Vick Ko wrote:
> 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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