Pointy thing on a stick
Discussion
Hello gentlemen and gentlewomen of this forum.
I have an EOS 1100D and like taking long exposures. Although I have a tripod, using the BULB (my camera writes it in capitals, so please don't be offended when I shout it at you) function, I have to hold down the shutter button, so the image is always blurred. I have a pointy thing on a stick, but don't think it is compatible with my Canon, at least, I can't see how. It's one of those bendy wires that you press at the top and it pushes out a rod at the bottom. What's that called? Putting "pointy thing on a stick camera" into google didn't help.
What I would like to know, amongst all this drivel, is what devices there are, and what they are called, that allow you to activate the BULB function for as long as you like, without needing to touch the camera (or at least by using a third-party device such as said pointy stick), so I can get clear pictures. I had a quick look on Jessops but didn't see anything.
Cheaper (within reason), the better.
Thank you one and all!
I have an EOS 1100D and like taking long exposures. Although I have a tripod, using the BULB (my camera writes it in capitals, so please don't be offended when I shout it at you) function, I have to hold down the shutter button, so the image is always blurred. I have a pointy thing on a stick, but don't think it is compatible with my Canon, at least, I can't see how. It's one of those bendy wires that you press at the top and it pushes out a rod at the bottom. What's that called? Putting "pointy thing on a stick camera" into google didn't help.
What I would like to know, amongst all this drivel, is what devices there are, and what they are called, that allow you to activate the BULB function for as long as you like, without needing to touch the camera (or at least by using a third-party device such as said pointy stick), so I can get clear pictures. I had a quick look on Jessops but didn't see anything.
Cheaper (within reason), the better.
Thank you one and all!
Something like this?
http://www.digitaltoyshop.co.uk/TM-C_Timer_remote_...
alternatively, have a look at this eBay search..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_tr...
http://www.digitaltoyshop.co.uk/TM-C_Timer_remote_...
alternatively, have a look at this eBay search..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_tr...
If you're after a shutter release cable, I think this is the one. It says 1000D in the description, but other sites list it as compatible with the 1100.
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-canon-rs-60e3-...
There are other non Canon ones available which may be cheaper.
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-canon-rs-60e3-...
There are other non Canon ones available which may be cheaper.
Simpo Two said:
Once upon a time the 'bowden cable'-style release was cheap and fitted all cameras by a threaded socket in the shutter release button.
Then when DSLRs appeared they decided to make the button solid, so the pointy thing no longer worked. Was there a practical reason for this?
Fire by wire. Then when DSLRs appeared they decided to make the button solid, so the pointy thing no longer worked. Was there a practical reason for this?
Part 2 of the concept moved from mechanical released to electronic thus reducing the potential for operator induced jiggling a little further.
Simpo Two said:
LongQ said:
operator induced jiggling
Hadn't been aware this was a problem. Push it in for the required time, then let go. Or for very long exposures, twist the base to lock it.If anyone can't do that without 'jiggling' then they're not fit to use a camera. Bah.
Bear in mind that there has been a huge growth in the sales of cameras likely to have Bulb facilities and remote triggering options since Digital was birthed so no doubt there will be a few million people out there who are not fit ... etc.
More to the point I would guess that the reduced complexity of the shutter button manufacturing was part of the design needs and putting an electronically driven connector somewhere nearer all the other electrical connectors made some sense to someone.
Does nayone remember when new digital cameras seemed to be the vanguards of a revolution for camera design and functionality? So much promise for something newfangled ... and 15 years on the manufacturers are plunging ever deeper into the 'retro' look for enything bigger than a packet of ciggies. (are we still allowed to use the word 'ciggies' or has it now been expunged from the dictionaries in support of the "No tobacco displays" law?
Pointy thing on a stick? Hmm. Kebab? I wonder how long before the food police force fast food outlets to operate from behind windowless premises and make it illegal to undertake home deliveries even in unbranded containers?
Meanwhile, hide your camera if out in public - people will think badly of you if you don't.
RobDickinson said:
A remote release is easy to make up yourself if you want, there are wiring diagrams on the internet, made one for my 350d with a really long cable for about £5
Can be bought in eBay/low cost retailers like 7Dayshop for about £3 (iirc) with a circa 60cm cable.I got a 'fancy' one with a standard cable plus a 3 meter extension cable plus adapters for different cameras for about £12 if memory serves.
Or one can go mad and get something like a Phottix Hero ...
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