R3 Shutter

[geordie01]

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Hi guys I am new around here I have just obtained a R3 mot and three lenses from my late uncles estate.

There seems to be a problem with the shutter when in manual, at 1000 and 500 sec setting shutter fires and returns ok but below this shutter fires and can take 8 -10 secs before returning. It works fine on auto and b settings.

Anyone got any ideas on this, camera seems to be in great condition otherwise and I quite fancy using it.

Thanks

Geordie

[earleygallery]

Hi,

 

The shutters tend to fail in Auto mode, that is they work in manual but won't fire correctly when auto AE is selected.

 

Usually repair is uneconomical as you can buy working R3's for low prices, but it must be worth letting a camera repairer take a look. That, or just keep using Auto (and the metering in the R3 is particularly good).

[Hugh 38]

Oh dear. It sounds like the electronics have failed , they can fail in different ways .

As suggested get the camera checked as it may be a simple repair , but unfortunately if the electrics have gone wrong it is seldom worth repairing the R3 .I have 2 defective ones and one still working correctly .

[geordie01]

Thanks for the reply's

I will probably give it a go on auto only as I want to try the lenses out I have a Elmarit 28mm f2.8 3 cam and a 50mm R summicron and a vario 75-200 elmar and it seems a sin not to use them as unfortunately there does not seem to be an adaptor to pentax which is my main set up.

[sc_rufctr]

Don't be surprised if it starts to work normally after some use. Just moving the dials and switches can get things working again.

 

Imagine all of the older R bodies out there that haven't seen a roll of film on decades