Brilliant, those red flags are sure to put a smile on your face every time, perfect selfie!

@GrumpyTim

3 ай бұрын

Yep, it's such a cute little thing - maybe GoPro need to add little flags like that to their cameras.

Interesting, I had never seen this type of self shutter before!

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

Hi ohjajohh, I only found out about these things earlier this year when I was looking through a camera manual - I thought they were a really neat idea, and then someone gave me this one for Christmas, so I made a video about it.

Amazing, what attention to detail with the red flags as well.

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

Hi John, yeah, for a little stand alone device it's really nicely made and it even feels better quality than some of the cameras I've worked on.

I never knew these existed they're a great cheap little investment

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

I only found out about them this year when I was looking through the instruction manual for an old camera - I thought they were a really neat idea, and someone got me this one as a Christmas present, so I thought I'd do a video.

Beautiful little device, thank you for showing it to us! Happy New year, I am looking forward to your 2024 videos to come.....🎉

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

It's a really nicely designed and engineered little gizmo isn't it, and I never knew they even existed until a few months ago! Happy New Year to you too, hope it's a good one.

What a fantastic little thing!

@GrumpyTim

6 ай бұрын

It's a cute little gizmo, and nicely engineered too. Cheers for watching Ben

I love the way the little wings appear - beautiful! I have a Bolex Paillard version (designed for a cine camera) which you can set for up to 20 seconds. It look like new and appears to work but I haven't had need to try it out yet.

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

Hi Morris, the little wings are great aren't they - so simple, but effective. I just did a little search for the Bolex one that you have - that's a nice thing too. I do have a couple of cine cameras that I want to try out some time, but film, processing and scanning will make it quite an investment, so I'll save that for a rainy day (well actually probably a sunny day if I want good footage!!!)

@liveinaweorg

7 ай бұрын

@@GrumpyTim I got a cine camera as part of an auction lot. I opened it up and found film inside. Normally I develop any film I find in cameras but the cost of developing cine film is bonkers! Good luck with finding a sunny day ;)

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, sun.........I remember that........

What a jewel

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

It's a cute little solution to the problem, and I never knew these things even existed until earlier this year.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

7 ай бұрын

@@GrumpyTim any idea what materials they used? It's held onto its chrome remarkably well. Very happy to hear you are still discovering things about your hobbies, it always feels like a treat for me when that happens. I was cleaning the float on a dishwasher the other day and thought of you when I found the PCB mounted reed switch.

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

It looks like it's Chrome over Brass, the case and pointy end aren't magnetic, and it's not Stainless Steel or Aluminium. The inner workings are steel as you might expect. I'm still very much in the fun, learning stage at the moment - every different camera I open up for repair is a voyage of discovery, even two of the same camera but a few years apart reveals interesting design changes and improvements. I love reed switches, they're such a nice thing to find on a piece of equipment. I used to marvel at the safety interlocks on printing presses - some of the early machines used to have a pin that prodded into a hole when the guard was closed, but you could easily defeat those by putting a matchstick into the hole and then run the machine with the guard open. They moved over to things like a disk with a notch that the switch fell in to when the guard was closed - that way, if the switch jammed in the depressed position, the machine wouldn't run, and you couldn't simply tape the switch in the depressed position to run with the guard open. They had fancy systems so you could nudge the machine slowly a bit at a time for cleaning with one set of guards open, but only by using the buttons on that particular section of the machine. I don't know why, but all that stuff used to fascinate me!!!

That is so clever!

@GrumpyTim

7 ай бұрын

It's really neat isn't it Phillip - I only found out that they existed earlier this year.

Biutifol 😍

@GrumpyTim

6 ай бұрын

Cheers Omar, it's a cute little device isn't it.

Brilliant so I found mine used on a Leica IIIg was set up differently but could it adapt to the more common pin screw in or do I have to use the separate adapter I’ve been using (Leica III to M6 TTL

@GrumpyTim

4 ай бұрын

Hi khandcombe, I know the fitting you mean, my Edixa Reflex uses the same style. I wouldn't be surprised if they made the timer fairly universal with interchangeable ends. I've seen adapters that convert the standard pin type to the barrel type connector, but not the other way round. Is there any evidence that the end might unscrew leaving the standard pin type?