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Shutterbug2
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Username: Shutterbug2
Post Number: 22
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 09:38 pm: | 
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will the winder run without being connected to camera.i,ve never owned a camera motor drive before so sorry for asking. i put in new batteries and push advance button and nothing happens. it came with olympus OM2-N MD camera kit i bought. i hooked it to camera but still nothing. thanks for any help. James |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 489
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 10:28 pm: |
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There are 2 electrical contacts sticking up from the top of the motor. Hold a coin down on these to short them together and it will run when you press the shutter release.
If it doesn't run, the first place I would look is the connection between the battery holder and the winder, where the holder clicks in. These contacts get corroded sometimes and you get a bad connection... make sure they're clean and bright on both pieces. |
Shutterbug2
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Username: Shutterbug2
Post Number: 23
Registered: 10-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:04 am: |
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I tried cleaning contacts on end of battery holder and held it in tighter to see if that would make contact better while shorting 2 pins on top still nothing. so i took out 2 screws that hold on top with advance button. checked switch with dvm switch checked good. so i put top back on and shorted 2 pins and she ran. hooked it up to camera works great. i think they,re might be break in white wire it looked bent pretty sharp when i took it apart. it might have remade contact when i put it back together. so thanks for your help rick. James |
