OLYMPUS µ1   electric release

 

 Specifications:

  • film 35mm
  • lens 35mm f3,5 with 3 elements in 3 groups
  • auto-focusing, AF indicator
  • shutter speed 1/15s to 1/500s
  • sensitivity codage DX 50,100,200,400,800,1600,3200 ISO
  • with 100 ISO: EV7 (f3.5 1/15) EV17 (f16 1/500)
  • flash auto, auto-S, off, fill-in and self-timer 12s

 

 

weight 210g with film and battery
Camera not make anymore, but a good second-hand choice

 

 

 

Dismount

  • Remove the battery and let the compartment open
  • open the back
  • withdraw the 4 screws in corners: A= short screw, B & C = medium size, D = long
  • slightly separate the back near the battery
  • cut bevelled, with a razor blade, the foam edge at places shown as X
  • remove the mask of the fastener (well look at its location and its mounting)
  • remove entirely the back of the body.
  • When holding the body at the places shown as => remove the front shell, pulling smoothly

Cover the electric circuits with adhesive tape to prevent electric hazards from the flash circuit

 

Connect

  • Move the white and the blue wires around the electro-magnet (colors may change)
  • sweat 3 wires on the shutter button:
    pin with brown wire = com cpin with green wire  = map cpin with yellow wire = obt
  • sweat the wires on the female plug

Set and reassemble

  • set back the front shell by sliding gently
    Well set the wires and the plug that have to be out the body at this stage
    Be careful for the LCD panel to be at the end of its seating
  • cstick the female plug on the left side of electro-magnet back face with araldite glue.(fast bounding 5 to 10mn glue)
      precautionary, slide a small piece of paper between the electro-magnet and the shell to avoid a leak to stick it as well.
  • qwhen solid sticked, arrange the wires and let free the guide-bar of the screw of the back shell
  • rmark the place of the holes to drill in the shell; drill one, Ø1.5mm, check its position, and drill the two last ones
  • fit the fastener mask
  • put the back shell
  • fix the 4 screws as when removed

Insert the battery, and check the functions of the camera

 

    

 

If the colors were different, sweat the 3 connecting wires, have them coming out of the camera body, and make identification as herebelow:

  • com+map will focuse
  • com+map then +obt will shot
  • obt+map do nothing
  • map+obt then +com will shot.

 

The mini-plug is make from 3 elements of a connecting bar with 1/10" step.

The female plug is inside the camera