"JoeT" wrote in
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"Robert Coe" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:37:43 -0400, Bob Salomon

wrote:
: In article ,
: "SteveB" wrote:
:
: So, I shall have to
: fabricate a mount for one, or build one. I do welding and
: machining
work,
: and it will be no big deal, but being able to buy ready to go
components
: will be easier than building something from scratch.
:
: Or you could just call your local camera stores and order a Kaiser
: strap-on cable release adapter. Works with any camera without a
: cable release socket.
:
: Does anyone know where I can buy a three to six foot long shutter
release
: cable?
:
: Gepe makes long cable releases. The same store that you buy the
: Kaiser adapter from can sell you a Gepe Pro cable release. The long
: ones are available with T or disk lock and in cloth, PVC or spiral
: steel sheathing.

Doesn't anybody make air release cables anymore? That used to be the
common
way of handling this problem at distances greater than a foot or two.

Bob

You mean like this?

http://tinyurl.com/3xpfye


What I don't get from the image is exactly how it attaches to the
camera. That looks like it ends in a mini plug?




What you see there is the standard tapered thread used on cable releases
for mechanical shutter buttons. That would screw into the strap-on adapter
mentioned above.

Back in ye olde times, most cameras had a tapered thread hole in the
shutter button to accept the end of a cable release. When the
release is pressed, a plunger extends into the camera to actuate the
shutter. On modern cameras, the shutter button is just a short travel
electric switch so using a switch on a cable or infrared release is more
appropriate.