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Hi,
I've just recently purchased an R-D1s (two weeks ago) and am thus far extremely happy with it. It's my fisrt rangefinder and although it's taking me a while to get used to it, I'm happy with the results thus far.
However... it appears that the shutter speed dial has become jammed/locked. I've had it set on AP almost entirely since turning it on for the first time. Today I thought I'd experiment with some manual shots only to find that I could not rotate the dial. According to the manual it requires the 'dial-lock' button to be pressed while in AP mode. I've tried this but the dial seems to be locked tight.
Has anyone else had this probem and if so, can they suggest a way to unlock the dial short of sending it back to the manufacturer?
Apart from this - I love the R-D1s. I just picked up a an M-bayonet adapter to allow mounting of an old Jupietr 8 and was suprised at how well the shots came out. I've put a couple of my early efforts up on Flickr should anyone care to take a look.
Thanks to all for making this such a great board. I've picked up some great tips and seen many an inspiring shot in some of the galleries!
Andy
I've just recently purchased an R-D1s (two weeks ago) and am thus far extremely happy with it. It's my fisrt rangefinder and although it's taking me a while to get used to it, I'm happy with the results thus far.
However... it appears that the shutter speed dial has become jammed/locked. I've had it set on AP almost entirely since turning it on for the first time. Today I thought I'd experiment with some manual shots only to find that I could not rotate the dial. According to the manual it requires the 'dial-lock' button to be pressed while in AP mode. I've tried this but the dial seems to be locked tight.
Has anyone else had this probem and if so, can they suggest a way to unlock the dial short of sending it back to the manufacturer?
Apart from this - I love the R-D1s. I just picked up a an M-bayonet adapter to allow mounting of an old Jupietr 8 and was suprised at how well the shots came out. I've put a couple of my early efforts up on Flickr should anyone care to take a look.
Thanks to all for making this such a great board. I've picked up some great tips and seen many an inspiring shot in some of the galleries!
Andy
Jim Watts
Still trying to See.
I have not experienced any problem, but the lock button needs to be Held Down quite firmly while first turning off the AE setting then it should rotate quite freely in either direction until clicked back to AE.
Edit: OOps - didn't see dual post.
Edit: OOps - didn't see dual post.
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Thanks Jim.
Actually I removed the lens in order to pack and return the camera and then found that the dial lock was working again
Perhaps it was that I hadn't pushed down hard enough on the dial lock or maybe removing the lens had the desired effect. Either way, I'm going to hold on the camera (I can't bring myself to part with it) and hope that the problem doesn't recur.
Thanks again and apologies for the dual posting.
Actually I removed the lens in order to pack and return the camera and then found that the dial lock was working again
Perhaps it was that I hadn't pushed down hard enough on the dial lock or maybe removing the lens had the desired effect. Either way, I'm going to hold on the camera (I can't bring myself to part with it) and hope that the problem doesn't recur.
Thanks again and apologies for the dual posting.