long shutter release cable

I have a Sony DSC H1, and I am building a mount for it so that I can get
about a foot from feeding hummingbirds. The Sony does not have a pre
drilled pre tapped
receptacle for the common shutter release cable. 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.

Does anyone know where I can buy a three to six foot long shutter release
cable? I'm kind of stuck because my camera does not have a remote control,
or even the machining to receive a cable.


Thanks.

Is there no electronic or infrared release for this camera?

"SteveB" wrote in message
...
I have a Sony DSC H1, and I am building a mount for it so that I can get
about a foot from feeding hummingbirds. The Sony does not have a pre
drilled pre tapped
receptacle for the common shutter release cable. 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.

Does anyone know where I can buy a three to six foot long shutter release
cable? I'm kind of stuck because my camera does not have a remote
control,
or even the machining to receive a cable.


Thanks.

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.

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"Bob Salomon" wrote in message
...
: 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.
:

Spoil sport. Why not let him re-invent the wheel?

"Pete D" wrote in message
...
Is there no electronic or infrared release for this camera?

No.

"N" wrote
:

Spoil sport. Why not let him re-invent the wheel?

I will have to do some fabbing to make a mount to hang out in space next to
the hummer feeder. Will post pics when finished on alt.binaries.birds.

Steve

"ben brugman" wrote

If you are making a cable release, how is the cable release going
to press the shutter button ?

I can make a brace out of sheet metal. The cable will protrude out of the
sheath, and I can put a rubber knob on the end that will touch the camera
button. For me, this will be the easiest.


I can think of a few methods for cable release :
1. Electrical, but then the camera has to be prepared.

I can do an electrical that either does a magnet or servo motor to push a
rod that contacts the button.

2. Mechanical, sheated cable, which depresses the button (but how?).

See above.

3. Ear, long tube, where a 'bulb' depresses the button.

Considering this, just looking for the components.


With the DSC H1, I would think the third method, but this still
will take some inventing and tooling.

--
ben


As I said, I will photo it as I go along, then post them with the successful
tries and the unsuccessful ones, too. With my camera it's the only way to
do a remote. There's no electronic hookup, and there's no machined
receptacle on the button for a common cable. How stupid is that?

Steve

If you are making a cable release, how is the cable release going
to press the shutter button ?

I can think of a few methods for cable release :
1. Electrical, but then the camera has to be prepared.
2. Mechanical, sheated cable, which depresses the button (but how?).
3. Ear, long tube, where a 'bulb' depresses the button.

With the DSC H1, I would think the third method, but this still
will take some inventing and tooling.

--
ben



"SteveB" schreef in bericht
...
I have a Sony DSC H1, and I am building a mount for it so that I can get
about a foot from feeding hummingbirds. The Sony does not have a pre
drilled pre tapped
receptacle for the common shutter release cable. 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.

Does anyone know where I can buy a three to six foot long shutter release
cable? I'm kind of stuck because my camera does not have a remote
control,
or even the machining to receive a cable.


Thanks.

According to SteveB :
I have a Sony DSC H1, and I am building a mount for it so that I can get
about a foot from feeding hummingbirds. The Sony does not have a pre
drilled pre tapped
receptacle for the common shutter release cable. 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.

Hmm ... note that standard cable releases are designed for low
effort trips inside the camera, and the longer the cable release, the
more it binds inside the cable, so you may have great difficulty getting
it to trip when *you* want, instead of some seconds later. With
hummingbirds, this is a singficant problem.

Does anyone know where I can buy a three to six foot long shutter release
cable? I'm kind of stuck because my camera does not have a remote control,
or even the machining to receive a cable.

I have about a ten foot one somewhere -- but it has never proven
very useful, except with a Synchro-Compur shutter on the front of a
4x5 Crown Graphic (one of those low-effort internal shutter trips.)
With either the older Mirandas, or the Nikon Fs (both of which required
a screw-on cap over the shutter button and pressed on a button which was
designed to resist a bit more to avoid accidental tripping) it would
tend to bind and be difficult to trip.

Look for one of the ancient ones which had a pneumatic cylinder
at the camera end, and a squeeze bulb back at your end, with whatever
length of rubber hose you needed between the two.

A solenoid at the camera would be likely to introduce too much
vibration.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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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