Re: [photo-3d] Twin cable releases for manula SLRs?

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Linda Nygren wrote:
> I spoke with B&H and also to Olympus America's 800 #, and apparently
> these Olympus dual cable releases are no longer available. Can others
> confirm that? (One never knows how well informed the person in customer
> service really is.) Are these the ones that Reel-3d used to sell? I
> thought that the dual releases that were designed for use with bellows
> actually did not fire together but rather one side was deliberately
> delayed; is this not correct? Or are there different types? B & H
> mentioned one like this that was around $40 or so, possibly by Nikon,
> that did not sound suitable because of the delay. Does the Olympus dual
> release have a model # or an "official" name? -Linda
> 

I don't know anything about the current availability of the Olympus
twin cable release.  I own a broken one.  It cost more than $40 at the
time I bought it from B&H a year or two ago.

It is meant to be used with a macro focusing bellows.  One of the tips
(with a red ring) can be adjusted to change the delay.  You can adjust
it so that there is no delay.

On mine the adjustable tip no longer fully retracts no matter how you
adjust it.  I don't know why this happened.  I suspect that it wasn't
meant to withstand the rigors of field use.  It synced by Lubitels
fine while it worked.  I only bought it because I was too lazy to
build a twin cable release as described here recently.

(That's only half true.  I have a habit of making projects much more
complicated than they need to be, and then getting too lazy to finish
them in their overly complicated state.)

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