I have several cable release things for my 4x5 camera. On two of them, the pin sticks out about 1/4" when you press the button. Usually, that's enough to trigger the shutter on the lens. Today, that cable release worked two or three times, and then suddenly the pin was not quite long enough to trigger the shutter! I tried all sorts of adjustments but nothing worked. Finally I went home and got the cable release with the extra long pin, and that worked.

Why would this suddenly happen? Both of the cable releases with 1/4" pins did NOT work. So it's probably not something wrong with the cable release. For some reason, the shutter suddenly seems to "require" a longer pin. I thought this might have to do with heat or humidity, so after the camera had been inside for a few hours, I tried again with the regular cable release. It still doesn't work.

Is this a known issue? Or is this just weird?

--shannon stoney