Cable Releases... more dangerous than they appear...

Photography is one of those subjects in which you must engage with inanimate objects on a weekly basis. [because that is the frequency of my photography lessons.]
These dangerous objects include;

• camera
• tripod
• enlarger
• tongs
• trays
• funnels
• taps
• intense heat putter-outerers [to dry photos with]
• cutting up photographic paper things [with sharp bladey things]
• film developing things
• and last, but DEFINATELY not least... the cable release

now sure, ALL those objects can be dangerous, and indeed, they are, going to my weekly photography lesson is a health hazard, and i dread it. well not really, but it IS a health hazard. however, mostly the equipment is used in a safe, responsible and mature manner [especially when i'm around because i'm really responsible and mature!]

However, on a scale of one to ten for danger, these objects only get up to about a 7. the cable release gets up to at least FIFTEEN! [out of ten]. and while it may appear, when first looked at, completely harmless, and merely a tool in achieving a different type of photograph, if you look closer, it is ACTUALLY out to get you.

upon studying the mechanics of a cable release, it was discovered that when you press down the button, the bit at the end extends at a greater rate than the button is pushed in. whcih means that there is some sort of stretching device inside the cable release, which it is no doubt going to employ to get us.

as PAIOC members, we need to be constantly on the lookout for new threats, such as this cable release. it could get you. it can bite you and it can poke you. and it can poke you when you dont expect it because of its stretching capabilities! you think you have more time than you do!

so... BEWARE THE CABLE RELEASE!!

ps, sorry if you dont know what one is, if i had a photo i'd put it up [oh the irony!] but... i dont... and i couldnt find a good one on google, but if you wish to try, please feel free!!