CAMCORDERS: EX-1 turns off and on intermittant

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LennyLevy

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I know the Ex-1 is an old camera but it still works for a number of situations and i just had a major problem and solution that i figured i should post .
i was about to use it for a shoot and found that when i turned it on it would turn itself off then on again repeatedly .
Turns out if i touched the camera-off-media switch that would trigger it , so I figured that the switch was dirty but after trying to access it by taking off the plate screws ( that didn't work) as a last resort I just poured DeoxIt D5 all over the switch, then worked it back and forth for about 5 minutes and left it to dry overnight .
This morning I was pleasantly surprised to find the problem was gone. Yay!
BTW DeoxIt D5 is great stuff for cleaning electrical contacts.

Lenny
 
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I no longer have an EX1 but curiously enough I had the exact same issue!

I currently have an EX3 that I keep (just for fun and its "retro" visual style, at least now), so good to know this if the issue ever appears on this camera.
 
LennyLevy said:
I know the Ex-1 is an old camera but it still works for a number of situations and i just had a major problem and solution that i figured i should post .
i was about to use it for a shoot and found that when i turned it on it would turn itself off then on again repeatedly .
Turns out if i touched the camera-off-media switch that would trigger it , so I figured that the switch was dirty but after trying to access it by taking off the plate screws ( that didn't work) as a last resort I just poured DeoxIt D5 all over the switch, then worked it back and forth for about 5 minutes and left it to dry overnight .
This morning I was pleasantly surprised to find the problem was gone. Yay!
BTW DeoxIt D5 is great stuff for cleaning electrical contacts.

Lenny
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Good one. Well done! Always keep a can of Servisol Electrical Clean and Lube in amongst my rubbish. Have recovered camera on/off switches, VF connectors, mixer sliders, ENG mixer gain pots and countless other 'electrical issues' with it.

Chris Young
 
I read something on an old post I think here that someone just sprayed the cleaner around the switch as a preventative.
Maybe a good idea on the EX-3. The problem seems to be very common .
I don't think of the Ex-1 for "retro-style" - just for ease of use where no one cares about the style and HD is OK .

Above all its instructional to know you can clean a switch without even getting real access. That was a surprise.
 
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