Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With the F3, Nikon finally joined the rest of the camera world in adopting the standard cable release thread. So softies that work on the Leica M will work on the F3. Even the F4 has a standard cable release thread, but its not on the shutter button (its on the back of the camera and intended only for cable releases). -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 7/13/12 10:27 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: >I have soft releases bought for the Leica M which fitted the F3 and >F100 at least. Forgot where I bought them, though! >Cheers >Jayanand > >On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> >wrote: >> Geoff, the AR-1 is the soft release for the Nikon F, F2 and RF cameras >> with a threaded shroud - the threads are on the inside of a tube that >> sits over the release housing. Tom's soft releases don't work on >> these cameras. >> >> Marty >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Geoff Hopkinson >><hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: >>> Phil, Tom Abrahamsson in Canada makes a couple of versions which are >>> excellent quality. I think around $20 last time I looked. >>> http://www.rapidwinder.com/softies.htm >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> >>> >>> On 14 July 2012 11:27, Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> >>>wrote: >>> >>>> Like the subject says, I'm looking for a Nikon AR-1 soft release. The >>>> aftermarket alternatives with polyethylene plastic buttons just don't >>>> cut it and it looks like they are hard to find in the states. >>>> I'd rather deal with a LUG member than an ebayer as well. >>>> >>>> Thanks all. >>>> >>>> Phil Forrest >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information