Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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