Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And if you can't find this one you can use a standard cable release if you go to Radio Shack and buy a female inline 1/4 inch phone jack. Slip the cable release through the phone jack and the phone jack into the hole for the release. It works fine. Ken Wilcox At 4:58 PM +0200 10/16/0, Tuong Nguyen (ETM) wrote: >Douglas/Tina, > >I have the grip and the shoulder brace but I don't have the micro switch >release. I use the cable release that came with my Leica bellow. >The cable release also fit into the grip holder. You can use the same >cable if you can not find the micro switch. > >Tuong > > > > >Date: 14 Oct 2000 14:51:55 -0700 >From: Douglas Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] 400 and 560/6.8 Grip >Message-ID: <20001014215155.8774.cpmta@c017.sfo.cp.net> >References: > >On Sat, 14 October 2000, Ted wrote: > >> ><SNIP> >> get the micro switch and cord to >> release the camera through the motor or winder. This is a much better >>shutter >> release than a long able release and manually re-cocking after each >>shot. As the >> motor quickly advances the film for faster moving subjects. It also >>allows for >> steadier handling of the camera and lens while holding it to the eye >>much like a >> weapon. >> > >I'm presently motorless :( but when I used a winder on the R4sP, the >microswitch and cord were very handy and I could generally hold it a bit >steadier than when using the camera shutter release. > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt DO NOT use the reply fuction! Address any response to wilcox@tir.com - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>