LX Ni-Cd Battery Pack

2002-05-27 Thread Len Zedel
By friday last I had received both the battery pack that I had bartered for with Andre and the Ni-Cd batteries that I had ordered from DigiKey. Armed with Rob Studdert's instructions I tore into the battery pack and found things pretty much as described except: Problem: Batteries inside were

RE: Motor Drive problems

2002-05-27 Thread Len Zedel
I repaired a motordrive with this exact problem! Len. On Mon, 27 May 2002, HUDERER Bernd wrote: Hi, I bought a defective Drive A at Ebay. I found the problem: the connection between the battery contacts and the wires inside is done by a metal part which is clamped inside the housing

Re: LX Ni-Cd Battery Pack

2002-05-27 Thread Len Zedel
The 1/3 AA's are a little smaller than the 1/3A's but they are rated at 110 mAh consistent with the original batteries and ni-cd batteries don't mind delivering a lot of current. We'll see how they do in the long run but for now things seem to work fine. Len. On Mon, 27 May 2002 [EMAIL

Re: LX motor drive - question (fwd)

2002-04-30 Thread Len Zedel
Okay, I've been watching this thread on batteries for a while and I do have some comments/questions. i) We use ni-cad batteries in a particularly nasty industrial application (underwater instrumentation) and we found that the panasonic ni-cads are real survivors. If I was looking to replace

London

2002-04-23 Thread Len Zedel
I will have something like 24 hours in London in the middle of June. Can anyone suggest a good shop where I can touch and feel some cameras? Len Zedel. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget

Re: Re[2]: London

2002-04-23 Thread Len Zedel
Bob, Well, the truth is that I'm sort of into nature photography! ... so while I might be tempted to take some photos of spectacular architecture, it is not my passion. Len Zedel. On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Bob Walkden wrote: Hi, the opening scenes of the film 'Patriot Games

Re: Oh man, I hope this worked

2002-04-18 Thread Len Zedel
Glenn, You've tried something I've always thought of but we don't get much lightening around here and when I did have an opportunity I was cowering in a tent with my wife and two dogs pretending to be dry. Now, you mentioned rolls of Kodachrome 25 is this a typo or can you still get 25.

Re: PENTAX need to move soon

2002-04-12 Thread Len Zedel
). The only thing about it is that the digital sensor is half the size of a 35 mm frame and so everthing is half sized in the view finder. If we could get a full framed digital sensor that fit onto the back of a 35 mm camera it seems to me that we could have the best of both worlds. Len Zedel

LX Motor drive power cable

2002-04-09 Thread Len Zedel
Now that I have brought my discovered motor-drive back from the dead I'm looking for applications and accessories. It seems to me that it would be very useful to have the cord that allowed me to plug power directly into the motor-drive instead of using the battery-pack grip. Does anyone know

LX 250 bulk back w/winder

2002-03-30 Thread Len Zedel
. Is this unit an essential component of the bulk back? Many thanks, Len Zedel. - 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 .

LX Motor Drive

2002-03-25 Thread Len Zedel
or if they are just alignment points. (I can't see any evidence of a head even when scraping off the corrosion). Can anyone tell me whether these are screws or alignment pins? iii) Has anyone taken one of these motor drives apart? I'd love some information before I put this into surgery. Thanks, Len