What is a motor drive?
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I’m sorry
Because we can’t speak english
I am using DeepL translate, so it may be a strange sentence,
but I would like you to understand
Thank you
In this issue
I will write about motor drives attached to film SLR cameras in a
simple and easy-to-understand manner.
We will refer to the products currently on sale at our
Vintage Shop Japan Inc.
Canon AE-1 PROGRAM + NewFD 50mm f/1.4+Motor Drive+Battely pack
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What is Motor Drive?
A motor drive is an automatic winding device for film SLR cameras to wind up film quickly when taking fast-moving pictures such as wildlife and news photography.
Attached to the bottom from the shutter side is the motor drive.
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What is motor drive?
Japanese news photographers started using this motor drive around the time of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and in 1974, the catchphrase of the Canon AE-1, “Continuous-Shooting SLR,” was adopted by the general public.
Around 1985, auto-focus SLR cameras became mainstream, and the external motor drive introduced in this article was eliminated after the motor drive was built in.
It is quite large when attached to a camera.
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When removed, it is divided like this.
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The power source is a battery pack that uses 12 AA batteries.
It makes you feel the times.
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The size of this motor drive is an unthinkable piece of equipment for a modern camera, but I thought that the existence of this motor drive would be utilized in subsequent digital camera technology.
The above is what I wrote about motor drives.
I’ll be writing more about what I think, so stay tuned!
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