Mechanical->electronic cable release.

[P. J. Alling]

Yes it's called the canon cable release adapter T3

http://www.pictureline.com/products/1262/Canon_Cable_Release_Adapter_T3/

Also available at B&H Photo. Adorama, and elsewhere...

Adam Maas wrote:
> The canon adaptor is more likely called something-T3. T3 simply denotes the electronic release connector on the camera (There are 3 different standards for EOS, T3, N3 and E3. N3 is the current one for high-end bodies, E3 is the Pentax compatible one on the Rebels)
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> P. J. Alling wrote:
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>> The Canon adapter is called the T3.  They sell new for about $30.  Seems 
>> steep for something I intend to butcher and then throw half of it away.  
>> If anyone needs the procreatory female Canon connector that connects to 
>> the camera...
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>> Adam Maas wrote:
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>>> P. J. Alling wrote:
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>>>> I'm looking for something that most people would not even consider, a 
>>>> device that you would screw a "old fashioned" cable release into which 
>>>> would output an electronic signal for half/full press for a camera with 
>>>> an electronic release.  Canon used to make something like this for their 
>>>> original EOS cameras.  It seems like it would be fairly simple but I 
>>>> haven't been able to find one.  (If you must know, one of the 
>>>> applications I'm interested in is using my bellows and double release 
>>>> with the *ist-D/Ds).
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>>>> I've thought of making something myself but reliability would be nice 
>>>> and that isn't the strong suit when it comes to my usual hacks.
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>>> Nikon also made a couple, for the MD-4/F801/F4 era stuff. Called an MR-2 or MR-3. I've got one somewhere.
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>>> -Adam
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