The "gizmo" you mention does exist and it's (or was) made by Kalt. It's just
a small adapter that screws on the end of the cable release and then plugs
into the motor drive socket. Olympus also makes a remote actuator that could
be used. If you cannot find either of these, it is also easy to make one by
wiring an intermittent contact switch to a small audio plug that fits into
the socket on the motor drive. /jnm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Hans van Veluwen
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 7:08 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Quality issues on the 600mm tele?
>
>
> : I'd use a rifle stock and sling
> : if I wasn't worried about looking like a sniper. 0
>
> I have a shoulder grip that lets you hold the super tele and fire
> the camera
> just like you're holding a rifle. The grip at the end has a trigger which
> connects to a special cable release which connects to the camera.
> The shoulder
> grip also has a connection for a monopod; this combination is
> very lightweight
> yet stable and makes it much easier to follow moving objects than using a
> tripod.
>
> I'ld only wish the cable release would be able to fire the Motor
> Drive; that
> would allow continuous shooting w/o moving your hands. It would
> not be very
> difficult to build something that would transfer the mechanical
> cable release
> movement into shortcutting an electrical cable release... It
> would also be very
> comfortable for a double cable release with bellows. Maybe such a
> gizmo even
> already exists?
>
>
> hnz
>
>
>
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