They got some crazy shutter buttons out there

[slackercrurster]

I was looking for some micro shutter buttons. I could not find any as of now, but I saw these crazy buttons. They are made of sterling silver or gold and priced roughly $200 to $1800.

Fair use photos (and really some beautiful photography!)

These are sure works of art. I'd be scared to use em, for fear of it falling out. I Loctite my buttons in. And in reality the artistic buttons are not up my alley. I'm after the iconic shot, not the iconic shutter button. I prefer simple black and mini buttons.

This is the micro button I use...about 6mm diam. Love em for street work, but very hard to find and very pricey for what it is.

 

[flatulent1]

I use rubber bumper dots on shutter buttons without threads. They're cheap and widely available. They're just not as decorative. Otherwise I use a convex button similar to yours.

 

[chriscrawfordphoto]

I use Tom Abrahamsson's Soft Releases and I have lost a few of them over the years. You have to be careful, as they can come loose. At $20 each, the Abrahamsson ones were painful enough to lose; I cannot imagine how much I would worry if I had one costing hundreds of dollars!

 

[slackercrurster]

I use rubber bumper dots on shutter buttons without threads. They're cheap and widely available. They're just not as decorative. Otherwise I use a convex button similar to yours.

Yes, I glue em on if no thread.

 

[rbultman]

They are made of sterling silver or gold and priced roughly $200 to $1800.

Sounds like the perfect accessory for your $8000 Leica.

 

[Anon Ymous]

Kitsch!

 

[GRHazelton]

I was looking for some micro shutter buttons. I could not find any as of now, but I saw these crazy buttons. They are made of sterling silver or gold and priced roughly $200 to $1800.

Fair use photos (and really some beautiful photography!)

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These are sure works of art. I'd be scared to use em, for fear of it falling out. I Loctite my buttons in. And in reality the artistic buttons are not up my alley. I'm after the iconic shot, not the iconic shutter button. I prefer simple black and mini buttons.

This is the micro button I use...about 6mm diam. Love em for street work, but very hard to find and very pricey for what it is.

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Cameras as jewelry. With that sort of total outlay how many of such foolish objects are used as cameras?

 

[Theo Sulphate]

I've been using this camera for the last few weeks; it's my Topcon RII. I like the shutter button collar on the 35/2.8 Auto-Topcor lens. This is actually how they made it - in green: