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Re: [OM] Motor Drive 2 problems

Subject: Re: [OM] Motor Drive 2 problems
From: "Ron Crabtree" <crabtree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 19:33:14 -0600
Thanks for the input Chuck.  I did as you said and indeed the counter stops
counting down, but the film still stops advancing after about frame 22.  Oh
well, it was worth a try!!  Thanks again.

Ron Crabtree
Santa Fe, NM

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Norcutt <norcutt@xxxxxxx>
To: Olympus mail list <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 8:59 AM
Subject: [OM] Motor Drive 2 problems


>Ron, I don't have a Motor Drive 2 but I looked it up in Shipman's book
>and see that you can limit the number of exposures that the MD2 can take
>at any one time by use of the SET and RESET buttons.  Check the manual
>for proper use of these buttons and the symbols on the display.  To
>defeat the frame counter and AUTO STOP feature use the SET button to
>cycle past zero until a symbol with three triangles appears in the LCD
>display.  The frame counter wont operate but the drive will run through
>the full roll.  If you don't have a manual you will need one.  None of
>this is very intuitive.
>
>ps:  I hope that this is the "problem"
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>I recently purchased a used Motor Drive 2 for use on an OM4t.  I am
>using a
>nicad control pack 2 as a power source.  At first all seemed to work
>well,
>but it seems that with a 36 exposure roll of film, the drive stops
>advancing
>the film after 24-25 frames.  The rewind knob stops turning but the film
>counter on the drive keeps advancing.  If I open the back(sacrificing
>the
>roll of film) when the drive counter reads 36, there are indeed about
>ten
>frames of film that were never advanced out of the canister.  This does
>not
>seem to be a battery issue.  Any ideas or similar experiences?
>
>Ron Crabtree
>Santa Fe, NM
>
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