Phottix Wireless Remote for Canon 20D/30D/40D/5D

[Ding Carpio]

Thought this might be useful to many of you who use tripods and do mirror lockups.

I ordered this device through EBay. Seller is from HK, paid through PayPal. Ordered Dec12, shipped Dec14. Seller said it would take up to two months to ship to Manila but it got here in less than 20 days.







It works. Plastic looks sturdy enough. Have tested it within just my room so can't vouch for its 100m range yet. But, if you were me, I'd never leave my camera more than a few meters away from me.

Paid less than USD30 for it (shipping included). That's a bargain compare to about USD400 for the original Canon wireless remote. Not sure if the Original Canon has more bells and whistles but the Phottix does the work for me and I'm happy with it.

Here's the link:
cgi.ebay.com/Phottix-Wireless-Remote-Set-C3-for-Canon-20D-30D-40D-5D_W0QQitemZ200186804043QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200186804043

If that doesn't work, just search "Phottix Wireless Remote" in Ebay.

[Romy Ocon]

Interesting accessory, Ding.

I've seen some shots of a Common KF taken with a wide angle. The shooter mounted the camera on a tripod, placed the rig inches away from a KF's favorite pech, and triggered the shutter remotely from many meters away when the bird arrived. Prefocusing is easy because of the wide angle's deep DOF.

Perhaps this is a project for Mr. Innovator (JP)? ;D

[Jun Gregorio]

Another new toy for my collection just arrived from HK ;D



Here's a youtube Photorial:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPGfnndTZ4

Thanks Ding for the find.

[Ding Carpio]

Happy with it but one warning: cover the remote's button with something hard so it doesn't get pressed when in your bag. I've had to replace the battery twice now because of this accident. Now, I carry it around with some convex piece of plastic rubberbanded on top of the button. Looks clumsy but works. I still carry my wired remote as backup.

Aha! I noticed yours has a sliding on/off switch. Maybe they put that in to solve the problem I experienced.

[Clemn A. Macasiano Jr.]

@ Ding, Have you noticed any banding in your photos ? I read somewhere that this generic triggers work but some banding effect on the sensor due to radio frequency interference.

[Bobby Kintanar]

Here's one I've been using to capture birds using MLU with a 2 Second delay. Mine is called the "HERO" and it's video transmitter attaches to the cameras viewfinder. What you see in the viewfinder is then sent to the receiver, with Audio and Video. An added touch is the feedback "report" from the camera - a light on the receiver will turn on to verify that the camera was triggered, and you can hear the shutter's sound as well.

It comes with a headphone, and rechargeable batteries. Php 16,500.00 back here in Cebu. I bought mine from Pixel Pro :-)

Probably the same unit (looks exactly the same) - also from Pixel Pro:



Link to product:

www.phottix.com/wireless-remotes/phottixr-hero-liveview-wireless-remote.html

[Ed Matuod]

Bought mine almost a year ago and change the battery after 6 months. Ding's right, 'Happy with it but one warning: cover the remote's button with something hard so it doesn't get pressed when in your bag. I've had to replace the battery twice now because of this accident.' Very helpful though. I didn't see any banding in my photos using this wireless remote.