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Subject: [OM] Re: Double cable release?
From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:57:35 -0500
On 19 Feb 2006 at 22:02,
Andrew Fildes <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I remember thinking that with some exceptions, like the clever 
> Minolta bellows which needed no cable, they all looked very similar.
>  The Canon FD bellows in particular. I wonder if they were made by
> the  same company. That said, any release with standard tapered
> thread tips and one  adjustable cable should be fine. Heck, two
> single cables would do the  job so long as you remembered which one
> to push first. Just be  careful about Nikon - early F types had
> Leica style bell screw tips  and would be useless. AndrewF

That reminds me of a bargain I got. A double cable release was offered 
on ebay, but it had a strange ending on one cable. I bought it for cheap 
and just unscrewed the Leica/Nikon nipple.

tOM

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