Posted by Ian Hardy on January 18, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Can anyone help me choose the best way to fire the above when not with the camera.
Cheers
Ian
Posted by Chris Lloyd on January 18, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Hi Ian,
I have been using the 'Pocket wizard Plus' which I used for a remote Robin project a few months back. From what I can recall, you buy the two remote controls (one reciever and one transmitter) and then buy the Nikon fit cable to plug into the 10 pin plug on the front. You can fire it from around 500m (1600ft) and it costs around £300 all in all from Ebay or Warehouse express.
The cheap wireless remotes from ebay (I think I sent you the link) work well at £13 all in.... Ian and Tony have been using them with great success for some time, and I have just recieved couple of the newer versions, however it looks like the weather is going to scupper one of my planned shoots this weekend
All the best & speak soon
Phil
Posted by tony flashman on January 18, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Hi Ian
As Phil says I have been using them on my D2X for some time. For the price they are great value. They are genreally pretty good but you do have to make sure that you always have new/fully charged batteries in the recievers. It can be pretty frustrating to find that you have sat in the cold and damp for a couple of hours to find that you didnt get the shots! We learnt the hard way!
Posted by writepic on January 19, 2008 at 10:23 AM
i've just got a chinese radio remote for my D2x, it cost about 20 quid with postage from ebay. works very well although i've not used it yet on a real subject due to the weather.
arrived in just 5 days from china.
Posted by Ian Andrews on January 19, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Just to confirm what Phil and Tony have said, the chinese radio remotes from e-bay are good value but are very voltage sensitive. The newer ones that Phil has mention will not work with rechargables at 1.2v and need the 1.5v of the Duracell type AAA's.
For anything up to 10m, use a cable remote, also available on e-bay from the states.
The Phottix brand radio remotes are good up to about 40m with good batteries but they use CR2's which in the shops run out at about a fiver each!!
There is another alternative under the £50 mark which I will be testing out over the next couple of weeks. I'll let you know the results
As for the Seculine range of IR triggers, they do work when you have line of sight, although there is a slight (milliseconds) delay so it depends on what you are trying to photograph. (They're not quick enough to get Kingfishers diving!!)
Discussion
6 repliesCheers
Ian
I have been using the 'Pocket wizard Plus' which I used for a remote Robin project a few months back. From what I can recall, you buy the two remote controls (one reciever and one transmitter) and then buy the Nikon fit cable to plug into the 10 pin plug on the front. You can fire it from around 500m (1600ft) and it costs around £300 all in all from Ebay or Warehouse express.
HTH.
Chris.
Phillip.
The cheap wireless remotes from ebay (I think I sent you the link) work well at £13 all in.... Ian and Tony have been using them with great success for some time, and I have just recieved couple of the newer versions, however it looks like the weather is going to scupper one of my planned shoots this weekend
All the best & speak soon
Phil
As Phil says I have been using them on my D2X for some time. For the price they are great value. They are genreally pretty good but you do have to make sure that you always have new/fully charged batteries in the recievers. It can be pretty frustrating to find that you have sat in the cold and damp for a couple of hours to find that you didnt get the shots! We learnt the hard way!
i've just got a chinese radio remote for my D2x, it cost about 20 quid with postage from ebay. works very well although i've not used it yet on a real subject due to the weather.
arrived in just 5 days from china.
For anything up to 10m, use a cable remote, also available on e-bay from the states.
The Phottix brand radio remotes are good up to about 40m with good batteries but they use CR2's which in the shops run out at about a fiver each!!
There is another alternative under the £50 mark which I will be testing out over the next couple of weeks. I'll let you know the results
As for the Seculine range of IR triggers, they do work when you have line of sight, although there is a slight (milliseconds) delay so it depends on what you are trying to photograph. (They're not quick enough to get Kingfishers diving!!)
HIH
Ian