30D remote options

PindyPindy Registered Users Posts: 1,089 Major grins
edited May 23, 2007 in Accessories
I recently upgraded from a 400D to a 30D but am dissappointed to discover there is no cheap wireless shutter release option like the 400D has (IR). I may get one of the two wired remotes/timers because the wireless option looks way more pro than I thought I needed. $20 to $400 is a big jump just to trigger the shutter without a cable: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Wireless-Controller-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0007WK8LM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-8857225-7698216?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1178480031&sr=8-3

Had anybody used the Adorama $99 remote?

http://www.adorama.com/CZDR5DR.html?searchinfo=wireless%20remote%2030D&item_no=1

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited May 7, 2007
    Gus found a very cheap Chinese made alternative. I tried to find the thread, but couldn't.

    Hey Gus...is that thing still working?

    Cheers,
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2007
    rsinmadrid wrote:
    Gus found a very cheap Chinese made alternative. I tried to find the thread, but couldn't.

    Hey Gus...is that thing still working?

    Cheers,
    Yep..just search ebay for remote shutter release 20/30D..they are about $20-$30 bucks & mines been stood on...soaked in the rain..its all ratty around the cable but still works perfectly after 18 months.

    Nearly all come from china & are exactly the same.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited May 7, 2007
    gus wrote:
    Yep..just search ebay for remote shutter release 20/30D..they are about $20-$30 bucks & mines been stood on...soaked in the rain..its all ratty around the cable but still works perfectly after 18 months.

    Nearly all come from china & are exactly the same.

    Yeah, I have one of those too. It feels as if it could disintegrate any moment, but after about a year of use, it is working just fine. But that's the cable release. I was thinking about the wireless unit. Do they come from the same place?
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  • hgernhardtjrhgernhardtjr Registered Users Posts: 417 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2007
    Pindy wrote:
    Had anybody used the Adorama $99 remote?

    http://www.adorama.com/CZDR5DR.html?searchinfo=wireless%20remote%2030D&item_no=1

    Pindy, the Adorama release is the same found for about half that price (after shipping from Hong Kong) on eBay ... search using these exact words, without the quotes " wireless release 30D " . I'm prety sure that is what Gus and rsinmadrid are referring to. It works well and does the job.
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  • PindyPindy Registered Users Posts: 1,089 Major grins
    edited May 7, 2007
    Excellent guys—thank you. bought one for $34.00.
  • PindyPindy Registered Users Posts: 1,089 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2007
    It arrived and it's genius. Coupled with a Bogen super clamp and magic arm, it is loads of fun. I have the camera clamped to a mic stand in the room with the orchestra and I can fire it from within the control room. Nice!
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