When shooting single frame, and the film gets to the end, the MD 1 clutch
'should' click when you try to fire. But if you try to fire more than 2-3
times, film sprockets will rip.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:48 AM
Subject: [OM] Motor Drive 1
>
> I have my MD1 off eBay. It arrived in the post this morning. It's in very
> good condition.
>
> One query, if I may:
>
> At the end of the film it just ripped through the perforations on the film
> (only tried on Sequence @ ca. 5 fps). I can see that stopping at the end
> of the film when at that sort of speed would be very difficult, and of
> course it hasn't actually done any hard per se to the film or the camera,
> but is this normal, or is something wrong, or is there a torque setting
> that needs adjusting, or what?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
> ==============================================
> List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
> List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
> ==============================================
>
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|