50d Wireless remote?

divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
edited March 10, 2010 in Accessories
Well phooey - first "hitch" I've hit in adjusting to the new body. I've been using an RC1 with the xsi, so it never occurred to me it would'nt work with all Canon model. Oops!

I see there's a Phottix wireless remote which works with it, but looks like it sits in the hotshoe, which (presumably) means I couldn't use it with the ste2... which is almost always part of my wireless set up.

Suggestions that won't break the bank?

Thanks in advance!
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  • ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    I have one of these and love it!

    http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/product.php?productid=16745&cat=285&page=1

    Its not perfect, but works really well, esp with the price. (Oh yeah, and since it allows auto focus, it makes self portraits a snap.)

    Z
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    Nice to know there's a solution, although it's so much bulkier and more complicated than in the Rebels! Sheesh....

    Then again, it'll be harder to lose than the RC1 (damhik) :nahrolleyes1.gif.............

    Thanks!
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    Zanotti wrote:
    I have one of these and love it!

    http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/product.php?productid=16745&cat=285&page=1

    Its not perfect, but works really well, esp with the price. (Oh yeah, and since it allows auto focus, it makes self portraits a snap.)

    Z

    This looks just like the Yong Nuo wireless trigger I use......complicated.....no, not at all...........all you need to do is to make usre the receiver and transmitter are on the same channel.........you can select from 16 channel combinations...........My Yong Nuo have been great and no hitches aside from allowing the batteries to run down..............

    As the old series theme said............Move on UP!!:D
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  • bgarlandbgarland Registered Users Posts: 761 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    I have been using one of these on my 50D for about a year and it works great.

    http://www.amazon.com/RS-RT04-WIRELESS-REMOTE-RELEASE-DIGITAL/dp/B00111VD3A
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  • Jane B.Jane B. Registered Users Posts: 373 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    divamum wrote:
    Nice to know there's a solution, although it's so much bulkier and more complicated than in the Rebels! Sheesh....

    Then again, it'll be harder to lose than the RC1 (damhik) :nahrolleyes1.gif.............

    Thanks!

    I have a Phottix wireless remote that I use with a D60 (which also uses the 3 pin connector) and the shoe mount is just a convenience for when you don't have a flash or STE 2 in the shoe. It is light enough to just hang with no problems.

    Jane B.

    PS Just noticed the post about the Cactus Wireless Shutter Release and I have one of these as well and kept having the on/off switch get pressed while in my bag even when in a ridged (sp) plastic case. So I took to taking the battery out. Then. . .when in a hurry lost the cover when putting the receiver battery back in. Got through that session without the cover but then ordered the Phottix when Team Speed had some for sale in the Flea Market here on dgrin.
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    Jane B. wrote:
    I have a Phottix wireless remote that I use with a D60 (which also uses the 3 pin connector) and the shoe mount is just a convenience for when you don't have a flash or STE 2 in the shoe. It is light enough to just hang with no problems.

    Jane B.

    Brilliant! Two choices to look at now. Thanks for the info! thumb.gif
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    Art Scott wrote:
    This looks just like the Yong Nuo wireless trigger I use......complicated.....no, not at all...........all you need to do is to make usre the receiver and transmitter are on the same channel.........you can select from 16 channel combinations...........My Yong Nuo have been great and no hitches aside from allowing the batteries to run down..............

    As the old series theme said............Move on UP!!:D

    Link to product? :D
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  • Jane B.Jane B. Registered Users Posts: 373 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2010
    divamum wrote:
    Link to product? :D
    Art said that his looks like the one Zanotti posted about in post #2 with a link. But, they are all over ebay with different brand names on them; but maybe actually coming from the same factory. This is also what the one that I talked about in my PS to my last post looks like. It has push buttons for the on/off switches and I would find the battery in the receiver dead unless I took the battery out in between uses. The Phottix model that I have the on/off switch is a sliding switch and I have not had a problem with coming back to dead battery.
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