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Leica R9/DMR: what am I doing wrong?


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I have two Leica R9/DMR cameras and both have the same problem (which suggests it is something I am doing wrong). After placing battery, SD card and switching the camera to "on", I am able to take one picture only. Usually you will here the shutter cocking again, but not this time. Silence is all I get. What am I doing wrong? Could the battery be the problem?

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Have you accidentally moved the double exposure slider under the manual shutter wind lever?

 

Also take the battery out and take the DMR apart from the body. Clean all the gold contacts with a small cotton bud dipped in something like isopropyl alcohol (or use a pencil eraser) and reassemble. Dirty contact can do the same.

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When you move the lever to cock the shutter into the open position, you will only get one shot. After that you have to cock the shutter manually before itwill fire again.

This preserves battery power.

 

If you do not want that, close the lever and try to shoot. It should now cock the shutter automatically after each shot.

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With some lenses the camera will take a picture and cock the shutter again. With my apo-makro 100mm it will not and show an "error 2" on the display. Maybe it has a mechanical issue somewhere, so I guess I will try and have the two cameras overhauled first.

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With some lenses the camera will take a picture and cock the shutter again. With my apo-makro 100mm it will not and show an "error 2" on the display. Maybe it has a mechanical issue somewhere, so I guess I will try and have the two cameras overhauled first.

 

Assuming your apo-makco 100mm is a ROM lens (11352-ROM), This is probably being caused by a bad or unreliable connection between the camera and the ROM contacts on the lens.

 

Alcoholic wipes is the answer. You need to clean ALL of the gold plated contacts on the camera and lens.

I do this on mine the day before my birthday every year. I'm sure someone will chime in and tell me that's not frequent enough but so far so good. :D

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One of the R9/DMR combos started to breathe again after a full wipe-up with isopropyl alcohol. The second one keeps mentioning the "error 2" so I brought it to a camera repair man. Maybe the onboard battery (the ones that powers the day/date memory) needs to be replaced, but I'll leave that to him. We'll see, but obviously I hope it can be rescued.

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