Hi all
I just received last night via mail order a used OM Motor Drive 1
with M. 18V Control Grip (no instructions). It is the very first (I
think) MD1 in that it has the large shutter release button on top of
the vertical part of the MD rather than the later design which had a
much smaller button and also provision for the M Remote Cord. I had
never seen (or even realised that there were two MD1 designs ) one of
these, but I picked it up for a good price and it is in pretty good
shape.
I have an MD2 and a couple of 15V Control Packs so am used to the
way these sort of clip in and pivot, but this is my first experience
with the vertical M18V Control Grip. The MD and Grip arrived in the
parcel padded and wrapped as two separate pieces. After unwrapping, I
clipped the Grip onto the bottom of the MD1, and it snapped into
place quite nicely, and very securely. All was fine until I tried to
remove the grip - how does it come off?
There is a square black button above the shutter trigger on the grip
which slides downwards, which I presumed was the release latch to
allow the grip to pivot down and out of the bottom of the MD (like
the NiCd Contol Packs do), but no matter how I wriggled and jiggled
the darn thing it wouldn't budge (I didn't want to exert too much
force ).
I rummage around and found a couple of very early OM-1 instruction
books (one of which incidentally actually shows the very early style
shutter release on top of the MD1), however they only explained how
to *attach* the 18V Control Grip, not how to remove it.
I then rummaged further and found a Motor Drive Group booklet from
the seventies, which mentioned that the M18V Control Grip 1 has a
"foolproof double locking mechanism to ensure....." the Control Grip
doesn't come undone accidently.
Well, I must be a fool 'cause I certainly can't figure out the
secret. I tried sliding the release latch down while pushing the
shutter button (with the shutter lock lever both on and then off), I
tried again with the battery holder in and then with it removed (just
in case). I guess I tried just about any combination of pulling,
pushing, sliding buttons/latches I could think of......
Can someone with one of these point me in the right direction please???
Someone from the OM list started posting acrobat files of scanned OM
instruction manuals a while back. I visited the site ages ago and
downloaded a couple of pdfs (alas non for MD1 and/or 18V Control
Grip), but now I can't find the URL to see if any more have been
added. Is the instruction library project still running or not? Does
anone have the URL for it?
appreciate any tips/advice etc.
cheers
peter
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