CANON TC-80N3 TIMER REMOTE and 10D?

[Sendide]

Hi everybody,
has anyone been using the CANON TC-80N3 TIMER REMOTE with 10D ? I want to get one especially for macrophotography. my main concern is : is it possible to programm a sequence of shots in time, like one shot evey 5 minutes or so ...
anuy comments on this remote or alternative is very welcome
thanks

Canon 10D
100mm 2.8 Macro USM
MT 24EX speedlight/ 420 EX

[iwatkins]

You can do exactly this. You can get it to take shots for any interval you like up to a limit which I think is 99 hours. You can get it to do it for as long as you have battery power or for a set number of shots with the interval. E.g. every 5 minutes for ever or every five minutes but say for only 15 shots. Or even every five minutes for 15 shots but not to start for 8 hours.

If you are using flash, I believe it can even wake a flash up out of power saving mode before a shot is about to be triggered (although I haven't tried that).

Also works nicely as a simple cable release (but expensive if used just for that).

More details here (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/tc-80n3.shtml)

Cheers

Ian

[GenEOS]

Yes you can do that. It is a nifty little tool to have. Expensive though, in my opinion. I really just needed the remote trigger, but opted for the timer just because...
I tested it a few times doing different shots, number of shots, etc. over time and it worked great.
Backlit too.

[Sendide]

great help
Think I'll get it
thanks guys

[figment]

one thing that confused me a bit is that the unit stays powered on once the battery is in place. (there is no on/off switch.) The battery should last a few years according to the manual...

[Jon Borcik]

Yup.... a great tool. The non power on/off thing is a little discomforting. I just remove the battery and store it in my bag after I'm finished using the remote since I only use it on special occations.

:) :shock: