wireless remotes?

Elaine

I was disappointed to see the very short corded remote for the 40D and was told the only wireless remote available for it costs $600+!!!! Is there another non-Canon option that won't cost as much as a lens? I found this option tonight...

http://www.amazon.com/Adorama-Wireless-Release-Digital-Cameras/dp/B000J5M69Y

Anyone have this or have any other suggestions? Thanks!

SloYerRoll

"Ebay specials" here.

Elinchrom RX Skyport here.

PW's cast a bunch. But they are rock solid and will NEVER let you down.

tsk1979

Cant the RC-1 or RC-5 work with it. They are IT remotes.

gus

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wizzy

gus wrote:

Did you try a search here ? I bought one of these & its absolutely terrific !

I can second that, I have one in the Nikon flavour, and they work absolutly great.

Elaine

tsk1979 wrote:

Cant the RC-1 or RC-5 work with it. They are IT remotes.

Apparently they only work with the Rebel series.

SloYerRoll

Be careful w/ Infrared Transmitting remotes (IT/IR). They need line of sight to work. Radio remotes (RF) can work around corners, and in bright daylight w/o problems.

You can bounce the IR signal off a wall to get around a corner, but 100% reliability is not promised.

This is just so you get what best fits your needs.


-Jon

Elaine

gus wrote:

Did you try a search here ? I bought one of these & its absolutely terrific !

Thanks for the tip! Looks like a less expensive version of the one I found at Adorama. I'll look into it.

Elaine

SloYerRoll wrote:

Be careful w/ Infrared Transmitting remotes (IT/IR). They need line of sight to work. Radio remotes (RF) can work around corners, and in bright daylight w/o problems.

You can bounce the IR signal off a wall to get around a corner, but 100% reliability is not promised.

This is just so you get what best fits your needs.


-Jon

Thanks! The 40d doesn't seem to have IR remote capability anyway.

Elaine

gus wrote:

Did you try a search here ? I bought one of these & its absolutely terrific !

I can't figure out if this one has a two-second delay, so if you're doing a self-portrait type shot, you have time to hide or drop the remote before the shutter clicks. Can you tell me please?

James S

I bought a remote for my 30D last year off ebay. Also did a short report on it posted here: http://www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=518184&page=1#3212866

But I don't think you can read that thread if you are not a paying member so I will repost here. Please pardon the photos they were not taken to be artistic but more of a report from an honest guy so you can make a decision if it is right for you:

Ok here is my report.

Here is what it came with:



You will see a a cable release with about a 2 ft. cord on it. A receiver and the remote. I included the quarter myself(you will not receive one with yours) so you could get a feel for the actual size.

In this photo is my setup:



This is my 30D on it's tripod. I am using my Tamron 28-75 lens at 28mm. Attached to the camera is the cable release, then the reciever is plugged into the cable release.

First I took a photo with me about 8 ft. away from the camera:



This photo is the one I took as far away as possible:



I estimate I was about 50 ft away.

Pardon my dogs they were confused as hell.

My opinion:

In the ebay ad it does say it will take photos up to 100ft away from the camera. This did not happen in my case and I had a clear view of the camera. No FCC tags on this stuff so I assume it is illegal to use this remote in the US. I seriously doubt the Remote Police will be patroling anytime soon though. Ok so I will now list the + and - of this product for me.

The "+"s:

1)It works at least 50 ft. away.
2)You can use it on a 20D, 40D, Rebel XT or Possibly the 300D Rebel without the cable release.
3)Easy to setup and get rolling.

The "-"s

1) It is illegal(although I have never seen anyone police this)
2) odd batteries (1 - CR2 and 1 - N)although I probably won't replace them often.

I think it was worth the $54.95 spent to finally have a remote for my 30D. If you are wanting a remote for your 30D or Rebel XT I say buy it. B and H Photo carries this for $100. I say buy it off ebay for half the price.

Rhuarc

Elaine wrote:

I can't figure out if this one has a two-second delay, so if you're doing a self-portrait type shot, you have time to hide or drop the remote before the shutter clicks. Can you tell me please?

Couldn't you just set the camera to have a 2 second delay, then just use the remote to trigger it? In theory whatever the camera is set to for a shutter delay then the remote will do. All the remote is doing is replaceing the shutter button.

Elaine

Rhuarc wrote:

Couldn't you just set the camera to have a 2 second delay, then just use the remote to trigger it? In theory whatever the camera is set to for a shutter delay then the remote will do. All the remote is doing is replaceing the shutter button.

Duh! Thank you!

LiquidAir

For wireless shutter release I use Pocket Wizards. A pair of them isn't cheap, but it is less than $600 and, of course, they are handy for triggering strobes as well. With the new bidirectional PWs, you only need one PW attached to your camera to trigger both shutter and stobes (it uses separate channels for shutter and strobe).

That said, I have a TC-80N and an extension cord as well. It is smaller, easier to set up than the PWs and it has a whole collection of timing, sheduling, and delay features. The TC-80N is an essentially piece of my landscape shooting bag.

gus

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SloYerRoll

gus wrote:

Yep..seriously. Why spend $500 when you can spend $16 for the same thing. Works from 150 feet so far as ive tested & never once has it hiccuped.

I'm really glad you've had success w/ those remotes Gus. There are quite a few horror stories of them havening ridiculously short ranges and some not even working at all. So buying those can be a crap shoot.

Caveat emptor.

gus

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SloYerRoll

gus wrote:

2 years ago..they were garbage. 2 years is a long time on ebay with the chinese electronic m/fters & sellers. Really it just works perfectly straight from the box.

I believe you. I've owned a few pairs of them. But I speak from experience. I just bought another set as a backup for my PW's since I tinkered w/ my first set one time to many and broke them.

V2's: Straight out of the box. Didn't work. Went back and forth w/ a CSR named Henry (which is easy to work w/ and very CS oriented) to troubleshoot. Bottom line. The transmitter was a lemon. Rendering the three receivers useless.

They are definitely worth the money, and you will get a refund/replacement if it doesn't work. But you pay the S&H to Hong Kong and will end up waiting another 3 weeks (after they receive them) if you don't shell out extra for express delivery.

And when all is well, they do work perfectly right out of the box. Just playing the devil's advocate here.

gus

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SloYerRoll

gus wrote:

Are you talking about flash remotes or shutter remotes ? Sorry im not up on the terms your mentioning.

Flash remotes are a whole different teapot of eels.

V2 The newest line of "ebay" flash triggers
CSR customer service representative.
CS Customer service

I didn't see the thread migrate over to shutter remote.
Please disregard.

gus

SloYerRoll wrote:

I didn't see the thread migrate over to shutter remote.

I thought it started with a shutter remote

Elaine

gus wrote:

I thought it started with a shutter remote

Indeed it did!

gus

Elaine wrote:

Indeed it did!

Who's on first ?

SloYerRoll

Obviously not me!

Sorry guys n gals. I'm amazed it went that long w/o someone getting confused!

My powers of observation lately have been amazing!

LiquidAir

Pocket Wizards work both as shutter and strobe remotes. I first tried a cheap 3rd party cable to hook up the PW as a remote release and it didn't work very well, but since I bought the official PW cable its been working great as long as I use a PW as the remote trigger. The wireless trigger in my flash meter works great for triggering my strobes, but not so well for releasing shutter (why? I have no idea).

Rhuarc

gus wrote:

Who's on first ?

What's on 2nd?
I don't know!
He's on 3rd!!

BradfordBenn

Okay so as I am looking (for my XTi) my question was answered on IR versus RF. So thanks. My question, what did you end up getting Elaine and are you happy with it?