HELP! Cable release with not enough throw for Ilex #5

[tim atherton]

"The same shutter releases were available elsewhere--I forget where I found them--under the Gepe trademark"

The Gepe ones are nice and heavy duty, comparatively cheap and seem to do the trick on most older shutter I have including Ilex?Kodak ones.

Available from Midewst Photo www.MPEX.com

[Wayne]

Necropost alert.

I bought a brand new cloth 20" Gepe recently and it has about 1/4" of throw. It won't even trip a Copal 1 except when the wind and moon are properly aligned. And you know how hard that is.

[Bob Salomon]

Necropost alert.

I bought a brand new cloth 20" Gepe recently and it has about 1/4" of throw. It won't even trip a Copal 1 except when the wind and moon are properly aligned. And you know how hard that is.

Return it, it is defective.

[Tin Can]

Beware of Gebe look-a-likes. I recently bought one and it is absolute garbage. The casing collapses.

Real Gepe is great stuff.

[Jim Andrada]

You can order great cable releases from Gebr. Schreck in Germany - I suspect they make the stuff most others sell under their own name. Re the original ancient question, the old Prontor releases you find on eBay trip everything I have.

[Wayne]

Huh. I didn't know there were fake Gepes. I bought it on ebay last June from a Hollywood dealer. It says Germany on da button but I don't see Gepe anywhere. I've had my old Gepe for decades but lost da button.

[Bob Salomon]

You can order great cable releases from Gebr. Schreck in Germany - I suspect they make the stuff most others sell under their own name. Re the original ancient question, the old Prontor releases you find on eBay trip everything I have.

Jim, while they make the Gepe releases they are far more expensive then just buying one from your camera store.

[Jim Andrada]

Buying one from where? Camera store? Haven't seen a REAL one of those for a long time now. At least around here.

But your point is well taken.

[Alan Gales]

I buy and sell camera gear and somehow I got ahold of some Prontor cable releases. I use them for my Ilex #4 and #5 shutters. My Gepes work fine but I just prefer the Prontors for the Ilex shutters.

[jbenedict]

I've had that same problem with a #5 shutter. This might not be much help but I took it to a dealer who had quite a few out loose (not in sealed packages) and just tried them until I found one with enough throw.

If you decide to have it CLAed, I'd send a cable release with it and have the tech make sure it works with the shutter.