orisky
12th of January 2008 (Sat), 16:50
Just received my Phottix Wireless Remote from eBay today. Here's my quick review:
Ordered on 1/1
Shipped on 1/4
Arrived from Hong Kong 1/12 (today)
$14.90 (Buy it now)
$12 shipping
$1 insurance
Paid via paypal. Email
There was only $21.70 HKD postage on it which only comes out to about $3USD. I guess it took alot of effort to wrap the box in bubble and throw it in paper envelope. :rolleyes:
I have a 5D which is the C3 version, not sure about others models. It works with AE/AF(CF04) set to 0, or AE/AF (CF04) set to 1. In the latter case it doesn't AF since the AF button is moved to the *. Otherwise, AF is fine.
The item has two pieces as pictured, a transmitter and a receiver.
Receiver (the piece that plugs into the camera): Has a 4 toggle switches, an on/off button, a red LED and a green LED. Red LED tells you it's on, green LED tells you it's transmitting. I'm assuming the toggle switches matches the tx/rx frequency but I didn't need to mess with it. It takes a single CR2 lithium battery (included).
Transmitter: Also has 4 toggle buttons, a single shutter button and a green light. Note there is no battery compartment, but others have said they've used their remotes frequently without having to change it. And an antenna. You can see the relative size next to Andrew Jackson.
Plain and simple, it works. I don't know for how long :) but it works as advertised right now. Works in single, continuous and bulb modes. For bulb, set the camera to B, hold down the transmitter shutter for 3 secs, release, hit it again when you're ready to close the shutter. MLU also works.
Distance: 100ft is advertised. I was indoors, only ~40ft away, but passed through 2 walls. Good enough for me.
Enhancement Requests: A small pouch? And on/off for the transmitter since you can accidently hold the button down in your bag. That would be bad since there's no readily available battery compartment.
Reliability: Can't comment as it arrived 1hr ago. Maybe someone who's owned it for several months can vouch?
So, all in all, not bad for $30. Took me 15 mins to put this review together. Hope it helps someone. :)
http://orisky.smugmug.com/photos/242535199-M.jpg
Ordered on 1/1
Shipped on 1/4
Arrived from Hong Kong 1/12 (today)
$14.90 (Buy it now)
$12 shipping
$1 insurance
Paid via paypal. Email
There was only $21.70 HKD postage on it which only comes out to about $3USD. I guess it took alot of effort to wrap the box in bubble and throw it in paper envelope. :rolleyes:
I have a 5D which is the C3 version, not sure about others models. It works with AE/AF(CF04) set to 0, or AE/AF (CF04) set to 1. In the latter case it doesn't AF since the AF button is moved to the *. Otherwise, AF is fine.
The item has two pieces as pictured, a transmitter and a receiver.
Receiver (the piece that plugs into the camera): Has a 4 toggle switches, an on/off button, a red LED and a green LED. Red LED tells you it's on, green LED tells you it's transmitting. I'm assuming the toggle switches matches the tx/rx frequency but I didn't need to mess with it. It takes a single CR2 lithium battery (included).
Transmitter: Also has 4 toggle buttons, a single shutter button and a green light. Note there is no battery compartment, but others have said they've used their remotes frequently without having to change it. And an antenna. You can see the relative size next to Andrew Jackson.
Plain and simple, it works. I don't know for how long :) but it works as advertised right now. Works in single, continuous and bulb modes. For bulb, set the camera to B, hold down the transmitter shutter for 3 secs, release, hit it again when you're ready to close the shutter. MLU also works.
Distance: 100ft is advertised. I was indoors, only ~40ft away, but passed through 2 walls. Good enough for me.
Enhancement Requests: A small pouch? And on/off for the transmitter since you can accidently hold the button down in your bag. That would be bad since there's no readily available battery compartment.
Reliability: Can't comment as it arrived 1hr ago. Maybe someone who's owned it for several months can vouch?
So, all in all, not bad for $30. Took me 15 mins to put this review together. Hope it helps someone. :)
http://orisky.smugmug.com/photos/242535199-M.jpg