My wife and I have recently started to get into DSLR photography, and have bought ourselves a Canon Eos 450D camera. I’ll be posting more about that later, explaining why we chose that model and so on.
Right now, though, I wanted to let you know about a great way to save some money if you’ve got one of these cameras – or indeed, any of the other Canon EOS cameras – and want a remote control.
The Canon EOS 450D remote control will cost you £20-£25 in the shops. However, I’ve just bought one off eBay for £4 including P&P! It’s not an official Canon item, it’s a Jianisi remote control, but it works just fine – here’s a link:
Ignore all the extra buttons on there – only two work on the Canon cameras, and they either take a photo instantly (after focussing, that is), or after a 2-second delay. This is the same as the official Canon remote.
This remote is branded with “Jianisi”, not Canon, and looks like it would also work with other brands of camera. I’ve checked and pressing the other buttons does emit infra-red commands, so it looks like it’s a multi-remote control that just gets listed on eBay under all the different brands it supports.
I haven’t confirmed the range of the remote, but to be honest I’m really just interested in being able to put my camera on a tripod and take a photo without risking movement being caused by me pressing the shutter release on the camera. For £4 I figure there’s nothing to lose!
Anyway, if you’re looking for a cheap remote control for a Canon EOS camera, this is definitely worth trying!
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