Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/19/02 6:30 PM, Stasys Petravicius at stasys1@gte.net wrote: > Hi all- My R5 broke during use at a funeral service yesterday. I got 3 of 4 > images I wanted to take. I was planning on using it in Big Sur Ca. this Fri. > The shutter release button doesn't work the shutter any more- I checked the > battery- it was fine. I put in a new battery- no help. Tried all the modes > of exposure and changed all shutter speeds- no help. The camera was serviced > for a broken ISO adjustment lever and checked out by Leica NJ a year and a > half ago. I bought this camera new several years ago. > > I went to an independent camera repair expert this afternoon- he took off > the bottom cover- poked around- no help. He said the camera had "spider > webs" inside- not too clean. He told me up front that he didn't repair R > series cameras- worked on M's. > > Any suggestions about a service location which could give me a fix, CLA, a > reasonable price and good turnaround? > > The repair technician gave me the name Don Goldberg- at Dag Cam Repair > 608-838-4769 as a competent (but maybe slow) repair possiblity. Any insight/ > or usage of Don by anyone on an R repair? Thanks for any help. Stasys > > ps- I'll be using my R4's and Nikon F3HP for the Big Sur shoot. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html will the cable release still trigger the camera shutter if yes you can at least shoot this weekend ? Will the shutter work on X and B? If no call George at Camera Solutions in Portland Oregon - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html