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Dg359
Tinkerer
Username: Dg359
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 04:16 pm: | 
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My Ricoh KR5 has decided to only have one shutter speed, irrespective of the setting I put it on. Even at B stop, it releases the shutter as soon as I press the button. All else appears to be working fine, the battery for the metering is good etc. So all the way from B stop to one 500th of a second, the speed is always the same. Anyone got any ideas?
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Rick_oleson
Tinkerer
Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 630
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 06:12 pm: |
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It sounds like the escapement is stuck. This is a square blade type shutter, the timing system is located to the right of the mirror box, behind the self timer (if the Kr5 has one of those, I don't recall). You will have to remove the mirror box to reach it. Unless you're interested in taking up camera repair as a hobby, it might be less trouble and not much more expense to find another camera. |
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