DIY Nikon cables by Avi - MC-33 - DataCable1 for F100

Building MC-33 DataCable1 by Avi
* Connect F100 to PC *

WARNING : The information presented here describes my own experience.
It is NOT in any way an official suggestion nor instructions to be followed.
Using this information is on your own risk !!!

My work on this cable is based on the work of Marcel Eremia and Emmanuel Geneste which have a lot in common.
Both Marcel and Emmanuel helped me understand their design and I thank them for it.
This project started in 2003 as a one-off cable system DataCable1 and ended up with a small batch of direct
camera-PC cable DataCable2 due to many requests I got.

This is the schematic drawing of DataCable1:

Components list:
1x	Maxim MAX232 IC chip (*1)	1x	5 KOhm resistor
1x	DIP socket for the chip	1x	120 KOhm resistor (*3)
5x	1.0 µF electrolytic capacitors (*2)	1x	DB-9 receptacle connector
1x	small plastic box	1x	DB-15 plug connector
1x	Bread board in size to fit the box	1x	~2m of min. 4 wires cable

*1. It is possible to use MAX232A chip instead, but in this case use 0.1 µF capacitors.
*2. Take extra care to capacitors polarity when you place it.
*3. 120 KOhm is what worked for me. Original drawing of Marcel stated 200 KOhm, Emmanuel's design has no resistorsl.

image of DataCable1 electronics box:

image of DataCable1:

Note: In order for your F-100 to start recording data you must instruct it to do so from the software.
It will not record any data until this is activated !

This page shows you the one-off DIY DataCable1.
After I published my first design I got many requests from photographers all over the world
to build this Data Cable since it had been discontinued. Eventually I made a limited batch
of the NEW DataCable2 that I'm now offering for sale.
Description of the NEW DataCable2 is found on the next page.

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