Cricketboy
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Hello, I'm new to this forum. I've been doing some amateur photography for a few years now and really got into it.
I was out tonight after a fresh snow fall shooting with a 35mm film camera and I screwed in my new shutter release cable to do some long exposure shots. It worked the first few times perfectly, but then when I pressed the cable again, I didn't hear a click! I looked up at the shutter button and the cable fell out! I made sure that when I screwed the cable in that I didn't do it to hard, to loose, or thread it wrong. I took the camera back inside and noticed the threads on the button are stripped! This is really disappointing for using the new cable for the first time! The camera is a Vivitar V4000s.
I was wondering if anyone has any idea as to what I could do? Can I replace the button with a metal one? Or just get a new one?

I was out tonight after a fresh snow fall shooting with a 35mm film camera and I screwed in my new shutter release cable to do some long exposure shots. It worked the first few times perfectly, but then when I pressed the cable again, I didn't hear a click! I looked up at the shutter button and the cable fell out! I made sure that when I screwed the cable in that I didn't do it to hard, to loose, or thread it wrong. I took the camera back inside and noticed the threads on the button are stripped! This is really disappointing for using the new cable for the first time! The camera is a Vivitar V4000s.
I was wondering if anyone has any idea as to what I could do? Can I replace the button with a metal one? Or just get a new one?

