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Can i use a 2.5mm jack to 3.5mm jack for cable release?

Started Nov 9, 2015 | Questions thread
Yowie Wowie Senior Member • Posts: 1,166
Re: Can i use a 2.5mm jack to 3.5mm jack for cable release?

Mark1t wrote:

One end 2.5, the other 3.5mm.

Yes. Not a problem. It is just a physically larger TRS (Tip, Ring, Sleeve) connector. All you are talking about is a dumb (does not sense anything) wire. What you connect to either end of that wire, does make a difference.

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