Colin Curtis Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Hello Everyone... I posted this picture to show an additional part in the film chamber of my Canon Scoopic 16. In the direct center of this photo you will see a square, flat, disk-like object with a wire running from it and into the body of the camera. The wire may be difficult to see in the photo. There is also a chrome button on the bottom of the object. Does anyone know what this is? This is not shown in the manual and it is not on other cameras that I saw online. Could this be something Canon added to the later units from the factory? Or, is it some custom add-on by a previous owner? Thanks for reading and I hope someone can explain it... COLIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Does the button move up and down? I wonder if it's a buckle trip,to stop the camera if the loop is lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Could that be an audio head? Don't remember Scoopics having this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Curtis Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks for replying Mark. Yeah...it does move up and down. Maybe you are right about the automatic trip-off - never thought of that - but the button needs quite a bit of force to be pressed in. The button is spring loaded and pushes back down again. I am still waiting to have my batteries re-celled, but when the camera is powered up (without film) it should be easy to test your theory. I wondered if it was some sort of de-magnetizer, but couldn't think of a reason why it would be needed. I am pretty new to cameras at this caliber, so your thoughts are much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Curtis Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks for replying Mitch! But...no...certainly not a recording head. This camera is a non-sound and there are no other additions to the camera that would enable it to do sound. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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