cable release

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a device consisting of a flexible wire that is pressed at one end to trip a shutter mechanism on a camera.

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cable release British  

noun

1. a short length of flexible cable, used to operate the shutter of a camera without shaking it

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Etymology

Origin of cable release

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

All the early pictures were taken, square format, with his father’s nineteen-forties Rolleiflex; as in the photos from the Met in 1980, you can usually see the cable release in the photographer’s fist.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 23, 2019

“I had the perfect diamond ring, and I pushed the cable release and nothing happened,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2017

Besides their cameras, participants should bring a tripod, cable release or remote shutter control, and a flashlight.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2016

We both turn and look and that’s when I hit the cable release.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2014

The shutter is the regular Compound, but operated with cable release instead of bulb and tube.

From Premo Cameras 1914 by Canadian Kodak Company