I recently received this cable which was made in W. Germany. It was a low dollar unit, but the engineering is flawed. It was a piece of junk. My mistake. At first it seemed to operate smoothly, but then I started to notice those little things we all do. First, the little push button was way too small. It is shown on the rule off to the right. So I made a nice big one and installed it. Also, the part that is cradled in the two fingers was too teeny. So I made a nice fat, thick one and pressed it on. Much, much better now. Now I noticed that if the cable was bent over just the slightest coming out of either the handle or the business end, it caused a gritty feeling in operation. I put three levels of electrical shrink tubing on each end and that solved that. A piece of Delrin donated the little tip to push on the camera's button. Now it is a pleasure to use instead of an aggravation.