I am discovering some sources of my problems slowly.
1: I had to set my shutter to THIRTY seconds, in order to enter Program-mode. 13 seconds does not work. Evidently, some chips are shipping with much longer program-delay times than the ten-second default that they are supposed to have.
2: Tthe instructions appear to be dead-wrong about bulb-mode being another option for entering the chip\'s program-mode.
3: The instructions erroneous say your will see f/5.0 if program-mode has been successfully entered.
4: The instructions, in one section, say that you must fire a shot, at \"the selected aperture\" to EXIT program-mode. this is completely false as well. It is now clear that program-mode ends automatically, once a proper command/numerics sequence is entered.
Then as you say Alex, Program mode must be entered TWICE. Once for FL, then again for aperture.
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There\'s lots more mistakes & circular logic in those bloody instructions. Not good for a \"literal\" guy like me. Looks like there\'s still hope for my chips. (maybe even Jim\'s chips, for full programming)
I see now how to do the calibration as well. I have figured out which parts of the instructions to throw away. fog is lifting.
Not sure about \"AF\" mode vs \"MF\" mode, but one thing at a time. Hopefully, \"MF\" mode has to do with defeating the shutter-lockout. Hope so, since AI-servo mode causes nothing but grief.
Dec 05, 2008 at 01:37 PM
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