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[jim@brick.org]

At 07:47 PM 12/3/00 -0500, 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.
>
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From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
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Martin,

You need a UV filter that mounts over your shutter speed dial to protect it
from muck. Just like I have always said.

;-)

Jim

At 07:47 PM 12/3/00 -0500, 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 Howard                     |