Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Randy, The Leica reflex cameras are designed so that the shutter does not open until the lens stops down all the way. The mechanism in the body mount that stops down the lens may be sticky and need cleaning. To check this stop down mechanism, try the depth of field preview lever and make sure the lens aperture opens and closes smoothly. Some R4 with serial numbers under 1,600,000 had unreliable electronics. I have never seen it first hand, but have been told the LEDS in the finder tend to be erratic. Your best bet may just be to return the camera to the person you bought it from. The seller may also offer to help pay for the repair. Regards, Robert At 07:55 AM 11/21/2002 -0800, you wrote: >I just got a really good deal on an R4 body, but it turns out it doesn't >work correctly. My question is: Is this something a CLA would take care >of, or is this a common problem that isn't worth fixing? Here's what it's >doing: > >It has an unusually long delay between the body stopping down the lens until >the shutter actually fires. This delay isn't always the same either, >sometimes it sits for a whole second before it fires, other times it's >pretty quick (but not as fast as it should be, ever). > >Also, about 40% of the time it doesn't stop the lens down correctly. If the >lens is at f8 it will sometimes not stop it down at all, then it will, etc. > >And, if that weren't enough, the shutter seems erratic. It is definitely >not firing at the correct speeds all the time. > >Cosmetically the camera looks very good, and I got it cheaply enough that a >little more investment would be worth it, but will this turn out to be a >nightmare? > >Thank you! > >Randy > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html