Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R5 broken-again!
From: Mark Kronquist <mak@teleport.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:38:55 -0900

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.
> 
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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

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