Remote timer bulb for Canon

[Parrot of Doom]

I was looking for the Canon remote for my 20D (TCND something or other IIRC, I've had one before), and came across these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Timer-Remote-Cord-C3-for-Can...

Anyone had any experience of these? I can't see what could possibly go wrong, chances are they've just ripped the Canon one apart, copied the circuit, and put it in their own generic case.

[DIW35]

Not used one of those, but if it mimics the Canon version exactly, then it's good value for money. I've seen the TC-80N3 advertised at £150 by some UK sellers (it can be bought cheaper, obviously) so £13 for the mimic sounds like a good punt.

I'm not sure what the lowest price is that you could get the Canon release for, but it won't be anywhere near that sort of figure.

[sgrimshaw]

I bought a wireless remote release from this seller last year for my Minolta/Sony's.

Works great.

Just seen that they do the timer release that you are looking at for Sony too, I'm very tempted so if you do buy - please post a report.

Simon

[Parrot of Doom]

Right I'm going to buy one then.

I normally don't support buying cheapo Chinese copies, after all it harms the development of new products from companies such as Canon, but feck it I already bought their camera and lenses

[sgrimshaw]

Parrot of Doom said:

Right I'm going to buy one then.

I normally don't support buying cheapo Chinese copies, after all it harms the development of new products from companies such as Canon, but feck it I already bought their camera and lenses

Look forward to the review.

At the end of the day, the likes of Canon and Sony are taking the wee-wee when it comes to remote releases, remote release timers etc.

Basically all they do is short out a combination of three pins, with a varying degree of sophistication (wireless, timers etc), for which they charge an arm and a leg (or in Sony's case they charge an extra leg if you want a longer piece of wire!).

See here - http://www.devilgas.com/photo/350d_remote/350d_rem...

[Parrot of Doom]

Got it, looks ok, well built, takes 2x AAA batteries which were included in the box. The plug into the camera is nice and tight.

Shutter release/hold button works fine, the timer is simple to figure out, the manual is good, clear and concise.

I'm having an issue where the auto timer won't activate the shutter - this could be my cack-handedness, I may have a setting wrong on the camera, or it could be a firmware issue (firmware is very early). It could also be the wrong unit as the C1 and C3 look identical, but the box says C3 so I'm unsure.

Pics:

[sgrimshaw]

That was good service.

Hope you sort out the gremlin.