Vintage camera cable release?

fidget

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• Nov 15, 2007

• #1

Hi, I have obtained a nice Ensign 420 with Epsilon shutter and hope to play with 6x9 for a while. I notice that a "modern" cable release is a very poor fit and wondered if they were of a different fit/thread than contemporary versions.

Regards....Dave

 

3Dfan

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• Nov 15, 2007

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I think they were tapered at one time. I know of at least one person who has continued to use them anyway and reports no adverse effects other than the nuisance factor.

 

John Koehrer

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• Nov 16, 2007

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Some of the earlier CR sockets were straight thread, newer ones are tapered. The straight thread seems to be less common, judging from my nest of worms(cr's)

 

richard littlewood

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• Nov 16, 2007

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I have an Epsilon shutter on a Selfix 820. I've got a range of cable releases, some much older than the camera and some work with the shutter, and some dont, even though they all work with newer shutters! I cant fathem out why, but I just use one that works. It's a (supposedly) standard fitting - unlike the flash socket on my shutter.

 

richard littlewood

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• Nov 16, 2007

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Dave
If you ever need a spare working Epsilon shutter let me know. I've got two doing nothing - one with an Ensar lens in it and one without lens that had an Xpres in.