We are on the SAME wave-length!
As I prepare to purchase a Digicam within the next week, I took this
relaxing Saturday afternoon (kids were away) to review my Likes/dislikes and
also list things I liked about my A-1 and accessories that I could replace
with a Digicam. One thing GLARED at me.. "Cable release" !!!  It was missing
on ALL the specs of cameras I was reviewing (Nikon 5700/5400, Canon G3, G5,
etc..).

Several years ago I purchased Minolta infrared (3 channel) trigger release
and I modified it to work on my Canon's, with the replacement of the end,
and it plugs nicely into the electric release on my motor drive. I have
captured many bird nesting pictures, etc/ with Camera mounted in the tree
and me a safe distance away. Also, I use it for portraits.. being able to
stand away from camera, holding a toy for a child etc......  the trigger is
a little bulky by today's standards, however it has preformed flawlessly for
many years!

I see the read cable release review in "Steves" reviews. But Digicam
Manufacturers.. how hard would an electronic release jack be to add?  And a
momentary button on any length of cable you desire, and you have the button
in your hand. Not to mention the adding of an electronic release, or for
copy stand work, or Bulb shots.

Please tell me I have missed this little detail in my reading!!!  Fireworks
pictures with no cable release???   Why have "Bulb" and not a cable release?


I'm bummed!
Dan R.



"Seamor" <da-da@pe.net> wrote in message
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> I have a question that no one seems to ask.  I guess that's because
today's
> photographers don't even know that there was such a thing.
> However, this question will greatly interest us old timers, I'm sure.
What
> ever happened to cable release sockets on cameras?
>
>  I'm all for eliminating useless things and modernizing others, but the
> cable release was one of the most useful things on a camera.  If your
hands
> are little unsteady, as mine are, it was always easier for me to steady
the
> camera by squeezing the cable release than it was to press the shutter.
If
> the camera you preferred did not have a self-timer, Kodak made a handy
> little gadget that you hooked onto the end of your cable release.  You
wound
> it up and it gave you about ten seconds before it would push the cable
> release and trip the shutter.  If you were using your camera on a tripod,
it
> was so much easier, and I think more professional, to push the cable
release
> than to manually push the shutter release, assuring yourself of absolutely
> no camera movement.
>
> I guess the elimination of the very convenient cable release socket was
> someone's convoluted idea of progress.  I can only hope that that kind of
> progress doesn't kill us all some day soon.
>
>