Does anyone know of a source for an angled plug? Radio Shack only carries
the straight plugs. They are just slightly too long to connect to the BG2
when it is attached to the camera with the winder.
Gregg
From: Ian A. Nichols
>
>
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, John Palmer wrote:
>
> > I made a dirt-cheap and robust remote release for a Winder 2 years ago.
IIRC
> > the Winder socket is a standard 4mm jack plug, used on all sorts of
stereo
> > gear.
>
> Erm, ITYM "2.5mm jack plug", which don't get used that often on stereo
> gear because they've only got 2 connections (need 3 for stereo). They
> used to be used on portable cassette recorders to control the motor from
> a switch on the microphone. They're still readily available for about
> 45p each (in UK money) - I bought a couple recently for my (slowly)
> ongoing project to couple a pair of -2S(p)s together for stereo.
>
> Incidentally, they are also used on my Sun
> Pak Auto 30 SR for the flash end of the PC cord, which made building a
> long extension cable for it really simple. One day soon I'll do the
> same thing for a winder with a push button switch.
>
>
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