Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have owned three shutter releases in the past. The first one was a cheap wired release that broke after a month of use. Then I had a wireless release that I liked, but was run over by a car. I replaced that with the same brand, but an updated model. That is ok, but isn't the greatest. This is really everything I want. I will quantify it with likes and dislikes. Let's start with the dislikes. 1. The manual is horrible. The layout is atrocious, and the grammar is worse. I actually came up with a cheat sheet (I pasted it below in case it is useful to you!) to replace it. 2. The product pictures led me to believe the cable was hardwired, but it's removable. And it's short. About 18 inches long. 3. There is no wrist strap for the transmitter. Now what I like. 1. It uses AAA batteries in both the transmitter and receiver. And it has really long battery life. 2. The wire can be plugged into the transmitter, which turns it into a wired setup instead of wireless. This could be really handy if you want to pack lighter. 3. The UI for everything except timer mode is straightforward. 4. The LCD screens have backlights, great for night shooting. 5. The delay mode (countdown X seconds and take Y shots) is great for family portraits. 6. The remote distance is really good. The manual claims 80m, which I haven't tried. But I did get about 15m (50ft) away, through 2 walls. Those two wall prevented me from getting any further away. 7. It's reliable. It work every time, except when the remote is too far away. 8. If you need a longer cable, 3.5mm headphone jack extension plugs can be bought cheap. As you can see, the pros far outweigh the minor cons. I cannot recommend this enough. ---------------- Cheat sheet ---------------- --Single Shot-- * Put transmitter in single shot mode * Put camera in single shot mode * Press shutter button on transmitter --Continuous-- * Put transmitter in continuous mode * Put camera in continuous mode * Press and hold shutter button on transmitter --Bulb-- * Put transmitter in bulb mode * Put camera in bulb mode * Press shutter button on transmitter once to start * Press shutter button on transmitter again to end --Delay-- * Put transmitter in delay mode To set * Press center button on transmitter * Adjust number of shots (left) and delay before starting to shoot (right) To shoot “single” shot * Put camera in single shot mode * Press shutter button on transmitter * After countdown, camera will take 1 shot per second until number of shots is reached To shoot “multi” shot * Put camera in high speed continuous shot mode * Press shutter button on transmitter * After countdown, camera will take 2-3 shots per second until number of shots is reached --Timer-- * Put transmitter in timer mode (any of the top modes) * Put camera in single shot mode * Focus and put the lens in manual focus To set * Set the delay to the time before the first shot * Set the long to 0 seconds (this is really only useful for bulb shooting, or to shoot multiple shots in the long interval) * Set the interval to the time between shots * Set the N1 to the number of shots you want to take * Set the repeat to the amount of time you want to wait before doing everything again (think of it as another delay) * Set the N2 to the number of loops you want to happen. Double dash (--) means loop forever To shoot * Press the play/stop button on the transmitter to start * Press that button again to end