[rollei_list] Re: precautions with cable-release?

In a message dated 4/30/2006 2:35:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I recently bought a rolleifix in haste from e-bay before realising that it 
was actually a rolleifix+pistol grip....! Having discarded the pistol bit I now 
have a perfectly serviceable cable release too. I use a 2.8fx and will 
certainly need a cable release if I'm to justify using a tripod - shutter 
release 
takes quite a push o n this model. All I'm concerned about is whether one could 
damage the internal shutter mechanism through an over zealous 'step' on the 
cable release? Presumably the rollei has some kind of blocking mechanism - and 
afterall the unit was designed for a rolleiflex - but there can be no harm 
asking. 
rgds
Chat
Can't comment on the robustness of the camera's internal shutter cable 
release mechanism but I have found it very possible to accidently ruin a frame 
of 
film with cable release since the regular shutter release lock is ineffectual 
with the cable.  My experience is with a 2.8F but should be the came on the C 
and E3 models.  The FX may be an entirely different animal inside.
Hope this makes sense...

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