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Subject: [Leica] r8 motor drive rewind?
From: leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric)
Date: Thu Sep 30 03:10:05 2004
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Jim-

Tried that and lots of other things including cleaning the contacts & fully 
charging the battery..
She won't rewind. It is already boxed and ready to go back to KEH.

thanks for the help,
Eric


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] r8 motor drive rewind?


> Eric:
>
> I just checked mine.  Without film it rewinds just a little and then 
> stops.  Like Ted mentioned, I pushed and held the front lever and it then 
> continued to wind.  Have you tried that?
>
> Jim
>
> eric wrote:
>
>> I figure you mean the button next to the film advance lever..
>> In that case, the motor drive does not rewind.. seems this is not an 
>> uncommon problem.
>> Back to KEH it goes...
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "eric" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] r8 motor drive rewind?
>>
>>
>>> hmmm.. knob next to rewind crank?
>>> I understand the part about the lever on the front.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> www.faneuil.net
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "kiakki" <msadat@gmail.com>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:10 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] r8 motor drive rewind?
>>>
>>>
>>>> press the knob next to the rewind crank and then look @ the camera
>>>> from the front, right under the lens to the right there is a rewind
>>>> lever
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:03:03 -0400, eric <leica_korenman@hotmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> just took delivery of my r8 motor drive from KEH.
>>>>> I don't have a manual.. how do you initiate film rewind?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> Eric
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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