Curious about cable release

In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
Rebel XSi.

There is a female plug (in addition to the cable and male end), which seems
to allow for a second cable to be attached to the button.

Does anybody know what it's for? Triggering two cams at once?

(I Googled: "cable release canon xsi reviews tips" but didn't get much.)

Take Care,
Dudley

Ï "Dudley Hanks" <dhanks@blind-apertures.ca> Ýãñáøå óôï ìÞíõìá
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> In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
> Rebel XSi.
>
> There is a female plug (in addition to the cable and male end), which
> seems to allow for a second cable to be attached to the button.
>
> Does anybody know what it's for? Triggering two cams at once?
>
> (I Googled: "cable release canon xsi reviews tips" but didn't get much.)
>
Hi Dudley,
does it look like a Y-split? That is, from the button there are two cables,
one going to the camera, another to the female receptacle? If yes, then
probably your guess it right.



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Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
hordad AT otenet DOT gr

"Tzortzakakis Dimitrios" <noone@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ï "Dudley Hanks" <dhanks@blind-apertures.ca> Ýãñáøå óôï ìÞíõìá
> news:Q3lHm.50167$Db2.3139@edtnps83...
>> In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
>> Rebel XSi.
>>
>> There is a female plug (in addition to the cable and male end), which
>> seems to allow for a second cable to be attached to the button.
>>
>> Does anybody know what it's for? Triggering two cams at once?
>>
>> (I Googled: "cable release canon xsi reviews tips" but didn't get much.)
>>
> Hi Dudley,
> does it look like a Y-split? That is, from the button there are two
> cables, one going to the camera, another to the female receptacle? If yes,
> then probably your guess it right.
>
>
>
> --
> Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
> major in electrical engineering
> mechanized infantry reservist
> hordad AT otenet DOT gr
>
>

Actually, no, it's on the other end.

The part you hold in your hand is sort of a smoothed rectangular shape, with
both the button and the wire located at one end. The jack I'm talking about
is on the other end, so that whatever wire is plugged in would come out in
the palm of your closed hand as you hold the release.

The wire would then have to curl back around your fingers to end up heading
back towards whatever subject you're working with.

I'll have to button-hole somebody whith sight and get them to go through the
instruction sheet that came with it.

All I want the thing for is to remotely trigger my camera when working with
longer shutter speeds, and I've got that figured out. But, I'm a curious
bloke, and I just have to find out what every little nook and cranny is for
once I buy something.

Take Care,
Dudley

In article <t4rue51jq0d5ptgc3ltt8jjc09r47i1vf7@4ax.com>, Jürgen Exner
<jurgenex@hotmail.com> wrote:

> >In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
> >Rebel XSi.
>
> A cable release? A real true honest to god cable release? I had no idea
> that modern cameras even have a socket for them. I thought all remote
> controls were electronic nowadays.

i'm sure he means an electronic one.

"Dudley Hanks" <dhanks@blind-apertures.ca> wrote:
>In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
>Rebel XSi.

A cable release? A real true honest to god cable release? I had no idea
that modern cameras even have a socket for them. I thought all remote
controls were electronic nowadays.

jue

"Jürgen Exner" <jurgenex@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Dudley Hanks" <dhanks@blind-apertures.ca> wrote:
>>In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
>>Rebel XSi.
>
> A cable release? A real true honest to god cable release? I had no idea
> that modern cameras even have a socket for them. I thought all remote
> controls were electronic nowadays.
>
> jue

No, not in the old sense of the word "cable."

It's actually a corded electronic switch, so it's only a "cable" release in
that it attaches to the camera by a wire.

Take Care,
Dudley

"nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <t4rue51jq0d5ptgc3ltt8jjc09r47i1vf7@4ax.com>, Jürgen Exner
> <jurgenex@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
>> >Rebel XSi.
>>
>> A cable release? A real true honest to god cable release? I had no idea
>> that modern cameras even have a socket for them. I thought all remote
>> controls were electronic nowadays.
>
> i'm sure he means an electronic one.

Yep, it's a switch. But the guys at the camera store I deal with are old
school, so old terminology dies hard.

Take Care,
Dudley

Dudley Hanks wrote:
> "Jürgen Exner" <jurgenex@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:t4rue51jq0d5ptgc3ltt8jjc09r47i1vf7@4ax.com...
>> "Dudley Hanks" <dhanks@blind-apertures.ca> wrote:
>>> In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
>>> Rebel XSi.
>> A cable release? A real true honest to god cable release? I had no idea
>> that modern cameras even have a socket for them. I thought all remote
>> controls were electronic nowadays.
>>
>> jue
>
> No, not in the old sense of the word "cable."
>
> It's actually a corded electronic switch, so it's only a "cable" release in
> that it attaches to the camera by a wire.

"electronic" is a bit overboard since it contains two plain switches...


--
Bertrand

"Jürgen Exner" wrote:

> "Dudley Hanks" <dhanks@blind-apertures.ca> wrote:
> >In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release for my
> >Rebel XSi.
>
> A cable release? A real true honest to god cable release? I had no idea
> that modern cameras even have a socket for them. I thought all remote
> controls were electronic nowadays.
>

It is three wires ground and two switches to ground, one to focus the
second to fire the shutter.

w..

Walter Banks wrote:
> "Jürgen Exner" wrote:
>
>> "Dudley Hanks" <dhanks@blind-apertures.ca> wrote:
>>> In addition to the gels for my flash, I picked up a cable release
>>> for my Rebel XSi.
>>
>> A cable release? A real true honest to god cable release? I had no
>> idea that modern cameras even have a socket for them. I thought all
>> remote controls were electronic nowadays.
>>
>
> It is three wires ground and two switches to ground, one to focus the
> second to fire the shutter.

And a latch that holds the button down to provide a timed release if you
want one.

There's a fancier one that has an interval timer and other features.