Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 03 December 2000, Martin Howard wrote: > > > My R7 has recently developed a problem with the shutter speed dial. From > what I can tell, there appears to be muck on the electrical contacts under > the dial which prevent it from reading the correct setting in M and T modes. > If I place the camera in A or P mode, the shutter speed readout in the VF > apepar perfectly normal and change according to the subject brightness. > > Does anyone know if it is a major job to remove the top place and clean the > contacts? It's obviously something that would take ten minutes to do (the > cleaning) and I'd rather not send it off and pay $200 for a CLA it doesn't > need. > > M. > Martin, If it's anything like the R4sP I wouldn't try it myself. There's a spring at the film advance shaft that "sproings" quite dramatically when you take things apart, and is not easy to re-install. Besides, if memory serves me well, the contacts are deeper in the body than the top plate. Sherry doesn't handle R bodies any more so ask DAG about it. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Stay in touch with Northwestern and the world. Click http://www.nualumni.com to get your FREE Northwestern StartPage. Customize your own collection of the latest news, sports, stock quotes, and more. Check it out today!