What is this large cable release for?

[Marco Buonocore]

I've got this large cable release and I'd love to know what it's for. It's about 3/8" wide (8mm), and it's got threading on the inside of the "barrel" - for lack of a better word. So it must screw onto something, as opposed to into the camera with a regular cable release. The actual plunger, or whatever one would call it, that comes out of the cable is about 1/8" thick.



Anyone have any idea what it's for? It's been sitting in a drawer for about 10 years, and I've never gotten around to identifying it.

Thanks!

 

[dpurdy]

Nikon F

 

[benjiboy]

Nikon , Leica, Yashica TLR fitting

 

[Sirius Glass]

Nikon , Leica, Yashica TLR fitting

Yep

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

The Nikon F shutter release button (and the Nikon F2, and presumably the others mentioned above?) does not also have a standard cable release threaded socket. That barrel threads over the top of the button, then the plunger depresses the button.

Ken

 

[Hatchetman]

LOL, I've been looking for one of those for my Leica III.

 

[dpurdy]

That arrangement saves the trouble of getting a soft touch.

 

[Marco Buonocore]

Thanks everyone! I've never seen a camera that accepts it.

 

[trythis]

Also Canon III rangefinders.

 

[BrianShaw]

Nikkormat

 

[Keith Pitman]

Nikon rangefinders too.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

It used to be known as the "Leica bell" for a reason.

Some lesser known cameras also used it. The Petri FT I had only used it.

 

[John Koehrer]

To continue flogging the dying horse.

Nikon F & F2, Leica ltm's, not M series. Yashica TLRs.