Hello Paul, have you tried taking the battery out and rubbing both sides of it on a piece of coarse cloth, and check the contacts while you're at it. Is the metering dead? Does the camera deliver longer and shorter shutter speeds on automatic or I nearly forgot - welcome to the zoo (as David wrote) - a finer collection of rare denizens of the web is seldom to be found - it's different from a circus, in circuses the animals have to do what their keepers say (or at least do when they wield a whip). :-) Cheers Douglas David Young wrote: > At 25/10/2006, you wrote: > > >> Hi everyone im new to the leica world of photography. >> got myself an R4..body .next is an r lense ,maybe a elmarit 135mm. >> got a massive collection of other cameras ..nikon ..mamiya..pentax.. >> russian leica likes.. >> olympus .canon..looking forward to using my leica. >> > > > > Welcome, Paul, to the zoo! > > You'll find us a diverse, polite and friendly lot. There's a lot of > expertise here, so if you have questions, ask away! > > You mention a "massive collection" ... are you more of a collector > than a user? Or the other way 'round? > > No matter, all lovers of Leica are welcome here! (Though your R4 > *will* work better with a lens! ;-) ) > > Good to have you on-board! > > Cheers! > > David (one of the Zoo keepers!) > > > > > > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/