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Cable Release Woes
I was making a long exposure a few nights ago. After 5 hours or so I went back to close the lens and realized that my cable release had taken it upon itself to shorten my exposure. It had failed and was no longer holding the shutter open. For whatever reason the pin no longer extends long enough to push in the shutter release. It is a fairly new cable and i've used it many times successfully. Is there something I'm missing about these things? do they just fail every so often?
It is pretty wild how many things can go wrong in the lf world. I don't know how you guys did this commercially years ago.
All in all I still got a very thin neg that I can work with
thanks-
dave
www.thesugarmillsessions.com
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Re: Cable Release Woes
Sometimes what happens is the casing separates from the ends effectively lengthening itself. If so, you can try gluing it back together.
Jon
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Re: Cable Release Woes
I and understand it
cable releases are like guitar cords - the weakest link in the whole expensive system
and don't get me started on PC cords
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Re: Cable Release Woes
Does your shutter have a 'T' setting? If so, for long exposures I'd recommend that instead of using 'B' for future reference.
Sorry to hear about your mishap however.
Better luck next time
-Dan
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oh that makes sense - don't know why I never thought of using the t setting.
rookie mistake.
thanks guys
dave
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Re: Cable Release Woes
I use Gepe cable releases. Never any issues.
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I finally bought an Ebony cable release. The long version. It had to be ordered from Japan. It's the best I've seen.
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I've got best experience with 'less than $3' ones from China - not only they do their job quite well, but you can buy a dozen an always have a spare.
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My experience is that some of the more expensive cable releases are the least reliable, particularly the plactic covered ones.
A tip for repairing them is to use the heat shrink rubber wire wrap used for electrical wiring. I've revived a few that way, although since then I bought a job lot of 20 for £10/$15.50. I tend to lose them . . . . .
Ian
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Re: Cable Release Woes
I use cable releases from Gebrüder Schreck.
They are of stunning quality, never had any issues.
I recommend the "plastic" version of the "Professional" model.
Ian, I had the opposite experience ...
I used the "cloth" version before, but if working in a wet environment (waterfall),
the inner pins somehow shortened and releasing did no longer work reliable.
Now with the "plastic" version, it works for years now in any environment...
http://www.drahtauslöser.com/ESITE/
http://www.gebr-schreck.com/ESITE/
Best regards,
Martin