I recently purchased a Yongnuo wireless remote control for my Canon 20D off ebay for £20 not expecting an awful lot it has to be said but I've been very pleasantly surprised. Here's a brief rundown of it's features:-
- 1x Red LED on receiver for Power.
- 1x Green/Red LED on receiver, Green for half press & Red for full press (visual confirmation).
- Power switch on receiver.
- Focus and fire button (half and full press) on receiver that can be used without a battery so no need for both wired and wireless remotes!
- Single shot, 2 second timer, bulb and continuous shot mode. For bulb and continuous you press and hold the button for 3 seconds and it locks, then just do a half press (focus only) to stop it. The 2 second timer mode is enabled by flicking a switch on the transmitter.
- Both batteries included.
The remote can be purchased from UK Highland Photography on ebay which is where I got mine.
I also tested the range of the remote using the included batteries (Great Power CR2 Lithium in receiver with a healthy 3.24v) by walking away from it and pressing the shutter button every 5m or so. I got about 55m away before it stopped taking photos which is somewhat short of the 100m range quoted; it's possible a new battery in the transmitter may have helped as I never tested that but it's absolutely fine for what I will be using it for so I'm not that bothered. The only problem was that while walking back towards the camera I was pressing the remote button but it didn't take any photos so there may be a problem with it going out of range and then coming back into range, stay within 50m and you should be fine though.
Overall for £20 I can't recommend this highly enough if you need a wireless remote release!
Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with either Yongnuo or UK Highland Photography and I paid for this out of my own pocket. I'm sharing this info as I couldn't find a review anywhere online.
UPDATE: I've been informed of another review at the DPreview forums here, so much for my Google skills!
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I bought a Yongnuo corded remote and timer from ebay which was shipping out of HK. I really had no idea how reliable it would be or if it would even start to work on my sony alpha a300.
ReplyDeleteI needn't have worried though. The timer works perfectly and there have been no problems so far.