Maybe, possibly could be a dirty (chattering) switch in the T-45. It's
making partial contact so the motor thinks the button was pushed two or
more times when it is only being held down.
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John Morton wrote:
> Ah - okay; no, I haven't had any problems with the motor drive when
> using it on the camera alone. Also, I haven't had any problems with
> the flash used on the camera alone. Just with the flash and motor
> drive together.
>
> I first noticed something amiss when shooting some film of a band in
> a club: set to single frame, the motor drive was taking two exposures
> every time I took a shot with the T-45 flash.
>
> A month or two later, I tried to take a few frames of a Monarch
> butterfly on some Echinacia I have growing in my backyard. "A couple
> of shots" instead turned into a whole roll; and not long afterward,
> while visiting my daughter in British Columbia (end of August), the
> same thing happened again when taking some photos of her playing
> ping-pong: 'a shot or two' became the whole roll.
>
> It is a used flash (KEH) and I've had it for less than a year, so I
> don't really know what to expect from it. I certainly didn't expect
> that; but it is a really nice flash (well, as a concept) and I would
> like to be able to use it with the motor drive.
>
> John M.
>
>>>>> <<<<
>
> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:04:19 -0400 From: John Hermanson
> <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [OM] Re: Is Dr. Flash in jeopardy?
>
>
> I mean, when you use the body and motor drive by itself, does the
> camera shoot more than one frame when set to single mode? Does the
> multiple firing with the T-45 and motor drive happen on more than one
> body? As Chuck said, the button on the T-45 is just a switch. If the
> motor is set to single, and it fires more than one frame, it usually
> indicates a defect in nicad pack or md switch in the camera body.
>
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