P3D Re: TDC colorist2 question and site update

["Michael Kersenbrock" <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I recently got a TDC colorist 2.  I like it a lot, but I finally
>needed to use the 10th of a second, and bulb.   I thought the camera
>wasn't functioning properly because it wouldn't turn to those
>settings.  I thought that maybe the shutter being cocked (which it
>does on its own when you advance the film) may be the reason.  So, I
>took a shot, yep then it moved past the 25th down the rest of the way.
> Could anyone on the list that has one try it with theirs?  I would
>like to know if that is normal, or a defect in this camera.  Since it
>doesn't have the capability for double exposure, this could mean that
>I have to waste a shot when I want to switch to these slower speeds.
>Not a big deal, just want to know.


For what it's worth, on my Colorist-2
(http://www.photo-3d.com/CamPages/colorist2.html)
I can move the shutter setting knob to any setting with the shutter
cocked or uncocked. Just tried it.

At least on the realist, I recall one wasn't supposed to be
doing that (it's dragging the innards "loaded" on a stepped
thingie), and to cock after shutter adjustment when ready to take
the next image.  So maybe it's just as well?  :-)

Mike K.



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