Nizo S800 ~ timer?

hi,

i have a Nizo S800 which has been my pride and joy for several years, but recently i have noticed that the timer - on fastest setting, is clicking away irregularly (sounds like it's missing every 10th frame, or so?)

this only happens on the fastest setting

also, when i switched from timer to normal speed [18fps for me], the manual release failed a couple of times, like it was momentarily sticking?

is there something serious about to go down here? is it advisable to take the camera apart and look for the cause of this malfunction, or might there be a simpler fix, please?

thanks,

hmm, makes me wonder if the battery points need cleaning - the twin connectors between the handle and the body?

no, i really don't fancy taking the Nizo to bits, there is nothing about it which suggests this might be a good idea to try; anyway, the gremlin is not localised to any one bit of the camera - the manual release is at the base of the body and the timer control is up near the top of the camera, to one side

thanks

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(remote control)

it all seemed to begin when i plugged a remote in the side - i didn't realise there are two mini jack sizes which look identical but aren't. the remote kept falling out, so i steadied it with a rubber band. unfortunately, when it was time to film (canada geese) the band also activated the manual release and i thought the camera had gone mad - wouldn't stop filming ...

now the fixed (cannon) remote plugs into the circular Nizo single remote, which has the correct jack on it, to fit the camera - no worries

but since the comical (in retrospect) adventure filming the geese, this stop/start business began, with the manual release - i'm sure it's got something to do with the battery points though - unclipping the handle was the only thing i could do to stop the camera when i had it banded up? i did not think to switch it off (didn't actually have time to think at all) ~

it's a very intermittant thing, but i need to iron it out, or know that i need to anticipate it, so it doesn't throw me next time?

ps. trouble with the Nizo remote is you have to press it all the time, take your finger off and the camera stops; the canon remote has a lock on it - ideal for long exposures, or auto 'B' on the 801 ...

R

In "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", Pee Wee is merrily riding his bicycle when he flys over his handlebars and makes a spectacular fall right in front of a group of 12 year old peers. Pee Wee brushes himself off, gets back on his bike, and earnestly says to the kids, "I MEANT to do that."

In your case, I would evaluate how the new found "limp" your camera has seemed to acquire serves as a badge of honor. How do the problems you described actually look like on film. You may find the new found intermittent issues to be a cool effect that you can live with.

I would suggest that over time less and less voltage is reaching to the various parts of the camera that need it, and the parts that need the voltage conversely probably actually need more than before to do the same job because of their age and use.

I don't think I would take the camera apart as it still works in so many wonderful ways for you and all of the ways it does work for you are much better than a suddenly DOA camera because you opened it up and then perhaps couldn't put it back together again correctly, aka the "Humpty Dumpty Syndrome"

See if the problem is just as noticeable with fresh batteries as it is with used ones and if the problem is just as noticeable in warmer climate versus a chillier climate.

You may be able to avoide the problems you speak of by avoiding certain scenarios that may be exacerbating the situaiton.

Several months ago I seem to recall posting that I was able to "unlock" a camera by plugging into the remote of the camera and then taking the plug out.

I wonder what search words I should use to try and find that post. (assuming it was on this forum. :confused [img]smile.gif[/img]

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hmm,

no ideas on that one ...

it occurred to me that another factor might have been the batteries - if they were approaching run-down 'critical', might this show up in a stop-start motor effect?

:-\

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Originally posted by Alex:

I would suggest that over time less and less voltage is reaching to the various parts of the camera that need it, and the parts that need the voltage conversely probably actually need more than before to do the same job because of their age and use.......

........See if the problem is just as noticeable with fresh batteries as it is with used ones and if the problem is just as noticeable in warmer climate versus a chillier climate.

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hmm,

no ideas on that one ...

it occurred to me that another factor might have been the batteries - if they were approaching run-down 'critical', might this show up in a stop-start motor effect?

:-\

gottcha!

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