Christian, That's a good one. I ran into a similar problem with the old IR remote sender/receiver, which is a two-component story with a handheld IR flash, and a receiver that sits on the hotshoe and triggers the camera by cable release. It was designed for the original 645 and contemporaries (eg. super A, P30t, etc.), but I wanted it to work with the Z-1.
My local Pentax rep. made me a custom cable in five minutes and said something like "it's all about knowing which two pins on the Z-1 to short". So basically, I think the same would apply to the *istD; find out which two pins you want to short. Then make a converter that fits the double-release on one end, and the remote connection on the camera on the other. Inside the converter, one of the pins is connected to the winds where you screw in the double release, the other is connected to a metal plate so that when you push the double-release, you short the pins... Ok... silly explanation maybe, but it's late, I'm in London, have been to an English pub and watched a national team football match with a bunch of local hooligans, and got a meeting tomorrow which I rather not want to think about at the moment... :-) cheers, Jostein On 9 Sep 2003 at 16:27, Christian Skofteland wrote: > Ok, here's a good one.... > > I have an Auto Bellows A with double cable release. I intend to use it > on my ist-D (whenever the hell it gets to the store!!!) and I figure it > will work in aperture priority or manual mode with the lens stopped > down. > > The double cable release allows the lens to stop down just before the > shutter is tripped on a camera with a threaded cable socket (like the > LX) so that the meter gets a stopped down reading and adjusts shutter > speed via aperture priority. > > Now, the ist-D does not have a threaded cable switch; instead it relies > on the plug-in type like the "Pentax Cable Switch 205". > > Being that I am not mechanically creative or inclined.... How would > so-inclined PDMLers solve this issue? > > Here are my thoughts from easiest to how-the-hell-would-I-do- that: > > 1. (Obviously) stop the lens down with the cable release and trip the > shutter with a separate, electronic, remote release. 2. Somehow modify > the electronic release with a screw-in thingy on the button to make the > original double cable release trip the shutter on the camera as it was > originally designed to do on cameras such as the LX. > > any ideas? > > TIA, I know I can count on some interesting responses! > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Photos at: http://www.oksne.net -- .
