Flash trigger versus shutter trigger.
Posted 22/06/2012 - 09:02 - Helpful Comment
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You can get 2.5mm stereo jack plugs from Maplin (and sockets too if you want to make an extension lead).
There are plenty of instructions on the 'net - but most of them refer to making up a switch for Nikon (boo, hiss :mrgreen rather than Pentax.
Your biggest problem will be getting hold of 3-core cable.
Ebay abounds with CS-205 rip-offs, and many of them have rather cheap switches (but you would get a 2.5mm plug and cable) or you could buy a used Pentax Cable Switch F (as used on many of the pre-digital AF Pentaxes) and thus be able to use a Maplin plug with the correct cable and a quality switch. There are often Cable Switch Fs on offer here (or you could just post a wanted ad).
Geoff
There are plenty of instructions on the 'net - but most of them refer to making up a switch for Nikon (boo, hiss :mrgreen rather than Pentax.
Your biggest problem will be getting hold of 3-core cable.
Ebay abounds with CS-205 rip-offs, and many of them have rather cheap switches (but you would get a 2.5mm plug and cable) or you could buy a used Pentax Cable Switch F (as used on many of the pre-digital AF Pentaxes) and thus be able to use a Maplin plug with the correct cable and a quality switch. There are often Cable Switch Fs on offer here (or you could just post a wanted ad).
Geoff
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Lenses Digital: 50-200, 18-55 KAF: 28-80.
Lenses KA & K: SMC-KA f2.0, SMC-K f1.4, SMC-K f1.7 Tokina KA 28-70 , SMC Pentax 70-210 F4, Sigma KA 75-300 , Hanimex 500mm Mirror, and the Tamron Adaptall-2 stuff.
and then there's all the M42 kit, and the accessories ...
Posted 22/06/2012 - 13:25 - Helpful Comment
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This thread may help
I've seen 'mashups' with the radio flash receivers wired into the remote so you can press the transmitter to take a shot. IIRC, the Yonguo flash triggers feature this already.
Matt
I've seen 'mashups' with the radio flash receivers wired into the remote so you can press the transmitter to take a shot. IIRC, the Yonguo flash triggers feature this already.
Matt
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Posted 22/06/2012 - 20:48
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Thanks to all for responding. Found something akin to MattMatic's link relating to Canon triggers which also related to Pentax. Who'd have thought?
The reason I need this route is that I'm going to do some arty/farty stuff with flying liquids/sliding tables etc. The event will trigger the shutter which will inturn fire the flash rigs. I could theoretically engineer something to press the button on my type F remote when the "event" happened but that would be a real faff and be very difficult to calibrated for the inevitable timing issues.
Thanks all again for your assistance.
Pentax forever.
Eugene.
The reason I need this route is that I'm going to do some arty/farty stuff with flying liquids/sliding tables etc. The event will trigger the shutter which will inturn fire the flash rigs. I could theoretically engineer something to press the button on my type F remote when the "event" happened but that would be a real faff and be very difficult to calibrated for the inevitable timing issues.
Thanks all again for your assistance.
Pentax forever.
Eugene.
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Colwyn Bay
What I need to do though is the same sort of thing for triggering my shutter (K-7). I have a type F remote but need to rig up a wired switch to trip the shutter when a set of remote contacts are closed.
The question is, can I set up the same simple switch system to fire the shutter as is used to fire a flashgun? Could I perhap abuse a wired cable switch (CS-205) to this purpose? Or, if I can find a supplier of the CS-205 type jack plug, make my own.
Cheers,
Gene-Stevo.