Hi Lee,
Polaroid claims 40 feet max for the pair. Something is
wrong if you only get a range of 10 feet. Are you sure you have good
batteries in the transmitter and receiver ? I use one with my OM-4 to get
close shots of birds and other animals in my back yard. I can fill the
frame with the subjects using my 21mm or 28mm lenses rather than use a
long telephoto. I was able to control the camera from at least 40 feet
away.
Frank
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:22:48 -0400 "R. Lee Hawkins"
<lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Hi all:
> Does anyone else out there have a Polaroid model 7020/7030
> transmitter/reciever pair for the Spectra camera line? I picked one
> up
> in really good condition a few years ago, then promptly forgot about
> it... For those of you that don't know, it's a unit with a
> hand-held RF
> unit, with a receiver that attaches to the camera via a tripod
> screw.
> All it does is close a relay that shorts a couple of contacts on the
> connecting cable. Although it is not the correct connector for the
> OM
> winders and MD's, it is easy to make an extension for them.
>
> My question is, if anyone has one, what range do you get? Does
> anyone
> have documentation on the unit telling what range one should get?
> 10
> feet seems to be the max on my unit, which is useless for me, since
> I
> have remote cords that are way longer than this. Also, does anyone
> know
> what frequency the unit works on? I can imagine other ways to send
> a
> signal to the receiver without using the original remote :).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Cheers,
> --Lee
>
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