DIY Remote trigger for Nikon F3
Recently I found
myself in need of taking a photograph from about 20 feet away from the camera.
I have a Nikon F3 with the MD-4, which is a nice camera and I know Nikon
makes a remote trigger for it, but I also know that by shorting out the two
contacts at the very bottom of the MD-4 you can cause the shutter to trip,
and the process of doing this is so absurdly simple that it would be far
easer to make a trigger of my own than even consider calling B&H and
ordering one -- that's not even taking into consideration that I'm sure Nikon's
trigger release is an expensive piece of equipment. Luckily I live right
by a Radio Shack.
Components:
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1 button variety switch
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2 allegator clips
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1 length of wire
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electrical tape
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one bit of non conductive material (index card, etc)
Total cost, around $2.00 depending on the length of the wire.
Instructions:
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Attach the two allegator clips to one end of the wire, and your button-switch
to the other end so that when you depress the button, contact is made.
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Cut the non-conductive material so that it fits between the two prongs on
the MD-4's remote release, this will keep the allegator clips from touching
and firing the motor drive helter skelter. Insert the non-conductive material
between the two prongs and attach the allegator clips.
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Tape the wire down to the camera body, don't put tension on the wire.
That's it.
When you're done, it should look like this:
Put it on a tripod, shoot yourself silly.
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