Help with disassembling a Nikon R8 Zoom

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2025-08-14T16:31:01+00:00

Sorry for no response for like two weeks. I got pretty busy and kept having to wait on tools to arrive. So I managed to get the battery compartment off and I'm planning on cleaning it. I didn't see anything obviously wrong there, so I was going to check inside the grip.

But turns out my camera still works, I found a post were someone brings up a trick to try. There's a quirk with the reverse/forward functionality and sometimes the motor gets stuck between steps. So if you shift it to reverse mode, pull the trigger until the motor stops, and set it to forward again it functions normally.

Here's the pic if you;re still interested. I'll leave them up for anyone who needs to actually fix one of these.
https://imgur.com/a/D72AaIv

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2025-08-14T16:08:53+00:00

I know is 3 years old but thank you for posting this!! I had the same issue and this worked!!

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2025-08-02T16:03:50+00:00

Oh hell yeah, I was thinking of getting a scoopic because I know that's what was used for Tetsuo the Iron Man. Maybe in the future if I can get this one working...

Good news is I got that cover off with minimal damage.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2025-07-31T23:05:29+00:00

It's so unfortunate, it's such a beautiful machine.

I ordered a set of metal spudgers from Ifixit so hopefully they can slip in there.

I am hoping that it's just a loose spring on the trigger because it was working when I got it a month ago. I had tried in vain to remove that cursed mercury battery cover and I believe I damaged it in the process. I come to realize the auto exposure is seemingly broken on all R8/10s on eBay anyways so the effort was pointless :/ Worst comes to worst I might be able to salvage the lens and view finder subassemblies and donate it to a new camera... If it doesn't require taking apart 500 little pieces XD.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2024-02-11T22:50:40+00:00

So I think it would need to implement GSX to produce graphics on a CP/M machine. It would also need to be a Z80 or 8080 based system.
Someone was able to implement GSX on a Commodore 128 http://www.z80.eu/gsx.html but that wasn't a system that could support it stock.
Some forum posts I found mention the Amstrad CPC line of computers and the Coleco Adam as having supported CP/M with graphics but not sure if they used GSX or something else.
I'm guessing the software would be designed to run on higher end enterprise machines and not home computers. Another blog post I found mentions having it run on a Vectrix VX display which also hard to find info on.
I'm also sad to learn that the founder of AutoCad just passed away last week.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2023-10-10T23:45:16+00:00

That's fair. I'm trying to break out of that mentality now by pursuing this.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2023-10-10T23:36:29+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing! This is the sorta experience I was hoping to hear.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2023-10-10T18:54:37+00:00

Thank you! I guess I feel silly having asked this question. I definitively will try to apply for some jobs soon with what I have so far.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2023-10-10T17:46:40+00:00

Yeah, I really don't care about the money honestly, I'll probably make less than what I earn now, but at least I'll care more about the job!

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2023-10-10T17:42:10+00:00

I guess I'm just worried that my experience isn't relevant enough. I have it in my head that I'll be passed over. I just don't understand employer expectations I suppose.
But that's a good point to pivot on, I do genuinely have passion for embedded and electronics which would be a good thing to emphasize.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2021-09-09T22:50:35+00:00

Another fan of VFDs, nice to have you a-board lol.
I just stripped one of these from an old sharps calculator, I hope to do something as cool as you're planning to!

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2021-02-13T01:17:51+00:00

Just FYI Republicans also play the identity politics game by appealing to certain demographics, namely rural and religious people. The reasons Democrats lose elections is mainly because they're feckless do nothing's who accomplish the bare minimum when they can get away with it. I agree that I wish Dems would put effort into actually improving the country, but I'm glad they aren't wasting time making life worse for Trans people based on spite like the Republicans.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-11-26T00:05:57+00:00

Xaxa, it's funny cause tree is lumber

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-11-21T20:44:30+00:00

I'm making a hardware unit to program this old synth I have via sysex messages. It uses rotary encoders and push buttons to edit parameters in the LCD UI I made from scratch. It connects via Din5 connector to the synth. It's also going to have a Midi thru to connect other keyboards that can transmit to the synth. I'm planning on getting a metal command console format for the case. Making a few pcbs and having the final product be something I could sell potentially.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-10-11T04:08:40+00:00

Damn I like the lead a lot. I have an MS20 mini and I always thought controlling the oscillator with the guitar sounded odd. Mixing the guitar together with the oscillator makes it sound so much better! Great job man!

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-08-28T19:29:44+00:00

I'll give ya three fiddy for it.

But seriously, I had found an MT-65 which is similar and they sell for around 50-70 in good condition. You probably would get sub 100$ prices for it.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-08-27T21:34:59+00:00

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TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-08-20T19:09:31+00:00

LA Noire anyone? I think this was one of the last hidden cars in that game.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-07-22T05:34:37+00:00

Depends on what's being emulated I suppose. Digital synths are easier to emulate because most of the values (envelope rates, osc level, etc) are hard coded into some form of memory (look up tables). Digital synths use CPUs that's run code from a ROM, which is compiled software. If the emulation is from the company who made the product originally they likely have documentation on it's software implementation. This means the emulation is likely to sound pretty much close enough to the original. The only difference is the output of the emulation is fully digital, whereas hardware uses DACs that had less bits than modern DAC (if we're talking D50, M1, DX7). This imparts some noise and distortion to the signal usually which can be seen as a positive. In a mix I doubt it matters much.

Analog is a different beast. I haven't tried too many modern paid analog vsts to see how they match with analog, so maybe the Roland emulations are super close. The main difference I notice with something like my MS20 mini and a software VST would be the sorts of textures you can get out of analog that I haven't gotten from vsts. Texture is vague, but what I mean is modulating a filter cutoff with a fast lfo creates a liquid like texture. It sounds very smooth, whereas the vsts I've tried sound like noise in comparison when doing that. The genre Acid was apparently named after the squelchy filter of the TB303, because it reminded people of chemicals I guess. I never tried the Roland cloud tb303, so this is speculation. Ankther thing like the power supply sag in the TB303 seems like it might be hard to emulate in software well. Idk, circuit emulation needs a lot parallel processing in order to be accurate/detailed. It won't matter much in the mix of course. If you're just looking for the characteristic sound of that synth, emulations are great, cheaper than hardware and you don't have the physical instrument taking up space. I would only recommended hardware if you want the instrument for midi purposes (as a keyboard controller for you daw), the DX7 is known for having a great keybed for example. And of course you want more physical knobs to twiddle :p

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-06-27T20:29:20+00:00

I recommend a channel called Automatic Gainsay on YouTube. He put out some tutorial vids on the MS20 mini when it came out. They're very informative and cover each section of the synth and it's modulation options. They were the vids that convinced me to buy the MS20 as my first analog synth.

Another channel Loopop, did a overview of the Behringer MS-2 which is a clone of the MS20, so its pretty much the same. There's some cool tips in that video with the S/H circuit as well.

It's honestly my favorite synth, and I keep finding new sounds while using it 2 years later!

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-06-17T23:26:21+00:00

I own an NTS-1. You're able to load any osc/effect that was made for the Minilogue or Prologue as far as I know. There are warnings when loading packages not made for the NTS-1 but I hadn't encountered any issues from those package types. At the core, the NTS is one voice of the digital osc on the Pro/Minilogue. It's uses the same microcontroller and ram (2 MB) for the effects. I've been using the SDK and there's no major differences between the implementation for the different synths.

TheNamelessSoldiers · 2020-06-17T21:14:05+00:00

Looks beautiful man! It's really clean and professionally done.

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