I'll be interested in this as well since I was looking at several different
ones - I haven't pulled the trigger yet since the reviews were all over the
place.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> After quite a bit of a struggle, I've come to the conclusion that the
> after-market RM-UC1 shutter releases from China et al are pretty worthless.
> Neither of the ones that I bought would function, and after looking into
> this by way of various blogs it seems that the problem is that the 12-pin
> USB connector is not made to the same dimensions as the Olympus original,
> and this problem is fairly common.
>
> By jury-rigging a remote switch I determined that the remote function
> at the camera body USB connector is working properly and under
> magnification I can see that the connector is not damaged in any way. The
> problem comes down to the fact that the connector on the cable does not
> seat down deeply enough and therefore cannot make proper contact with the
> camera body connector contacts.
>
> Has anyone purchased an after-market RM-UC1 remote switch that
> functions properly? I'm going to go down to the local camera shop to see
> if they have a format Olympus unit that I can try to see if it's worth the
> extra cost.
>
> Chris
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