strommarn 0 #1 May 28, 2009 Hello every one! Im trying to build a bite switch for my canon eos 350d and I think I have all the parts but I have some difficulty connecting the different cables with each other. If you look at the picture I attached you can see that the first cable have 3 wires and the second cable have 2 wires. Should I skip the wire with the question mark or do I need all 3 of the wires to get it to work? Blue skies !Best Regards Theo Skydive SYD, SWEDEN Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #2 May 28, 2009 Looks like the wire in question is bare wire? if so there's a good possibility its either a sheild of some kind or a ground. Easy thing to do would be to just strip and connect the 2 insulated wires respectively, try it out and if it works then go ahead and solder them into place. At least that's the approach I would take.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #3 May 28, 2009 Read these posts where I've written some pretty long explanations: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3250051 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3045571 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2900323 In short, the 3 wires from your camera are shutter, focus, and ground. Touch shutter and ground together and it opens the shutter. Touch focus and ground together and it focuses. Touch all 3 together and it focuses and fires. You want to short focus and shutter, and keep ground separate. This way when you press your switch you'll be activating both the focus and the shutter. Some people like to short their focus to ground so that it's "always focusing"... not only do I think this is unnecessary, when I tried it actually wouldn't fire even when I connected shutter to the focus/ground pair... it would just keep focusing forever and never fire the shutter. Try it all out before actually soldering/heatshrinking. You can figure out everything I just explained with 10 minutes of trial and error. Good luck.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strommarn 0 #4 May 28, 2009 wow, thanks for very helpful information, both of you! i'll try this next thing in the morning... blue skies and again, thanks ! Best Regards Theo Skydive SYD, SWEDEN Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdazel 0 #5 May 29, 2009 A monoplug switch (as opposed to a stereo) switch will constantly focus. At least that's the way conceptus sets it up. I find that focusing is better overall (especially exit shots) with the monoplug. The downside is that you cannot access your camera's menu with the monoplug plugged in, as you can with a stereo plug. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strommarn 0 #6 May 30, 2009 hello again! i just wanted too thank you guys for all the good advices! i tried my bite switch today and it works really great =) so again, thanks! blue skies and be safeBest Regards Theo Skydive SYD, SWEDEN Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
