Originally posted by patrick9 It is a shame. I enjoy my "t It is the most used film camera I own. Even my ZX-L doesn't get as much use. Mine had a problem a few months ago too It turned out to be the roll of film. I shoot a bit of out of date film but this particular roll was still in date. The next roll was OOD since I didn't want risk a better roll. It worked fine. I guess the roll of film must have been the culprit. I am wondering if your's needs a good cleaning or if the roll may have been the problem.
Have you tried doing the cycle without film and the back open so as to see if you can see a problem? Or even with the back closed to see if you still have the problem.
Well, it won't trigger at all if there's no film in the camera. Just like if the camera was dead. That's something I thought was odd, but I thought it was by design. So I put this old film in the camera, and at least it triggers now! But it does skip frames.
You think a cleaning might actually make a difference?
I'm using some cheap Sunbeam alkalines since I couldn't find my Maxwell lithiums - but the manual says I can't use lithiums anyway. The Sunbeams should be fine - they're working like a charm on my Minolta XG-M and I've already shot a few rolls of film through that camera with these same batteries, so I don't think they're the problem...
Now the Ricoh is just dead dead, which is also very sad because from what I saw, that lens is super-sharp and contrasty! Simple 4/3 Tessar design in rangefinder configuration.