Frankie
Speaking Frankly
I am experienced in photography but not the R-D1.
I received an eBay R-D1 yesterday, have read the manual, fully charged the Epson battery and full-formatted a new 2Gb SD card, set up the camera via the menu...
The camera shutter works: I had the lens removed, trip shutter, observed the first curtain fired, saw second curtain, wind camera, and first curtain returned.
The camera took half a dozen shots (all good), then shot blanks. An hour or so later (while I re-read the manual), the camera worked again, got a few shots, then blanks again...
It could not be a full buffer, could it? [I set the file quality to NJpg]?
It could not be too little light [full daylight, ISO set at 800, then 1600, CV 25/4 set wide open and AE]? Besides, the camera did work and exposure was fine.
The manual says if the Red light is on, the SD card is fine; if blinking, the SD card may be failing; if off...battery dead?
The red light came on every time camera was switched on, never blinked but went off after a few seconds...
Help!!!
I received an eBay R-D1 yesterday, have read the manual, fully charged the Epson battery and full-formatted a new 2Gb SD card, set up the camera via the menu...
The camera shutter works: I had the lens removed, trip shutter, observed the first curtain fired, saw second curtain, wind camera, and first curtain returned.
The camera took half a dozen shots (all good), then shot blanks. An hour or so later (while I re-read the manual), the camera worked again, got a few shots, then blanks again...
It could not be a full buffer, could it? [I set the file quality to NJpg]?
It could not be too little light [full daylight, ISO set at 800, then 1600, CV 25/4 set wide open and AE]? Besides, the camera did work and exposure was fine.
The manual says if the Red light is on, the SD card is fine; if blinking, the SD card may be failing; if off...battery dead?
The red light came on every time camera was switched on, never blinked but went off after a few seconds...
Help!!!