DIY Shutter release button

blueren

blueren

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Hi.

I've been upto some moneky business. I came across this really simple diy camera shutter release thingy and thoght i'd try it out.

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

I tried out as according to link 1 but to no success.

So I fished out an old 2.5mm mobile earphone ( single earphone of nokia) I just cut off the earphone + mic and retained the wire alone

There are 2 wires coming out of the pin.

Wire 1 = Red sheathed copper wire + unsheathed gold copper wire

Wire 2 = Green sheathed copper wire + unsheathed gold copper wire.

I just tried my luck and shorted all the wires. To my surprise, the camera (canon 550d) auto-focussed and started recording (bulb mode) and when i took them apart, it stopped. Unfortunately, i'm not able to figure out the combo. I thought i'd connect them to three switches ( 2 pushdown and 1 toggle). Since there are 4 wires all together, I'm totally confused as to what goes where. I know it works, I just need to get the combo right. Electronic Geeks please help!!

If this works, its gonna save me roughly 500 to 1k in buying a readily available one in the market.

(Please move this thread to the respective section if its in the wrong section. Don't know where to submit it)

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Edit: Nevermind. I figured it out and got it right.

Heres my crude device: Saved me roughly 550 Bucks. Works like a charm! :)

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Black button = autofocus + shutter release

Red toggle switch = AF/AE lock

Black Switch = Bulb mode
 
Re: DIY Shutter release button help

Thats a really good deal done by U...

I am following this DIY from more that 6 moths but never dared to make it by own... so kind of electrophobia....
 
Re: DIY Shutter release button help

Its actually very simple. I just got my ticket for astro photography :P Now waiting for clear nights
 
Re: DIY Shutter release button help

That's nice work blueren.

I have bought chinese shutter-release switch from dealextreme for some 4.5$. It works without any problem.

This thread should be moved from 'general Talk' to maybe 'General Portables'.

Sorry for digging out old thread, but this will be helpful to many. :)
 
Re: DIY Shutter release button help

:P yeah.. could be helpful.. I'd totally forgotten about this thread here.. And I still love the bomb trigger.. Still works without any hiccups! :ohyeah:
 
blueren said:
lol man! How did you even find this thread? I posted it almost a year ago
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Hi Blue.

Wasn't hard. The photo section here is much smaller than on a photo-centric forum. How's your switch working a year on? Perfectly, I expect. Have you done any other camera hacks or DIY projects since? I thought of this when I saw your thread:

http://www.diyphotography.net/

Happy day.

:)
 
This is a n00b question, but where does this Shutter Release module's 3/32" jack goes into? My 1000D does not have any port that says Shutter Release. Does it go into the same port where the USB connection wire goes?
 
Arihant.EXE said:
This is a n00b question, but where does this Shutter Release module's 3/32" jack goes into? My 1000D does not have any port that says Shutter Release. Does it go into the same port where the USB connection wire goes?
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Looks like there are three connections underneath that rubber flap. The top one is for video. The bottom one is for USB data transfer. I think the center one is for the remote control. Here's a link to dpreview's illustration of the same;

http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/Canoneos1000d/images/connections2.jpg

Here is the review from which it came:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos1000d/

Maybe a fellow Canon fan can verify that the above is correct. My Nikon uses a different connector altogether.

Good luck with it.

Happy day.

:)
 
blueren said:
lol man! How did you even find this thread? I posted it almost a year ago
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I had bought remote-shutter release switch and read about DIY stuff on DIYPhotography.net | Photography and Studio Lighting. That made me try and search for similar things on TE, n there popped your post.

T42 said:
Looks like there are three connections underneath that rubber flap. The top one is for video. The bottom one is for USB data transfer. I think the center one is for the remote control. Here's a link to dpreview's illustration of the same;

http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/Canoneos1000d/images/connections2.jpg

Here is the review from which it came:

Canon EOS 1000D / Rebel XS Review: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review

Maybe a fellow Canon fan can verify that the above is correct. My Nikon uses a different connector altogether.

Good luck with it.

Happy day.

:)
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Yeah, the port in middle under the rubber flap is used for remote shutter release.( Me too owns 1000D and have a chinese shutter release switch bought from dealextreme)
 
I just made for myself (following some tutorial from internet) this little baby. It's just a single action shutter button. If I press the button once, it just Auto-Focus (if lens is in Auto-Focus mode) and click the picture when the subject is locked. In Manual-Focus, it just shoots the image with the focus setting of the lens at that time.

In BULB mode however, it keeps capturing the the image till the time I keep hold of the button.

And now for the picture:

QAdUe.jpg


Neat eh? ;)

Thanks for the inspiration, Blueren.
 
^ Naaiice! :) if you can open up that button enclosure, you can add another switch that'll help you with the bulb mode :) OT - love what your siggy says :P
 
^ I had to open the enclosure anyway, to remove the mic or it wouldn't work. Yes, I can attach a perma-on button but that wouldn't look neat or would it? :P

About the signature, it's old and ubiquitous but I like how it's framed. :P
 
Arihant.EXE said:
I just made for myself (following some tutorial from internet) this little baby. It's just a single action shutter button. If I press the button once, it just Auto-Focus (if lens is in Auto-Focus mode) and click the picture when the subject is locked. In Manual-Focus, it just shoots the image with the focus setting of the lens at that time.

In BULB mode however, it keeps capturing the the image till the time I keep hold of the button.

And now for the picture:

QAdUe.jpg


Neat eh? ;)

Thanks for the inspiration, Blueren.
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Nice. Looks neat. Putting Nokia headphones to goo use eh? :P
 
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