Casey's sunset thread put this question in my brain..........What is the advantage of using one of these? And how would you use it?
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I have been pricing them on E-Bay today Will. I am going to get me one for the late night shots I take. -
When you press the shutter release with your finger, you introduce a bit of movement.(Just like with a gun's trigger) This can cause the picure to be blurred. With a remote release, you don't touch the camera at all when taking the picture. Of course, the camera must be on a tripod. This technique will help give you the sharpest picture possible with your gear. Locking the mirror up will help as well.Comment
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They don't cost much, but before I buy one I want to know what it is used for and how to use it?Comment
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a little more work, but you can use the camera's timer to accomplish the same thing...Comment
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Will I used one shooting my hummer photos. I had the camera set up on my front porch facing the feeder and the window in our master bath. They didn't like me standing behind the camera so I went in and shot through the window. Focus point was on the side I couldn't see so I just fired away.
bearbrewer I couldn't have taken my hummer photos using the timer mode.
I use one quite often actually. Mine is totally wireless but I would also like to get a wired one because in Oly's wisdom they only have a IR eye on the front of the camera bodies. I do have a grip on one of my bodies that has it's own remote that is front and back but I don't put the long glass on this body.
You'll wonder why you didn't get one sooner once you start using one.Comment
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I use mine to take self LDPs. It works better than the timer because I can set up and take the picture without running to get in the picture and get the head up. Mine has a three second delay, so I can push the button and then hide my hand.Comment
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You can use it as mentioned above, with a tripod, and snap a bunch of shots quickly, without having to touch the camera. You simply setup the shot and wait for that moment and when that moment happens, you simply press the remote button over and over till the scene clears. This was a pretty quick scene and the sun only gave me a brief moment before it was gone.
I use my wireless remote for LDPs', family photos, shots of critters where I can setup and hide aiming my remote at the camera without me physically being visual to them. Great for extremely dark shots using a flashlight to illuminate my subject (camera on bulb) as I paint the subject with light. And if you incorporate bracket framing (3 shots with + or - f stops between all 3 exposures) you can work seperate color/exposure compositions into your shots adding more variation to the final shot. Great for low light or night time work and I think it's an absolute must to have a remote. In the old days, we used a wire that allowed the photog to plunge the shutter down, holding for as long as the shot required for exposure without suffering from camera shake.
The below shot would have been ridiculous without my wireless remote. Even using the self built timer here, I would have been bound to run back and forth between shots to pull things off. Lightning looming, rain just a half mile away......I didn't have much time to shoot this LDP. My little wireless remote made quick work of a one person situation....Tink and Drake were still on stand and I had work to do
My remote is in my right hand.
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You don't necessarily HAVE to have a tripod (although it's certainly best). I took this one while setting my camera on the back bumper of my Suburban with a little rock under the lens to get it aimed at the right angle.
I didn't hide my remote. You can see me aiming it and sqeezing the button. (I'm on the left.)
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I would love to have one. Anyone looked at the price for the remotes for the D300
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Try this one, Danny.
This is the one I sent to Casey, hoping it would be worth using. Apparently it's quite functional.Comment
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I think I am gonna order one of those for myself in the next few days......Originally posted by Shane View Post
Thanks for everyones input............Comment
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Need to read up on it some more, but it seems to have the functions the Nikon release has. Too bad it isn't like Stacie's D80. We bought the remote and it is the size of a small coin and does every option for the remote with camera.
The D300's remote requires another bag to carry it in
Nice after market find Shane. I will be researching it. The one on the link is in CHINAComment
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Yeah, it's from China. That's why I hesitated to order it. But Casey says it works great. In return for the extra size of the unit, you get a pretty long range with it. It's supposed to work over 100 yards away from the camera. Casey sent me of pic of himself that he took from about that distance. Not bad. I gotta admit, pics of Casey from 100 yards away are much better than the closeups anyway!
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I am looking at action photos on this unit and it doesn't seem that it has a continuous feature, or I haven't read that far yet. And I don't like the 3 second delay before it goes into bulb modeComment
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