| Author |
Message |
    
Stephenl
Tinkerer
Username: Stephenl
Post Number: 1
Registered: 03-2009
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 12:09 am: | 
|
Anyone know how to build a shutter release cable for an Old Minolta XG-M? It has some sort of a screw in port on the side and I believe the release was nothing more than a button switch that you can hold down then let go. Creating a short I would imagine and then breaking the short when you release the button.
The hard part as far as I can see is finding something that will screw in or insert to the hole on the camera base. |
Donnie_strickland
Tinkerer
Username: Donnie_strickland
Post Number: 66
Registered: 09-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 08:38 am: |
|
I had an XG-M, and I just used a standard cable release. Minolta sold an electronic release cable, but it wasn't necessary. The manual even says you can use either (pg. 38):
http://www.cameramanuals.org/minolta_pdf/minolta_xg-m.pdf |
Stephenl
Tinkerer
Username: Stephenl
Post Number: 2
Registered: 03-2009
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 12:09 pm: |
|
Donnie, thanks. I have one electronic release and thought that's what it required. I didn't realize that this camera could go both ways. I'm setting up a kit for a friend and need a release for him. I'll just go shopping for a "standard" release" whatever that is. I'm sure they are easy to come buy. |
Ohm
Tinkerer
Username: Ohm
Post Number: 5
Registered: 09-2008
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 09:50 am: |
|
By standard release I think he means the old mechanical cable the would screw into the shutter button or elsewhere on the camera body to trip the shutter release. |
