[LRflex] Re: DM-R Adventure
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:21:59 +0200
Just a couple of ideas:
If Leica's philosophy is "switched off when not cocked" , which is a
good energy saving idea, then you've been putting the DMR on a
dead-to-the-world camera body.
Possibly also trying to shoot while the 5 shots were still being
downloaded and stored blocks the shutter release and cocking system
Douglas
David Young wrote:
>Alan Siegel moaned:
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>>The camera was mounted on a tripod and after 5 or 6 shots nothing
>>happened when I pushed the shutter button, except I noticed the EV
>>reading on the back would show EV 0.0 after I pushed the shutter
>>button. I had plenty of battery power left, but I tried the
>>following steps to get it working again.
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>>I turned it off and on several times,I recharged the battery, and
>>replaced the SD card with another, nothing I did made any difference.
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>> My concern is will it happen again, and if so, how often.
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>Good Mornin' Alan!
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>I cannot say that I've had your situation, but it is definitely a
>contact problem. I say this because on several occasions, during
>"show and tell", I've popped the back off to show how you can still
>put film in the R8. When I put it back together, it fails to work
>about 2/3rds of the time! Doing as you did, just turning it off,
>reseating the back and (often) winding the film lever, has always got
>it going again. I've never had it fail, once working, until I did
>'show and tell" again, or was removing the back to clean the sensor
>(like you, with a blower, no brush). Then, one or two 're-seats"
>seems to do the trick.
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>I'm going to experiment with some contact preservative I have (about
>$75 for 1 fl. oz.) and will report to the list as to whether it makes
>any difference or not.
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>Sorry to hear of your problem, but inquiring minds want to
>know... who IS your dealer? He sounds like a gem!
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>Cheers!
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