Product Description

Pentax has been a leader in the photographic field for many years. Many Pentax innovations have become standards in the industry. Pentax's enthusiasm and devotion towards the development of high-quality products have thrived over the years and continues to be stronger than ever.

Product Details

• Brand: Pentax
• Model: 37248
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 3.00" w x 5.00" l, .15 pounds

Features

• Electronic cable shutter release
• Release button locks for timed exposure
• Compatible with several Pentax models

Customer Reviews

Extendable!
If you don't like the short length of the cable you can extend it by getting an extension cable. This is just a standard stereo cable but it works with the cable release. I bought this one: 12 foot 2.5mm extension cable and it works great. The male end doesn't "snap in" on the camera, but it isn't loose enough to fall out.

I've used the cable release with the extension a couple of times and it works great. I imagine you could probably chain them if you wanted to be really far from the camera, but I haven't tried it.

Overall, a great and useful tool.

Prevent camera shake
The cable release and a tripod make it possible for me to tak pictures of
wildlife at 100 to 130 yds. with a 75-300mm telephoto zoom lense without camera shake.

You'll need one of these
Unfortunately modern cameras don't take the old threaded plunger type of cable release. So, unless you are able to make one, you'll need to shell out for a proprietary electrical model - this is my second Pentax model, as the other one I have only works with film cameras.

That complaining aside: you'll need a cable release or remote for those long shutter speed shots - night time, fireworks, even portraits and so on. You could get by if you set the camera self timer to 3seconds delay, that helps the vibration die down, but that won't work if you want to use the B speed. Using a cable release and a good tripod makes a big difference in picture quality.

For the other traditional use of a remote release - self portraits - the length of the cable is a bit short. Pentax does sell a wireless remote that's useful for that purpose - as well as the tripod slow shutter speed need - but the wireless uses a tiny battery.