I need an instruction manual for the Ricoh AF-77 camera or a little help
I found my parents old Ricoh camera and wanted to test it out. The flash button lights up so i know it works but the mode setting screen doesn't show anything. Help?
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Hi,
Have you cleaned the lens' electrical contacts?or is the lens connected loosely?? Examine but probably little need to clean the camera's electric contacts considering its' young age. Do you have access to another AF body on which you can test the lens and another AF lens to test the D80?
Do the following things
1.take a dust free eraser and clean the contacts on the camera carefully by keeping it upside down to prevent dust going inside.
2.do the same for lens contacts.
re-attach the lens firmly.
hope this solves your probs.
regards
sreejith
When you are using non brand lenses, with an adapter ring, most camera's can't communicate, so you have to use the lens as a non chip lens and it only will work in full manual mode. So switch the camera to M (manual) and then do manual focus and manual aperture on the lens. When you shoot a picture, look on the histogram if you need a faster or slower shutter speed and dial in the speed (manual) you think is correct.
What do you mean with autofocus lens frozen?
What lens do you use, and what are the settings on your camera. Even when you have chosen automatic on the main dail, to the left of the lens is a switch on the camera, that can be set to manual. Even on a lot of AF lenses, are switches that can be set to manual.
In your camera only modern AF lenses with Nikon F connection will work with AF. The older AF lenses (Mechanical focus) need a focus motor in the camera body, only found in the camera's that also have a little LCD screen on top of the camera. (Not in 3x00, or 5x00 models)
But if you are sure this lens worked in your camera before, please check the switches on the camera and on the lens.
Still problems? tell me what lens you are using and how is the switch AF / M on your camera now?
I would look for a manual, it's been years since I played with one of these but it may mean that you need flash or the lens may not be in AF mode or the AF can not focus the camera.
Some pentax digitals(most) will accept k mount lenses. Ricoh differed from the Pentax standard in one slight -- but important -- way. They used a locking pin (called the "Ricoh pin") that just happens to fall at exactly the same place as the auto-focus socket on Pentax auto-focus cameras. (That include Pentax film and digital SLRs with auto focus.) If you put your Ricoh lens on the AF Pentax, you may find that the Ricoh pin will get stuck in the AF hole and you can't get them back apart. The fix is simple, if you are even a little bit handy and have a jewellers' screwdriver. You can remove the pin from the Ricoh lens, and then safely use it on your Pentax cameras. The lack of a pin doesn't seem to adversely affect either the lens or the camera.
The flash is automatic, you cannot control the flash. But you can put some black tape over the flash if you really don't want flash. Remember though, if the camera meter decides flash is needed, then your pictures could turn out dark/underexposed by covering the flash.
The manual can be found here: http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/208_manuals.cfm?prodID=P_N1246352
The manual says use 100, 200 or 400 iso films.
Maybe try high iso film like 800 iso or 1600 iso, best to try this out ahead of time to make sure you are satisfied with the results. The high iso films need less light so should perform better without flash, but the camera may not be able to rate these films correctly, trial and error is definitely required.
The lens ought to be fully functional in every mode. But if you are in a pinch then Manual it is 'til you can get it sorted or serviced if need be...in which case you'll need to swithch the AF Mode lever (under lens release button )from 'AF' to 'M'.
Have you cleaned the lens' electrical contacts? Examine but probably little need to clean the camera's electric contacts considering its' young age. Do you have access to another AF body on which you can test the lens and another AF lens to test the D80?
Please keep in mind that if the aperture is not set (locked) at its minimum, the error is a flashing fEE. When the body cannot communicate with the CPU in the lens, the error is F--, which means either the lens has no CPU or a bad electronic contact.
You didn't state whatbrand of camera you have. Nikon, Canon, Pentax and Minolta all make digital cameras that take their old lenses. In the case of Minolta, Sony took over the production. The only things that may not work are the old flashes. The new digital cameras may need upgraded models of the flashes. Never use an old flash on a newer digital model without checking if it could damage the camera. You need not buy a 12 mega pixel to print 4X6 prints. Their older and less expensive models will work just fine.
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