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09/25/2006 01:17:45 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Picture being on the side lines at a sporting event with a dozen photographers using Canon cameras. One guy pulls out a RF remote and every Canon camera within 100 feet of him fires every time he wants them to!
That would be my guess as to why each camera has a different remote and the pro cameras have no remote. |
So you're saying they can't simply design it in which you select a 4-digit code and the little transmitter sends it. And if the code you've entered in the menu matches *blamo* otherwise....nada.
Simple...
Of course, I am of the opinion that there are no good designers left in the world. Or very few to say the lease.
*shrug* |
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09/25/2006 01:48:38 PM · #52 |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Picture being on the side lines at a sporting event with a dozen photographers using Canon cameras. One guy pulls out a RF remote and every Canon camera within 100 feet of him fires every time he wants them to!
That would be my guess as to why each camera has a different remote and the pro cameras have no remote. |
Hehehehe... it might be fun to drop the money for the high dollar wireless deal, go to a sporting event and just see how many cameras you can trigger.... Now THAT'S quality entertainment!!!! |
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09/25/2006 01:52:11 PM · #53 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
So you're saying they can't simply design it in which you select a 4-digit code and the little transmitter sends it. And if the code you've entered in the menu matches *blamo* otherwise....nada. |
With enough $$$ anything is possible. Why not build a interface to fire your camera with your cell phone? Or use the clapper!
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09/25/2006 02:06:35 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Picture being on the side lines at a sporting event with a dozen photographers using Canon cameras. One guy pulls out a RF remote and every Canon camera within 100 feet of him fires every time he wants them to!
That would be my guess as to why each camera has a different remote and the pro cameras have no remote. |
So you're saying they can't simply design it in which you select a 4-digit code and the little transmitter sends it. And if the code you've entered in the menu matches *blamo* otherwise....nada.
Simple...
Of course, I am of the opinion that there are no good designers left in the world. Or very few to say the lease.
*shrug* |
Of course they can. They don't because there's not a demand for it.
There are a lot of good designers, but they don't waste their time and resources designing things that very few want.
You could design a remote to fire your camera everytime you snapped your fingers, blinked your eyes, farted or whatever. A company is not going to do it unless there is a profit in it.
How do you ensure that Bob and Bill don't have the same code entered?
Message edited by author 2006-09-25 14:07:30. |
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09/25/2006 02:26:00 PM · #55 |
Originally posted by C-Fox:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Thanks Mick. As my, ahem, frugality has become a point of conversation on previous threads, I doubt I'm gonna pay a few hundred dollar for what I had on the 300D for $25. ;) Call it principle... |
Free option, set to 10 seconds and run like crazy :-) |
The problem there is in focussing. At the press of the shutter button, as the in-camera timer begins to run, the camera autofocusses. Without the subject (presumably the photographer) in shot, the focus will be on something else behind where the subject is going to stand. The TC 80 N3 works fine for self-portraits etc., but isn't too cheap.
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09/25/2006 02:29:24 PM · #56 |
So they can sell more remotes? Things like this don't happen by accidents.
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09/25/2006 02:40:33 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Picture being on the side lines at a sporting event with a dozen photographers using Canon cameras. One guy pulls out a RF remote and every Canon camera within 100 feet of him fires every time he wants them to!
That would be my guess as to why each camera has a different remote and the pro cameras have no remote. |
How many sports photographers are using a remote or a wired remote? It's not like you have to worry about camera shake at 1/800th of a second...
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09/25/2006 02:54:06 PM · #58 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Picture being on the side lines at a sporting event with a dozen photographers using Canon cameras. One guy pulls out a RF remote and every Canon camera within 100 feet of him fires every time he wants them to!
That would be my guess as to why each camera has a different remote and the pro cameras have no remote. |
How many sports photographers are using a remote or a wired remote? It's not like you have to worry about camera shake at 1/800th of a second... |
Probably none, but Palmetto would be there in the front row driving them all crazy intentionally.
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09/25/2006 03:40:22 PM · #59 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Picture being on the side lines at a sporting event with a dozen photographers using Canon cameras. One guy pulls out a RF remote and every Canon camera within 100 feet of him fires every time he wants them to!
That would be my guess as to why each camera has a different remote and the pro cameras have no remote. |
How many sports photographers are using a remote or a wired remote? It's not like you have to worry about camera shake at 1/800th of a second... |
Actually in a basketball arena several photographers use the same type of remote. Look at the backboard of an NBA game sometime. You'll see several cameras mounted to shoot through the backboard. Plus all the overhead cameras you can't see. I know some of the photographers mount 6 or cameras that all fire off the one he's holding. The solution is the remotes have different channels on which to broadcast the signal.
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09/25/2006 04:43:49 PM · #60 |
To interupt (and answer the OP) :-)
The 300D IR remote didn't always fire the camera, even indoors in a normal sized living room. You have to get just the right angle, and hope it works.
Also, you couldn't use the remote behind the camera--the IR sensor was on the front, so you had to hold the remote in front of the camera and point it just right.
The wired remote on the 5D fires every time you push the button, you can stand behind the camera, etc. |
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09/25/2006 05:08:06 PM · #61 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Picture being on the side lines at a sporting event with a dozen photographers using Canon cameras. One guy pulls out a RF remote and every Canon camera within 100 feet of him fires every time he wants them to!
That would be my guess as to why each camera has a different remote and the pro cameras have no remote. |
How many sports photographers are using a remote or a wired remote? It's not like you have to worry about camera shake at 1/800th of a second... |
Quite a few...
From what I understand, a lot of sports arenas will allow cameras to be mounted and/or placed around baskets and goals for that top down angle. Such requires remote control.
What really baffles me is that no vendor has considered a remote focus/view tool. (ie: if I was a sports photographer it'd be nice to be able to mount my camera on the field and have a wireless relay that allows me to view and focus the camera and see the viewscreen presented to a 7" LCD.
:)
Big bucks but I could see sports photographers using such |
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09/25/2006 06:20:25 PM · #62 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by LoudDog:
Picture being on the side lines at a sporting event with a dozen photographers using Canon cameras. One guy pulls out a RF remote and every Canon camera within 100 feet of him fires every time he wants them to!
That would be my guess as to why each camera has a different remote and the pro cameras have no remote. |
How many sports photographers are using a remote or a wired remote? It's not like you have to worry about camera shake at 1/800th of a second... |
Quite a few...
From what I understand, a lot of sports arenas will allow cameras to be mounted and/or placed around baskets and goals for that top down angle. Such requires remote control.
What really baffles me is that no vendor has considered a remote focus/view tool. (ie: if I was a sports photographer it'd be nice to be able to mount my camera on the field and have a wireless relay that allows me to view and focus the camera and see the viewscreen presented to a 7" LCD.
:)
Big bucks but I could see sports photographers using such |
That would be pretty sweet. I could see top dollar sports magazines paying for something like that. |
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09/25/2006 06:26:04 PM · #63 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
What really baffles me is that no vendor has considered a remote focus/view tool. (ie: if I was a sports photographer it'd be nice to be able to mount my camera on the field and have a wireless relay that allows me to view and focus the camera and see the viewscreen presented to a 7" LCD. |
Sounds great! When are you going to have it ready for the market? How much is it going to cost?
:D
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09/25/2006 07:20:41 PM · #64 |
I wager, were the camera to support it. That it could be sold at a hefty profit at $2,000. (About the price of a compact laptop but much more specialized. I'd wager the actual cost of manufacturing at about $500. The real cost would be in re-couping the programming and technical design costs. But considering that a mere wireless controller from Canon goes for $399. I'd expect the price to be something like $2,399.
*lol*
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