Bought a used Olympus remote from my friendly camera dealer...who always gives
me first refusal on any Olympus kit he has in. Works as it should. Cost with a
bag of surplus Olympus rear lens caps $16.00
Now trying to work out how to connect my Olympus interval timer to my OMD-5
;-)>
Regards
John Duggan,
Wales, UK
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From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Olympus Camera
Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2013, 15:34
Subject: Re: [OM] Remote Shutter Releases
>
>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.
>
Here's are a couple of interesting possibilities
http://www.adorama.com/VVRC100OLY.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/844739-REG/Vello_rs_o1ii_RS_S1II_Wired_Remote_Switch.html
The second one has good reviews overall.
Chris
>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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