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[OM] Re: Radio Triggers, Part IV

Subject: [OM] Re: Radio Triggers, Part IV
From: "Jeff Keller" <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:59:39 -0700
I've never designed anything with a thyristor but I suspect you could
cut in a one-shot between the output device and it's input signal. If
I recall, Tim had ideas about what was inside the receiver.
-jeff


On 3/22/07, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I had the opportunity, last night, to do more testing with my oboy
> radio triggers.  For flash work, they seem to be hunky-dory.  But, I
> wanted to see if they'd work with a Winder-1 on my OM-2S.
>
> Short answer is barely.
>
> It appears that the pulse is too short to really be effective.  The
> winder would partly whir and stop.  A second trigger would take the
> picture and a third trigger would advance the film.  Sometimes two
> triggers would do it, occasionally one, but mostly three.
>
> While at Radio Shack, getting the micro-mini plug adaptor, I found a
> Sandisk 1GB cf card on sale, with rebate for $14.95.  Good enough for
> me, so I picked one up.
>
> I'll try the remotes again on a Winder-2 and will stick better
> batteries in it to see if we can get it down to a single trigger.  If
> it works, I'll have to upgrade the ducttape holding that winder
> together so it doesn't look quite so scary.  Otherwise, I'll have to
> use on-camera flash with the camera so I'll know if/when I got the
> shot.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> AG

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