best remote to make timelapse on 7D

I use this one:

http://www.linkdelight.com/LCD-Time...R3C-for-Canon-TC-80N3-EOS-7D/flypage.tpl.html

The company is based in China, but it's legitimate, everything went through great on my order. They're also recommended heavily by the timescapes boards, which, if you haven't discovered yet, is a fantastic resource for timelapse enthusiasts.

The remote works great. Not too sure what differences (if any, aside from brand name, obviously) from the official Canon remote, but you're saving like $120.
 
BryantStanton said:
I use this one:

http://www.linkdelight.com/LCD-Time...R3C-for-Canon-TC-80N3-EOS-7D/flypage.tpl.html

The company is based in China, but it's legitimate, everything went through great on my order. They're also recommended heavily by the timescapes boards, which, if you haven't discovered yet, is a fantastic resource for timelapse enthusiasts.

The remote works great. Not too sure what differences (if any, aside from brand name, obviously) from the official Canon remote, but you're saving like $120.
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WOW! That is literally the exact one I have, but mine says canon on it and cost me $129 :(.

If timescapes says its legit, then I am willing to bet its legit.
 
Got mine from a hongkong suplier for about 20 euro's.
It's amazing The amount of margin canon takes on something with a production cost of about 5 euro's
 
One note that did disappoint me with the Chinese remote (and I'm not sure if the Canon is any different on this), there's no "on/off" switch. The thing is just always on unless you remove the battery.

Not a huge deal, but the instructions say that it's supposed to last 3 years with that one battery. I had mine for about a month before it started flashing low battery. My mistake I suppose, but I assumed that it would last 3 years while "on" since that's what the instructions sort of led me to believe.

A minor complaint, but considering pancake batteries aren't the cheapest thing in the world it's worth noting.
 
BryantStanton said:
One note that did disappoint me with the Chinese remote (and I'm not sure if the Canon is any different on this), there's no "on/off" switch. The thing is just always on unless you remove the battery.

Not a huge deal, but the instructions say that it's supposed to last 3 years with that one battery. I had mine for about a month before it started flashing low battery. My mistake I suppose, but I assumed that it would last 3 years while "on" since that's what the instructions sort of led me to believe.

A minor complaint, but considering pancake batteries aren't the cheapest thing in the world it's worth noting.
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Canon is the same way and it is actually kind of annoying, because if you dont take the battery out (I just flip it over) then you run out of battery often and at an unexpected moment. Also as someone always shooting in the mountains and small towns, I actually find it hard to find one of those watch batteries.
 
BryantStanton said:
One note that did disappoint me with the Chinese remote (and I'm not sure if the Canon is any different on this), there's no "on/off" switch. The thing is just always on unless you remove the battery.

Not a huge deal, but the instructions say that it's supposed to last 3 years with that one battery. I had mine for about a month before it started flashing low battery. My mistake I suppose, but I assumed that it would last 3 years while "on" since that's what the instructions sort of led me to believe.

A minor complaint, but considering pancake batteries aren't the cheapest thing in the world it's worth noting.
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Hey, thanks for the tip! Just got mine in the mail - works great, but yeah, no off switch. I would have left it on all night without your advice....
 
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