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seanmckinney
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 07:13 am: | 
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Is there an on off switch?
I cant see one and havent seen mention of one in the bump I have surfed so far.
Is the self timer meant to make a whirring noise during the initial cocking travel? For the remainder of the cocking travel it is more of a gear noise/feel, it whirrs as it runs down. Is this normal?
On the first few fires the self timer stuck occasionally on the run down but now moves steadily. The camera fires with about 30deg's of travel left and the shutter button is released with about 5deg's of travel remaining, there is a click in between these two events. Again is that normal?
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Henry
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 08:47 am: |
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There is no discreet on/off switch. The shutter button is it.
Your selftimer sounds like mine. So is probably normal.
Henry |
seanmckinney
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 08:59 am: |
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Ta, so I assume the shutter button is an "on" with the camrea 'shutting down' automatically. |
Jan Dvorak
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 10:43 am: |
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Sean,
The concentric metal rings on the shutter release are your switch. When you put your finger on the release, the skin's moisture bridges the contact between the two rings and presto - switched on. I believe that after 30 seconds of no finger contact the camera will switch itself off.
Ingenious system, same as on my Minolta CLE. The only time I had problems with it was in the Utah desert - skin was too dry to form a contact.
Jan |
Henry
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 11:16 am: |
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Yeah Jan, I've had that same problem. Well, not dry hands but cold ones with gloves on. Never having to worry about leaving the camera on is nice too.
Henry |
