Can anyone recommend a shutter release device for a Canon 5D Mark2 that will allow more than three exposure bracketed shots? Wired or wireless. I looked at the Promote Control but the setup for each shot is too cumbersome. Thanks!!
Posted by Wick Smith on October 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM
I shot the 5DII for years & have not found one that will adjust the bracketing for you that's convenient. I can say that the 5DIII allows for 7 shots in a bracket & works great.
I got tired of shooting manual exposure brakets and took the plunge and installed Magic Lantern firmware on my 5d mkii. Sad that Canon chose to handicap firmware to shoot only 3-shot brackets.
All went well and exposure bracketing is convenient and works great. I consider exposure bracketing for HDR as my "killer app" for Magic Lantern.
I sm still in my first week of trial usage, so we will see how things hold up.
Mike.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on February 4, 2013 at 6:33 PM
In the 4 years of using a 5D2 I got pretty good at spinning the wheel and firing off the shutter on a 2-sec lockup, lol! It's all in the index finger... seriously, I think Magic lantern's solution is the only way if it works, because I don't believe the remote shutter jack with its 4 pins allows programming for changes to shutter speed, only allows firing the shutter. Hopefully I'm wrong!
Magic Lantern definitely works. I have been using it to shoot HDRs for a few weeks with no problems. I have no trouble disabling it and reverting to normal Canon Behavior.
Using ML is a big step as you load custom firmware on each memory card. For me, it is scary but worth it. Shooting 5 or 7-shot brackets is now a dream.
It's really sad that Canon will not upgrade 5D2 to enable this feature for standard firmware.
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4 repliesI got tired of shooting manual exposure brakets and took the plunge and installed Magic Lantern firmware on my 5d mkii. Sad that Canon chose to handicap firmware to shoot only 3-shot brackets.
All went well and exposure bracketing is convenient and works great. I consider exposure bracketing for HDR as my "killer app" for Magic Lantern.
I sm still in my first week of trial usage, so we will see how things hold up.
Mike.
Using ML is a big step as you load custom firmware on each memory card. For me, it is scary but worth it. Shooting 5 or 7-shot brackets is now a dream.
It's really sad that Canon will not upgrade 5D2 to enable this feature for standard firmware.