markus_biedermann

Dear Jiri and others,

i see the list gets longer..... ;)

I don't have a flash for the camera yet, so testing this will be possible later.

> the whole camera stuck dead with the mirror-up during shooting

that sounds pretty worrying...

> something (lever) loose hanging inside viewfinder

I dont't really understand what that means. :?

I bought the camera from a collector. So it may be old from date of being

manufactured, but it is not old at all in terms of use. The camera was only once put

out of its case to take something like 48 pictures and thats it.

Well thanks again. All your answers give me a good overview for what I have to keep

an eye on.

Oh, that indeed is not very nice. Hope the R 8 will not be affected by this.

Would that be an expensive repair?

Thanks for leading me there. Sounds like: No winder > no problems. OK, that's cool. I

can live with that.

When I need fast shooting for series or just snapshots I still have my Minolta 7000i

still giving great performance in that respect. The Leica will be for different situations.

Any other comments?

BTW, excuse any glitches in my english. ;)

Dear Forum Members,

first a "hello" to all the people here as i am a new user to this forum!

My first question here is:

I just bought a Leica R 8 (black), used but only for 2 films (as new) for a good price.

But I read about some Bugs concerning early production numbers.

So what have I to be aware of? The serial number starts with 229####.

Thanks for any responses!

Markus