Sounds like Cabby the broken cable release has somehow come under the
camera surgeons knife (opps!, pliers) and been rendered a sex change
operation. Is Cabby trying to pass for straight ? Sounds like an
uphill battle with one end electrical and the other mechanical.
Rand E.
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Ken Norton wrote:
>
> >>Perhaps the end that fits into the winder power connector is not an
> electrical
> >>connector at all, but just happens to fit there. Maybe it's just an old
> cable
> >>release that lost it's plunger in some tragic accident?
> >
> >That was my most immediate suspicion, but I didn't write about it. I like
> Hans' answer though: some kind of homebrew designed to test the average
> intelligence of list members (I failed, obviously...).
>
> Sounds like an upcoming episode of "As the Focus Ring Turns" where Vert and
> Toky meet up with Cabby the broken cable release and try to escape
> imprisonment from the "extras" camera bag.
>
> Ken
> Kenneth E. Norton
> Image66 Photography
>
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