> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/07/29 Sun AM 04:17:30 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Camera Projects (Pointless and otherwise) > > Well I've just finished building a small project and I guess I'll make > it a riddle. What does a Mamiya 402 a Radio Shack 272-244 a small > project box, 2 inches of telephone wire, hot glue and solder make? OK > so I'll make it a little clearer. The Radio Shack part is a 3/32 stereo > plug. Still nothing, OK, the Mamiya 402 is a "cable release adapter". > So now you know, what it makes is a switch that accepts a standard cable > release and activates the autofocus and fires the shutter on a Pentax > DSLR. Now why would anyone want to make such a thing? Well it's > relatively simple, I recently came into possession of a Pistol grip > shoulder stock for a 35mm camera. it is very compact, breaks down into > a very small package and has a built in cable release. A shoulder stock > like this can give a stop of stability to hand held shots. To use it > with a Pentax DSLR was a real PITA however. Nobody makes a such an > adapter for Pentax cameras but most of these so I built one. It's not > as pretty as it could be, but it seems to do the job. I can't wait to > take it out tomorrow to try it out.
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