Karl, Thanks for all your stimulating info. Laser range finders for golf, etc. tend to be pricey for my needs. Also they can be about the size of a small camera. I could carry an old miniature 35! Should have thought of that! The laser remote switch for a flash would be momentary - I'd need a latching relay to keep the circuit closed, which might be do-able. It's to turn a motor on and off. The mercury switch level looks promising. I'd like it to chirp but an LED might be better since I'd have my eye on the camera and ambient noise can mask the sound. I've noticed that with digicam intervalometer feature. I'm thinking two mercury switches cross-wise so that both would have to be closed to complete the circuit. You know, with all the bells and whistles the marketing people dream up to add to digicams, you'd think a level would be a nice extra feature and probably only require a software hack somewhere in the area of the H to V viewfinder conversion. Might as well add a distance read-out too. AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: more DIY > From: lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, October 22, 2008 10:58 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Guys, > I already wished for a digital range-finder. I'm now wondering if I > could rip an old-fashion optical one off an old camera?? Any ideas? > Two more gadgets I'd really like to have. > 1. Audible level. Think about it - a tone when the camera is not level. > Cool! > 2. Laser pointer remote switch - closes a circuit with laser pointer > blast. > All compact and aaa bats, of course. > AZ > Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! > The Lookaround Book. > Now an E-book. > http://www.panoramacamera.us
