Hi David, I had the same problems as yours, but it is working well after 2nd try to re-attache the winder. and that is one time it totally stop working after 1 roll of film.(have to use the manual way...) dun know why too.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Pinkerton" <gpinkcp@xxxxxxx> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:17 AM Subject: [LRFlex] Re: R8 Winder problem? > Not the exact same experience, David, but I have discovered that the > contacts on the R8's back door are very sensitive. The winder contacts may > be just as sensitive. > > > >From: David Young <dnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [LRFlex] R8 Winder problem? > >Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 07:38:25 -0700 > > > > > >I had a curious experience a couple of days ago. I put my motor-winder R8 > >on the body and then put some film in the camera. I expected the winder to > >auto-load the film, as usual, but nothing happened! > > > >I could load the film with the manual wind lever and the camera powered up > >and worked normally. But the winder would not wind the film! However, the > >power rewind worked just fine! > > > >I removed the winder several times, inspecting and cleaning the contacts. > >Each time, when reinstalled, the symptoms were the same. > > > >About the 5th time I tried removing/installing the winder, it started to > >run as normal and hasn't 'hiccupped' since. > > > >Has anybody here had a similar experience? Has anybody found the > >cause/cure? > > > >Many thanks! > >---------- > > > >David Young, | égalité, liberté, > >Victoria, CANADA | fraternité et Beaujolais. > > > >Personal Web-site at: > > http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr > >Leica Reflex Forum web-page: > > http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/