Two state push button where to buy?

[tintin]

Hi

I'm looking for a two state push button. Where one contact will be activated when button is pushed a little bit and both contacts activated when button is pushed to the bottom. Like a shutter button in a camera.

Anyone know where I can find one?

[andtfoot]

If you can't find one to buy, you might be able to make something by offsetting 2 switches like this:
http://martybugs.net/photography/remote.cgi

[JeanF]

Hi,

if you search for "double action" you'll get some results, here are the first I got, there are probably many more sources (if you find a manufacturer product page such as the 1st and 2nd links look for the part number on your favorite distributor : RS, farnell, digikey...)

http://www.nh-technology.de/en_double_action.php
http://www.alps.com/WebObjects/catalog.woa/E/HTML/Tact/SurfaceMount/SurfaceMount_list1.html
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp;jsessionid=URFIQAYJ50THUCQLCIQZMMQ?N=0&Ntk=gensearch&Ntt=tactile+double+action&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&exposeLevel2Refinement=true&suggestions=false&ref=globalsearch&_requestid=595600

cheers

[tintin]

Thank you! Exactly what I'm looking for!