03.01.2011 27932 Feature articles 2

Having bought his first DSLR with a lens, an ordinary amateur photographer forgets about everything and enjoys photography. It is interesting to experiment with the settings, especially since all kinds of settings and manual modes in reflex camera enough. However, very quickly a photography lover in his creative search encounters obstacles that greatly hinder the realization of his plans. In this case, photo accessories come to the rescue, which complement your DSLR and significantly expand its capabilities.

This article will talk about consoles remote control for cameras. The remote control is the accessory that should be at hand, both for a professional and for a novice photographer.
And yet, why do you need to buy a remote control for the camera?

Using the remote control, you can take pictures:

• at a distance of up to 100 m from the camera;
• with a time delay;
• with a specified interval between shots;
• at slow shutter speeds, avoiding physical contact with the camera - and as a result - blurring the picture

The remote control for the camera allows you to greatly increase the capabilities of the camera and realize your creative ideas. The remote control is used in almost all types of photography, from self-portraits and group portraits to aerial photography.

Each brand has remote controls among accessories for SLR cameras. These are brands such as Canon and Nikon, Panasonic and Olympus, Pentax and Sony. Among the large variety of different remote controls, you can involuntarily get confused in the choice. And it can be quite difficult for a amateur photographer who is incomprehensible in this matter to decide which remote control is more expedient to take. There is more that in the line of each brand there are remotes that will fit some cameras and not fit others.

To answer the question of which remote control to choose, it is worth figuring out what kind of remote controls exist.

The following consoles are distinguished by the type of signal transmission and functionality.

infrared remote control

Used for remote shutter release. It features ultra-compact dimensions, intuitive control - there are only a few buttons on the remote control. The infrared remote control allows you to avoid contact between the photographer and the camera, thereby preventing the "shake" that can occur when manually pressing the shutter button and lead to blurry pictures. Indispensable when shooting self-portraits; shooting scenes at slow shutter speeds (up to 30 seconds).

The range of the infrared remote control is about 8 m.

Original infrared remote controls:

• for Nikon cameras - Nikon ML-L3
• for Canon - Canon RC-1 and Canon RC-5
• for Olympus - Olympus RM-1, Olympus RM-2
• for Pentax - Pentax Remote Control F

Remote control cable

A wired or cable remote control is used for remote TTL metering and shutter release. The remote control is very simple and has only one control button, which plays the role of the shutter button in the camera. Press halfway to perform TTL metering and autofocus, press fully to release the shutter. For manual shutter speed adjustment, especially when shooting night landscapes, the "Bulb" shutter mode is indispensable. The remote control allows you to implement this function, providing the ability to temporarily fix the shutter button. That is, if you need a very slow shutter speed to shoot, there is no need to keep the button pressed for a long time.

You can’t use the cable remote control for self-portraits, since the cable length is limited to 1 m. But it will be indispensable when shooting in poor lighting conditions, when you need to “draw” the image well. When shooting the night sky in the Bulb shutter mode, it will also come in handy.

Original cable controls:

• for Canon - Canon RS-80N3, Canon RS-60E3
• for Nikon - Nikon MC-30, Nikon MC-DC1, Nikon MC-DC2
• for Pentax - Pentax CS-205
• for Sony - remotes - cables Sony RM-S1AM and Sony RM-L1AM

Radio remote control

Unlike the cable remote control, it allows you to work at a distance with a radius of up to 100 m from the camera. Otherwise, it performs the same functions as the remote control - cable, but without the release button lock. Such remotes have several radio control channels (from 4 to 16), which eliminates accidental operation from other radio devices. They are convenient when shooting scenes with slow shutter speeds, when shooting self-portraits. Useful when taking pictures of wildlife, where your presence near the camera might scare them away.

Original remote controls:

• for Canon - Canon LC-1, Canon LC-5
• for Nikon - Nikon ML-3

Timer - intervalometer

Remote timer - intervalometer allows 100% use of the shutter release. The remote control has four independent timers that are responsible for:
1. Delay before the first shutter release (Self)
2. Interval between shutter releases (INTERVAL)
3. Exposure time (Long)
4. Number of frames in each interval (FRAMES)

The peculiarity of the cable remote control is that the photographer has the ability to combine these 4 parameters.

For example:
Self = 10 seconds; INTERVAL = 2 minutes; FRAMES = 90.

The camera will wait 10 seconds (this is to allow the camera to "calm down" from the vibrations you create around the tripod), then take a frame every 2 minutes for the next three hours. Such a scheme is suitable if, for example, it is necessary to shoot the process of opening a flower bud.

The intervalometer allows you to realize the most daring creative ideas. Such remotes are often used by enthusiastic amateur photographers, professional photographers and videographers and are positioned as professional ones.

It is convenient to use the intervalometer for such complex types of shooting as object shooting, astrophotography.

Original remote control timers - intervalometers

• for Canon - Canon TC-80N3
• for Nikon - Nikon MC-36

In addition to the original ones, there is a wide range of third-party analogues. One of the key advantages, besides the price, is the compatibility of such remotes with a much wider range of digital camera models.

Comrade, may I ask you? Why don't you take a picture of us? Be so kind! No?.. Or maybe you can take a picture? Also no?

Well then - put on a delay, press the shutter button and run a hundred meters to get into the frame. Familiar, isn't it?

But now the exhausting search for a sympathetic passerby, who also has his hands in place, is in the past. You don't have to run away from the camera anymore. All you need is a Canon EOS and an RC-6 remote control that allows you to control autofocus, shutter release or start video recording from a distance of 5 meters.

The RC-6 is very useful if you are shooting for a long time. The RC-6 eliminates the need for you to constantly approach the camera, making thousands of clicks a day.

If you are doing landscape photography shooting night skies or oceans, the RC-6 will allow you to take long exposures without touching the camera itself, and in BULB mode you won't tire yourself by holding down the shutter button for minutes or even hours.

Unlike the previous RC-5 model, the new RC-6 remote control has 2 shutter release modes - directly with the push of a button on the remote and a 2 second delay that will let you get ready if you are taking a "selfie" of yourself or your friends .

Setting up the RC-6 remote control and the camera for operation

To use the remote control with Canon cameras, you will need a camera with an IR port and self-timer mode.

1. Set the camera to the exposure mode you need (M, Av, Tv, etc.)

2. Set the self-timer mode in the settings

3. Remove the protective insert from the battery compartment of the remote

4. Select one of two shooting modes on the remote control

5. Point the remote at the camera up to 5 meters away and press the button

6. A characteristic shutter sound will be heard

RC-6 Remote Control Compatibility with Canon Cameras

As I already mentioned, to work with the RC-6 remote control, you need a camera with an IR port and a self-timer mode, which are available in the following Canon models:

Canon EOS 650D

Canon EOS 100D

Canon EOS 600D

Canon EOS 550D

Canon EOS 500D

Canon EOS 450D

Canon EOS 400D

Canon EOS 300D

Canon EOS 350D

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