Replacing my broken wired (cheap) remote

[poltek]

Hello

If anyone has experience with remotes please read on.

I bought a chap wired remote for my canon eos 400d but it one day just didn't work.

So I've been on ebay again and looking to buy something more expensive that will last. I notice a lot of infra-red ones there, however I looked at one and it didn't seem to have any option to have the shutter locked down, unlike my old one which I slid the button up and back down again when I wanted the cameras shutter to release. Very useful.

What are the advantages over wired/wireless?

Are there any manufacturers I should be looking at?


Kind regards.

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[KmH]

If you want a quality remote that also has a good warranty, why not just get the Canon remote?

[poltek]

i saw the official canon one but it doesn't look like you can just leave the shutter held down..

[reedshots]

most wireless remotes don't offer long ex (shutter lock down) there are a few out there, I remember seeing one or two but if you go IR they are mostly instant, 2 and 10 sec delay depending on your camera and remote. for the lock down sutter I use a cable release and also have a IR and radio release. think I paid some where around $100 for all three. the IR is the canon RC1 and the other two I got off brand from Amazon. I think the canon higher end remotes offer sutter lock down.

[poltek]

I may just go with a slightly higher quality wire one then because I'm not too fussed about a fancy IR one, especially when I know I'll have to replace the battery.

Thanks for your advice.

[KmH]

i saw the official canon one but it doesn't look like you can just leave the shutter held down..

One click to open the shutter, a second click to close the shutter.