Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] GR1 rattling
From: "David W. Almy" <dalmy@mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 21:56:20 -0400

Christer Almqvist wrote:
> 
> (This is on topic because the GR1 is my M6 back-up...)
> 
> Has anybody with a Ricoh GR1 experienced the following problem (and have
> the solution!):
> 
> I turn on the camera and the lens moves out, I press the release and the
> lens move a little bit further to focus, so far OK, but when I press the
> release further the camera just rattles four-five times at very high
> frequency, and then lens withdraws to the standby position, but the shutter
> has never opened and thus there is no picture.
> 
> I have taken out the battery and put it back in, no change.
> The same thing happens with flash on or off, with distance preset and not,
> and with program mode on and with aperture preset and with automatic mode.
> In short the thing never works!


Chester,

I own a GR1. Your GR1 is broken. Have it repaired. 

David W. Almy
Annapolis