In your message dated: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 01:30:44 PDT you write:
>Hi everybody,
>
>I've read the CAMREP faq and was particularly interested in making a
>Remote cord for my winder 2 and Om-10.
>I've got a couple of queries if anyone would like to help me!
Ok.
>
>1)Does a Remote cord allow me to fire my camera shutter via the winder 2
>from a distance - is that what a remote cord does?
Umm, yeah, that's why it is called a "remote cord". :)
>
>2)Does the phone jack fit inside the hole to the right of the winder 2
>shutter button?
Yep.
>
>3)If my interpretation of the faq is right, what you are effectively
>doing is using a length of cable to perform a short circuit. Right? Or
>is a pulse of some sort meant to trigger the shutter?
Short circuit.
>
>4)I stuffed a mini phone jack into the hole on the right of the winder2
>fire button and I noticed something funny (if it is funny after all) As
>you insert the phone jack the winder fires. When you short the two
>wires connected to the jack - nothing happens (ok, perhaps the contact
>wasn't that good), when you withdraw the jack, the winder fires again.
>Is my winder defective??
No, that is normal. Think about how the jack is made. As you slide the
plug into the jack, the plug shorts the jack briefly.
>
>5) and finally does the remote firing work with sequence mode too?
Yes, it does. All the remote jack is is a jack wired-or'd with the
switch on the winder. All you are doing by using a remote cord is
adding another switch at a distance. Switches work by causing a dead
short. There is nothing magical here. :)
Cheers,
--Lee
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