I'll have to put something together. (It has that sloppy money with a soldering iron look).
David Savage wrote: > Well lets se some shots of the rig. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 7/29/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well I've just finished building a small project and I guess I'll make >> it a riddle. What does a Mamiya 402 a Radio Shack 272-244 a small >> project box, 2 inches of telephone wire, hot glue and solder make? OK >> so I'll make it a little clearer. The Radio Shack part is a 3/32 stereo >> plug. Still nothing, OK, the Mamiya 402 is a "cable release adapter". >> So now you know, what it makes is a switch that accepts a standard cable >> release and activates the autofocus and fires the shutter on a Pentax >> DSLR. Now why would anyone want to make such a thing? Well it's >> relatively simple, I recently came into possession of a Pistol grip >> shoulder stock for a 35mm camera. it is very compact, breaks down into >> a very small package and has a built in cable release. A shoulder stock >> like this can give a stop of stability to hand held shots. To use it >> with a Pentax DSLR was a real PITA however. Nobody makes a such an >> adapter for Pentax cameras but most of these so I built one. It's not >> as pretty as it could be, but it seems to do the job. I can't wait to >> take it out tomorrow to try it out. >> > > -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
