On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 02:30:52 -0700 (PDT), Hans Imglueck wrote: >Hi all, > >I tried to do as is described bellow, but the 2.5mm stereo >plug does not fit - it is to thick. What do I wrong? >How thick is the original romote plug?
Hans, I am half way through making one of these. The problem is - correct me if I am wrong - that the base of the plug is too large and you can't push it all the way in. I suspected this and too my camera along when I went to buy the plug and proceeded to try different style of plug in it. None of them fitted and I ended up with a choice to make. Either buy a plug and grind part of it away so that it fits. Or, buy a mobile phone portable hands free with the correct plug and cut the mic and earphone off it and connect the switch (this gives a nice molded plug at the end). Or buy a 3.5 to 2.5mm converter that has a tapered 2.5mm plug that actually fits and put a 3.5mm plug on the switch. Because the only time I ever use this is when I have the bellows connected to the *istD, it doesn't really matter to me which option I used, but I went for the 3.5 to 2.5 converter because it allows me to still use the same setup with the MZ-S or even the Z1p or MZ3. I have made the switch box so that I can screw the normal double cable release of the bellows into it to trigger the camera. I can't live without my bellows. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
