(Ricoh GRD4)
Yahoo! I found the invoice for the GRD4 and sent it to the dealer for repairing the malfunctioning manual focus, which rendered the snap mode totally useless. I hope it will be soon for the GRD4 to be up and about.
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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Can you tell me Ricoh said that this problem?
My GRD just expired warranty!
so poor.
However, I really want to repair it.
I actually got the camera back without them fixing it coz they said it functions well. I tried to explain the it to them. The problem still persists. If you search the web, particularly dpreview forum, you will notice users complaining the issue.
Mine is no longer under warranty. I may no longer buy Ricoh cameras as long as the present dealer holds the dealership.
The technical guy suggest me to do a alignment. If success, it cost me HK$500. Otherwise, they need to replace the whole lens for HK$1600.
Same as you, I take back the white GRD4 since it still ok at AF.
Then I bought a black 2nd hand full function GRD4 from market at HK$2200.
I still keep the white GRD4 at this moment.
I sold my white GRD4 to a guy.
He send it to CS. Ricoh CS do an factory reset for him.
The camera back to normal!
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3392809
Tun off the camera
Set the dial to "scene mode"
Press Fn2 and Play buttons simultaneously.
A screen with firmware version and other info will show up. If you wait for about 15 seconds a new screen will appear asking you if you want to initialize settings.
If you say OK, you go all the way back. You start by setting date, language etc...