Olympus Stylus 1, Instructions Manual

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MOTOR DRIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
Motor Drive has many exciting re-
creational, professional and scientific
applications including sports photo-
graphy, action portraits, copying litera-
ture, wildlife photography and time-
lapse photography.
By automatically advancing the film
and cocking the shutter, the motor
drive not only frees the photographer
from the burden of manually advanc-
ing the film, but also allows him to
shoot a series of pictures that might
otherwise be lost through the time-
consuming manual method.
The Motor Drive package is specifically
tailored to the compact size of the
Olympus OM-1. Extremely small and
lightweight, the Motor Drive 1 mounts
directly to the camera base creating
one of the most compact and ma-
neuverable motor drive systems avail-
able. Although reduced in size and
weight, the OM System Motor Drive
Group excels in performance. The bas-
ic Motor Drive package can provide
operation up to 5 frames per second in
optimum conditions*, has single re-
lease capability and offers motor drive
sequence applications over a wide
range of shutter speeds.
The following instructions (pp. 23-25)
are for the basic motor drive system
consisting of the Olympus OM-1, Motor
Drive 1, and M.18V Control Grip 1 or
M.15V Ni-Cd Control Pack 1.
* O p t i m u m conditions: Maximum
framing rate varies with temperatures,
types of films and batteries, etc. The
word optimum implies such conditions
in which sequence filming is made at
normal temperatures at shutter speeds
of 1/500 of a second and faster, using
the M. 18V Control Grip 1 containing
fresh superpower manganese batteries.
Cartridges with smooth film moving
must also be used.
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