At 05:11 PM 8/12/03, you wrote:
Yep, I've got a 30-DX with the OT-1D module. Dead ringer for the 433D which
does not use a module. Anyone know how to remove the OT-1D module. Seems to
have finger grips on the front, but didn't want to get too agressive with
it.
-Mickey
Mickey,
The modules have a vertical metal center post with a notch cut in it. The
notch is used to mechanically hold it on the flash (or remote cord). I
don't have a 30DX, but do have a 120J TTL. Is the battery cover on the
side toward the bottom? If so, open it and look at the bottom of the
battery box. If there's a metal tab there, try pulling on it gently. On
the 120J it doesn't slide far, perhaps 1/4 inch or so, and the fork on the
other end of the tab is what holds the module onto the bottom of the
120J. When the battery door is closed, it keeps the tab from sliding thus
preventing the module from falling off . . . or perhaps a better
description is flash from falling off the module (it's all "frame of
reference").
On the remote cords, there is a screw on the side of the cap that goes over
the top of the module. Unscrew the screw until it stops, push it in
(there's a spring on the screw shaft) and the module comes off.
There is also a circuit board edge sticking up with traces that engages
when you put it on the bottom of the flash. Unlike the Metz modules it
doesn't slide on/off sideways. It pushes on and pulls off vertically . . .
but only after whatever is engaging the notch on the metal post is pulled
out of the way.
Again, I don't know exactly how it attaches to the 30-DX, but imagine it
must be something similar.
-- John
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