Bad news…. the GR1 won’t stay after all…. It has been playing up those last days and I was unable to switch it on unless I take out the battery and replaced it or toggle the film door latch… Then it works perfectly… until I turn it off again.
I just got confirmation from a Ricoh Tech in Germany: My GR1 has a terminal electronic illness and unless it get’s a whole electronics-transplant it will die slowly…
Too bad… but I was warned, those are not very reliable cameras? So I guess it will go to the Bay ‘for parts’ as a lot of things still work. I don’t want a sad paperweight on my shelf.
Nice guest post and I like the photos you make with it. You made me want to play with the camera, but I would consider it’s digital siblings 🙂
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Even the digital ones seem a good alternative. Perhaps for me too one day….. never say never!
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Yep, but I have Oly already, so I don’t need new cam. I have no justification 🙂
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Since when do we need justifications to buy gear???
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I don’t need it. I don’t buy it….
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You got great character. I always at least think I need stuff, bus it and find I didn’t need it after all….. Just this GR1 will stay!
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Bad news…. the GR1 won’t stay after all…. It has been playing up those last days and I was unable to switch it on unless I take out the battery and replaced it or toggle the film door latch… Then it works perfectly… until I turn it off again.
I just got confirmation from a Ricoh Tech in Germany: My GR1 has a terminal electronic illness and unless it get’s a whole electronics-transplant it will die slowly…
Too bad… but I was warned, those are not very reliable cameras? So I guess it will go to the Bay ‘for parts’ as a lot of things still work. I don’t want a sad paperweight on my shelf.
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