2026-07-14 Canon Remote Switch 60 T3

Very rarely I collect an item just because it goes with another item I have collected recently. For example this Canon Remote Switch 60 T3 was in a bargain bin that had many other items I could have taken. All items were the same price, so the choice was wide open. I have collected remote switches before from the same bin, so really didn’t need another.

BUT, I had just collected a Canon T70 camera with several lenses and I was pretty sure the other remote switches—the modern electric version of a cable release—were not compatible with the fitting the T70 uses.
Instructions) Before I bought the remote switch I took the time to check the documentation that was included in the box to confirm that the 60 T3 was the remote switch a T70 requires. The instructions state “Usable Cameras: T series cameras (except T60)…” so I happily took it home.

The fitting I am referring to is covered by a small threaded plug on the lower front side of the handle bulge on the right side (the side with the shutter release).

When unscrewed you can see there are three contacts. Two of the contacts are slightly recessed and one contact stands higher. The higher standing contact has the red dot aligned with it.

The Remote Switch has a matching red dot on the center black plastic connector. You have to line the dots up and then screw the silver collar down to pull the connector into firm contact. Being used to threaded cable release connections I found the lining up and holding together the cable end with the camera’s socket while trying to thread the collar down a bit tricky, but when finally tightened in place the connector is very firmly attached.

The box had a local camera store’s inventory ticket indicating the switch was from the tenth month of 1995. The T70 is from 1984-87, so there are are later EOS era cameras that also used the 60 T3.
The joy of this acquisition is it is so easy to slip two AA batteries into the T70, attach the 60 T3 and press the remote’s single button to fire the camera. Since the T70 has a motor drive the camera is ready again in slightly under a second. Then to set the camera to manually selecting the shutter speed, setting “Bulb” and pressing the remote’s button, then sliding the button forward to lock the shutter open seamlessly…well it made my day!

Since acquiring the 60 T3 I have learned there was a “T3 adapter” that allowed you to attach a regular cable release to the T70. It has the end that attaches contacts to the camera’s connection and then you screw the cable release into the other end.

The T70 instruction book has a small blurb showing the 60 T3.

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