*** Warning For Jjc Remote ***

[OlyFlyer]

Just recently I have seen what we have known for a while, some E-3s has got the remote contact pushed into the body. I have heard about this before, first time from an early adopter who said the original Oly remote did the damage. Now I have seen somebody else’s camera and in this case the culprit is the Chinese JJC remote many are using and is sold on eBay by many sellers. The remote I am talking about is marked like mine, but there are two huge differences. One is that the three holes are smaller than my remote's three holes and the other is that all the edges are sharp.

I illustrate how my contact plug looks like with the three following images.







The one I suspect may cause damage looks nowhere near mine. The plastic is completely ground off to flat surface, not nicely rounded like mine. Also the holes seem to be too small. In my contact holes one can easily plug in a needle, but the one I have seen seems much smaller.

The conclusion is that unless your remote looks like mine you should be very very careful. Best would be to get a replacement, but if it is not possible, try to fix it by yourself if you can.

Regardless of which, you must be very careful when using the JJC remote. As it seems, the quality is very random.

While we are discussing the remote, here is the wiring if you want to make your own.



Be careful if you start to modify anything. Everything you do, you do at your own risks.

[drakon09]

Thanks for the heads-up Flyer!