Self-timer help please

Hi all,

I've just bought a small item - a 'no name' self-timer to use with my older
gear (and Bronica ETR-Si). See: http://tinyurl.com/on25a. I'm struggling
to use it as I expected.

I thought it would just screw into place, you'd wind the timer mechanism and
it would fire as it arrived home, x seconds later.

What it actually does is begin to produde the release shaft (for want of a
better technical term) way before the rotating timer gets home and then jams
against the shutter as the little rod tries to stick its way deep into my
camera.

I'm sure there's a technique to using this thing, but as embarrassing as it
is to admit, I'm not doing it properly. Any help please??

Many thanks,
Dave E (Sydney)

 

"Dave E" shyly writes:

| I've just bought a small item - a 'no name' self-timer to use with my
older
| gear (and Bronica ETR-Si). See: http://tinyurl.com/on25a. I'm struggling
| to use it as I expected.



| What it actually does is begin to produde the ...shaft ...and then jams
...the little rod

....tries to stick its .. deep into my ..


....as embarrassing as it is to admit

... I'm not doing it properly.


Any help please??




sorry about the poor clipping.

These little mosters seem primarily designed for older 35mm cameras with
deep bowels into which shafts can be thrust.

you *might* find that by roating the collar the rod can be encouraged not to
be so enthusiastic re the thrusting, alternatively if you can mangle an old,
short cable release and clip the end to the appropriate length, stuff the
timer into that, and that bit into your camera..

I've done this before and with some jiggling and length adjustment you can
get it to behave appropiately with your camera

hope this helps

and don't be embarrassed, it happens to all of us at one time or another

karl

 

Hi Karl,

I appreciate the encouragement. It only seems like yesterday I scoffed at
such support-group discussions. I guess in time, as you say, these things
can get the better of all of us - sad but inevitable.

I will go and butcher the shaft of one of my more worn out thingys - one
that is perhaps a bit sticky and doesn't release as well as the others. I'm
sure some appropriate jiggling and I can get the thing to go off like a
champion.

So off I go to fossick around my bits and pieces and hopefully I'll come up
with a nice clean solution.

Many regards,
Dave "Carry On" Photographing

 

there should be an adjustmet on it which will move the part with the
cable release thread further down the 'shaft', kepping it from
protruding so far down. It will most likely be a collar f=urther up the
shaft which unscrews. You shoul dbe able to use this in any camera witha
mechanical release facility.