Hi all
Ive got A Ricoh GR1s thats behaved well and given me great results thats just gone wrong. Im really disappointed because Ive always treated it carefully and it seems to have a real design flaw.
The shutter flex has gone on it, which is a major failure point on them apparently and the build quality can be shifty. I wonder if I have it replaced it will be sorted with a stronger, longer lasting part?
My usual (excellent) repairers dont deal with it directly so send it off to Ricoh in Germany and they reckon it will be £200+ (£130+VAT for the shutter assembly, + labour + shipping etc) which is like $350 to replace a cheap and nasty little PCB. Which is sure to fail.
The part alone costs £110ish here. The cheapest estimate I can find for the whole job is £150-£190. I wonder if the part can be got for less elsewhere, are their cheaper places to get Ricohs repaired (preferably in the UK) or if there is another solution?
Any suggestions on how to sort this more affordably would be appreciated!
Ive got A Ricoh GR1s thats behaved well and given me great results thats just gone wrong. Im really disappointed because Ive always treated it carefully and it seems to have a real design flaw.
The shutter flex has gone on it, which is a major failure point on them apparently and the build quality can be shifty. I wonder if I have it replaced it will be sorted with a stronger, longer lasting part?
My usual (excellent) repairers dont deal with it directly so send it off to Ricoh in Germany and they reckon it will be £200+ (£130+VAT for the shutter assembly, + labour + shipping etc) which is like $350 to replace a cheap and nasty little PCB. Which is sure to fail.
The part alone costs £110ish here. The cheapest estimate I can find for the whole job is £150-£190. I wonder if the part can be got for less elsewhere, are their cheaper places to get Ricohs repaired (preferably in the UK) or if there is another solution?
Any suggestions on how to sort this more affordably would be appreciated!
