Looks like I'm running one step behind Piers today. It took me a while to find
my "new model" MD1. It was hiding underneath (i.e., attached to) the chrome
4Ti, so I overlooked it at first.
Anyway, OM-4 loaded with 36-exp. outdated roll of Tech Pan, body cap on, set to
manual, small button MD1, M.18V control grip, running WFO (that's a racing
term) on sequence. Nary a torn sprocket hole. And even after the roll had
obviously reached the end, I pulled the trigger three or four more times. Not
even a dent.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message from "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>:
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>
> I understood your supposition to refer to the off-list response (which is
> why I only quoted that). I take John's "if you try to fire more than 2-3
> times" to mean 2-3 presses of the shutter release rather than 2-3 frames.
>
> But if you think there is nothing wrong with your MD1, who am I to disagree?
>
> MD1 with M15v at full tilt, at end of film the MD clutch slipped. Fired
> several more times, with no difference, and no torn sprockets. Changed to
> M18v, on which 'full tilt' is more like 5fps with same results. And no
> wasted film (I left the lens cap on)!
>
> --
> Piers
>
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