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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