The repair was successfully completed by a camera repair shop in Taiwan.<\/p>\n
Camera Repair Shop in Taiwan<\/h2>\n
The only repair company I could find through a web search was a repair company in the U.S. I was informed that they could fix it in China, so I did a Chinese character search on Facebook.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t find any hits in English, so I searched in Chinese for camera repair (\u76f8\u673a\u7ef4\u4fee)\u30fbGR1, and found a store with repair cases of compact cameras, which are not accepted in Japan.<\/p>\n
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\u5c1a\u54c1\u7cbe\u4fee\u76f8\u6a5f\u5de5\u4f5c\u5ba4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I told the messenger from the Facebook page about the malfunction and he said he could repair it.<\/p>\n After receiving a rough estimate, it was time to send the product. (By the way, GR1 is made in Taiwan).<\/p>\n This repair was in terms of the LED LCD not displaying and the shutter not clicking.<\/p>\n Below is the final repair price. Taiwan Dollars (calculated at 1NTD=3.6 Yen).<\/p>\n \u30fb\u63db\u6db2\u6676\u6392\u7dda LED screen board broken NTD 2,500\uff089,000yen\uff09<\/strong> It costs not cheap, but I am grateful that it can be fixed.<\/p>\n There was also a problem with the viewfinder, which I did not repair because it was not a problem in use, but the price was below.<\/p>\n \u30fb\u83f1\u93e1\u5408\u81a0 Viewfinder regluing. NTD 3,500\uff0812,600yen\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n The rest is NTD800 (2,880 yen) for shipping. I was surprised at how expensive this was,the shipping cost from Japan was about 1,300 yen by EMS.<\/p>\n The LED repair also makes the shutter speed information visible in the viewfinder.<\/strong><\/p>\n All communication for repairs is in English. However, the response is slow due to the limited English speaking staff at the store.<\/p>\n I am not that good at English either, so we exchanged messages via messenger while using a translation tool.<\/p>\n As a point to keep in mind when communicating with them, use bullet points and communicate clearly,<\/strong> as neither of I is a native speaker of the language.<\/p>\n I was asked again what I had told them, or the reply had no subject, but let’s just deal with that with a “thank you just for fixing it” mentality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I a\uff4d forcing them to respond in English, and we don’t want to have to turn them down because they are annoyed with Japanese.<\/p>\n It took some time to communicate with them, but in general they were more polite than in Japan. For English and Chinese repair information, please copy the above.<\/p>\n The estimates and invoices are clear, which will be summarized in PDF format (actual estimate PDF<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n If there was anything that was unclear during the work, they would send photos and explain it to us, and after the repair was completed, they shared a video of the operation check (actual operation check video<\/a><\/strong>: Google drive).<\/p>\n Even after packing, they sent me a picture saying, “I’m going to send it to you now.<\/p>\n They said they could accept Paypal<\/strong> as a payment method (credit cards probably not accepted) and I was billed to my email address after the repair was completed.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is recommended that you prepare a Paypal account in advance.<\/p>\n Careful packaging. The camera was packed with air cushion.<\/p>\n In a previous repair article<\/a><\/strong>, I wrote about how to operate without being able to see the LCD, but I still find it stressful when I can see the information.<\/p>\n The LCD, which is a chronic problem of the GR1, will probably not be a problem for 5 years, and the shutter failure, which is a common problem, will be a relief for the time being.<\/p>\n This is far more secure than buying new used equipment, so it is cheaper that way.<\/p>\nRepairs and Pricing<\/h2>\n
\n\u30fb\u63db\u5feb\u9580\u6392\u7dda Shutter board brokenNTD 3,000\uff0810,800yen\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\nRepair communication<\/h2>\n
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GR1 after repair<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p>\nFujifilm Natura \/ Leica Mini lux could be repaired.<\/h2>\n