Remote shutter releases can come in handy for a lot of things. Don't own one? Oh its cool, you can make one with just a couple of household items.
Stuff you need:
-Headphones with a 3.5mm connector
-Push Buttons (alright I guess those aren't really household, but you can get them at RadioShack for about $2 each.)
-Some sort of case to put it all together with.
First off you have to kill your headphones and snip the end of the cord. Now split the cord and you should see 3 different wires; Ground, Shutter Release, and Auto Focus. The diagram below explains each position on the 3.5mm connector.
Very life-like.
There is probably a way to figure out which colored wire is which, but I don't know it so figuring that out took a little trial and error. For me the wires were blue, red and gold. Blue was shutter release, red was the ground (common), and gold was auto focus.
Now grab your 2 push buttons and a container to assemble it with. I used some sort of a battery holder that I found laying around. You can really use anything to assemble it with, other tutorials I found on the web recommended using a 35mm film canister.
After putting the assembly together its time to solder. You're going to need a soldering iron and solder for this step. Soldering is pretty easy, you can find a tutorial on instructables. The wires have to be put together according to the diagram below.
Most cameras don't actually use 3.5mm connectors. Canon Eos cameras use either a 2.5mm audio connector (Most Rebel series cameras) or a N-3 connector (every other Eos camera). You can use a converter to get the remote to work with your camera. 3.5mm to 2.5mm converters are pretty common and are available at places like RadioShack. The only place I know of that sells N-3 converters is Calumet.
Plug the converter and remote into the camera and you're set.
Now grab your 2 push buttons and a container to assemble it with. I used some sort of a battery holder that I found laying around. You can really use anything to assemble it with, other tutorials I found on the web recommended using a 35mm film canister.
After putting the assembly together its time to solder. You're going to need a soldering iron and solder for this step. Soldering is pretty easy, you can find a tutorial on instructables. The wires have to be put together according to the diagram below.
Most cameras don't actually use 3.5mm connectors. Canon Eos cameras use either a 2.5mm audio connector (Most Rebel series cameras) or a N-3 connector (every other Eos camera). You can use a converter to get the remote to work with your camera. 3.5mm to 2.5mm converters are pretty common and are available at places like RadioShack. The only place I know of that sells N-3 converters is Calumet.
Plug the converter and remote into the camera and you're set.
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