Looks like the camera and winder are out of sync. Normally the shutter is cocked right after the film is wound on. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Matti Etelapera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 20. tammikuuta 2002 16:36 Aihe: Q: Winder ME II >Hi, > >I have a question about the Winder ME II, which I seldomly use with my >Super A. The winder seems to lengthen the shutter delay of the camera and >I�m really not too happy about that. > >AFAIK, after pressing the shutter release button on the winder the motor >starts winding and _after_ that the shutter is triggered mechanically. >Once the picture is taken the winder advances to the next frame. I find >the mechanical triggering of the shutter strange, because the motor >produces considerable amount of torque and vibrations to the body. If all >of this would have been made with electrical triggering, the vibration and >shutter delay wouldn�t have been a problem. Man I hate shutter delay :) > >So the question goes: are these assumptions correct, or is there some kind >of a fault in the winder or the body? > > -Matti Etel�per�, Oulu, Finland > > ps. I seldomly write to the PDML-list, but read the digest daily. Great >information, keep it up :) >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
