Ikegami Viewfinder

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jjohnson1032

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I am trying to revive my organization's television program, we have two HC-340a Ikegami cameras and the viewfinders have shorts in the 8-pin cables. One comes on with a little wiggle the other doesn't come on at all unless you shift and twist the cable. I've been searching for a replacement to this viewfinder to no avail. My question is, is it possible to use a viewfinder from another manufacture in place of the one I have? I see many 8-pin Sony viewfinders but no Ikegami ones what are my options? The viewfinder is a VF-4523.
 
It sounds like your problem is in the cables, and replacing those, although tedious, is not an impossible job for an electronics technician with good soldering skills. I think that would be both cheaper and more certain of success than trying to stitch on a whole new viewfinder.

That said, when the CRT in the viewfinder on my old Ikegami ITC-350 got weak, I did successfully adapt a viewfinder from a JVC ENG camera by carefully tracing which wires did what in both units, and transplanting the connector off the Ikegami's VF cable onto the JVC unit with a bit of careful soldering. Mounting the VF physically on the camera was more of a challenge, and I didn't really like what I came up with before I decided to replace the camera altogether.

Ikegami is still very much in business and may be able to supply you with a replacement cable and/or connector assembly for those viewfinders.

- Greg
 
Thank you, I was able to cut the original cable and resolder it to the circuit board and it did work. It still has a short in it so I may have to replace the entire cable all together. I know it is a 8 pin cable do you know where I can get a replacement cable? Are these DIN cables and if so can I use any DIN 8pin cable?
 
Sorry, no experience with that Ikegami camera specifically. They used to use a little 8-pin plug with a screw on locking ring, perhaps something from Hirose, but it was definitely not a DIN connector. But that was many years ago, and the HC-340a is a much newer camera than anything I worked with. They may well have changed connectors by now.

- Greg
 
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