Maybe if you dress the cable release with a claw hammer, otherwise, there is
no harm.
John
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From: <wiliam.wagenaar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 4:05 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: sofreleases
>
>
> John Hermanson wrote:
> -----
> >Yes, that's what I'm talking about too. The camera was designed with the
> >release button protected within a collar. When you screw in an "acme"
> >release button extension, it raises the button above that collar and
makes
> >it a high point on the camera, a target.
> >Not recommended, AND sofreleases were never designed to take into
> >consideration what affect they have on the guts of the camera.
> >Your OM-1 and 2 will last longer if you don't use one. I hate having to
> >tell people "there's this little lever broken off, without it, your
release
> >button doesn't come up anymore, they don't make them anymore and it
wouldn't
> >have broken if you hadn't used a soft release......"
> >Just packing a camera in a camera bag (in many cases) will put undo
pressure
> >on the release linkages (whether or not the shutter's wound) simply
because
> >that big button is there.
> >The lever that breaks is also the one that locks the release button after
> >the shutter's fired or before it's wound all the way.
> >
> >Thats my rant for the day. ;-)
> >
> >John
> -----
> I have an OM-1 and an OM-2n and never saw the need for another release
button.
> Not even when shooting at -20 C with gloves. But I do attach a cable
release
> every now and then. Can this harm the mechanism insde also?
>
> Wiliam
>
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