IR Remote
Posted 05/03/2010 - 20:58
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So did I: works a treat. Better than a cable release as there's no contact with the camera. But with the cable release you can lock the shutter open, I suppose.
Andrew
Andrew
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Andrew
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050
http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
Posted 05/03/2010 - 20:59
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I am thinking of getting one of these or a cable release
Emma
"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything." Aaron Siskind
Bodies K20D, LTL 3, K1000d
Lenses Pentax 50mm, Pentax 135mm, Tamron 70-300 macro
"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything." Aaron Siskind
Bodies K20D, LTL 3, K1000d
Lenses Pentax 50mm, Pentax 135mm, Tamron 70-300 macro
Posted 05/03/2010 - 21:14
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K-M and K-X have no port for a cable so had to be ir remote, can still lock the shutter open in bulb just depends on how you set the camera settings, either hold it and will stay open or press once for open then again to close.
Pentax K-5
DA 18-55mm AL WR DAL 50-200mm Tamron 70-300mm, Auto Chinon 28mm 2.8. sigma 30mm 1.4 DC
Metz 48 af-1
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DA 18-55mm AL WR DAL 50-200mm Tamron 70-300mm, Auto Chinon 28mm 2.8. sigma 30mm 1.4 DC
Metz 48 af-1
Flickr
Posted 05/03/2010 - 23:47
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I wished you could fire these from behind the camera as well as from in front.You are effectively camera to subject or camera-subject-you. If from behind you could get subject-camera-you, meaning you could fire shutter further away from subject which is useful for wildlife photography. Just being picky though, these are a bargain and it's not their fault the sensor is only on the front of the camera.
dave
dave
Posted 06/03/2010 - 09:09
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Thanks for the tip. I was going to pay a lot more but have now orderd one.
Les
Les
K5, DAL18-55,SMC 50mm f2,DA 55-300, SCM F 35-70 and all the help I can get.
Posted 06/03/2010 - 10:42
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Since I use a K-x I can't get a cable release - so am about to start hunting for a remote .
Thanks for the suggestion
Thanks for the suggestion
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 06/03/2010 - 11:25
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dcweather wrote:
I wished you could fire these from behind the camera as well as from in front.
Which camera do you have? You can fire from behind (as well as in front) with a K10D, K20D, K-7 at least.
I wished you could fire these from behind the camera as well as from in front.
~Pete
Posted 13/03/2010 - 12:53
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Yes, I have a K-x. Big shame really - how much would that have added to the cost for such a useful feature?
Dave
Dave
Posted 13/03/2010 - 15:25
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I've got one too - the need to fire from in front of the camera is a bit of a pain but I'm thinking that if it was a real problem it wouldn't be hard to rig a small mirror in front of the IR sensor. I know I've managed to trigger mine from behind the camera while shooting through a window, the glass bounced enough of the IR signal to fire the shutter!
Matt
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Posted 23/03/2010 - 16:10
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Waiting for mine to appear - it went in the post today [ Thanks Greytop ]
It really is a pity it has to be used from the front of the camera - but hey I think I can live with that
It really is a pity it has to be used from the front of the camera - but hey I think I can live with that
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 23/03/2010 - 22:47
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Still waiting for mine after 18 days. Anyone else have this long to wait for theirs
Les
Les
K5, DAL18-55,SMC 50mm f2,DA 55-300, SCM F 35-70 and all the help I can get.
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