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Hey everybody,

I'm looking to buy a remote to take extra long shutter time pictures with a D7000. I read the ikon wireless one was ok but that you have to stand in front of the camera for it to work (not ideal :-(

A wired one is still good for me, can anybody recommend one? I' don't know if you have to keep the button pressed in during the whole shutter time, it would be nice not to have to do that,

thanks!
 
Can't help with wired remotes, but the D7000 has both a front and rear IR sensor for wireless remotes. I know with my old D70 I had to stand in front of it to use my ML-L3 wireless remote, but thankfully they added a rear sensor on the D7000 so that is no longer required...
 
It's cheap and with the IR sensors on the front and back of the D7000 it works great. After doing telephoto shooting with a wired release I soon realized that the slightly movement of the release was being transfered up the lead to the camera - the IR remote solves this.

If you need the wired release I believe most of them have a lock on them. I bought a cheap one for my Olympus gear - it didn't last that long so I ended up buying the Olympus one which seems a lot more durable.
 
I have the cordless one and somehow i can't make it work with bulb. I found out (thanks to a topic here) that when you set your shooting mode to remote control you don't see BULB on the display, but you only see this strange symbol "--". Well, i couldn't manage to get this combination working, and i was out in the city, on a bridge with d7k mounted on a tripod for some night shooting... Of course I got really upset and the next day I went to a shop and got a really cheap 3rd party wired one (Phottix or something, cant remember the name - I can check it when i get back home, it costs approx. 8 $ and works great) - you can press the button and then lock it up, so you dont have to keep it pressed for the shooting period. The funny thing is, that when i went back home with the new corded remote i tested it, it worked as intended, but i tested the original wireless remote too and... well it worked also. 2 days later I couldn't manage to get some BULB shots with the wireless, again. I am unable to find out what is wrong and why I can shoot one time and cant the other and I really prefer the wireless one... Here is a photo of my night shooting :)



 
As mentioned above already, "BULB" mode for a wireless remote is "- -". To get "- -" to display as an available shutter speed, you must be in full manual (Mode dial set to "M") mode - no other mode will work. Then, the Release mode dial must be set to "(remote control icon)" - again, no other setting will work.
 
Leclicq said:
Can you lock the button? Or do you have to keep it pressed the whole time?
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For the wireless remote, you cannot lock the button. You have to keep it pressed.

I have not tried "bulb" mode yet with the wireless - I've only used a wired remote with a physical lock. Nikon original.

Turby
 
Turbinator said:
Leclicq said:
Can you lock the button? Or do you have to keep it pressed the whole time?
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For the wireless remote, you cannot lock the button. You have to keep it pressed.

I have not tried "bulb" mode yet with the wireless - I've only used a wired remote with a physical lock. Nikon original.

Turby
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Actually, with the wireless remote you press the button once to open the shutter then press the button again to close the shutter. You don't hold the button down. I think the shutter automatically closes after 30 minutes if you haven't pressed the wireless remote button a second time, but have never actually tested this for myself...
 
hmansion said:
Turbinator said:
Leclicq said:
Can you lock the button? Or do you have to keep it pressed the whole time?
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For the wireless remote, you cannot lock the button. You have to keep it pressed.

I have not tried "bulb" mode yet with the wireless - I've only used a wired remote with a physical lock. Nikon original.

Turby
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Actually, with the wireless remote you press the button once to open the shutter then press the button again to close the shutter. You don't hold the button down. I think the shutter automatically closes after 30 minutes if you haven't pressed the wireless remote button a second time, but have never actually tested this for myself...
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Just tried this here, and that's right. Push once to trip the shutter and again to stop the shot. It also appears that AF rules apply -- if you're in AF and the D7000 isn't getting a good focus indication, it won't fire. Put it in manual focus to override that.

I remember taking some long bulb pictures with my D80 and it worked the same there, as I recall.
 
leicaman said:
In otherwors one must manually hold the shutter open if one wishes to make a "B" exposure with the mirror lockup engaged?

How strange....
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Yeah, looking closer at this it seems like a gap. Issue being that the Release Mode Dial is used to select EITHER remote control OR Mup. I see no way of intersecting the two selections. Have never used menu item d11 Exposure Delay Mode, but am thinking that wouldn't help, either...
 
Hm, yesterday I played again with the wireless remote and I found another strange behavior: when my 18-105 kit lens was set to Manual Focus I was unable to take a long exposure picture. Mode dial was on Manual, Release mode dial was on the wireless remote icon. When lens was set to AF, the first wireless button press opens the shutter and the second closes it. When the lens is set to MF, the first wireless button press just takes the picture. I can't remember if the d11 was set to ON or OFF, but I don't believe it matters. Any ideas?
 
I bought a cheap wireless remote, a JYC, for 15HK$ that works very well. The furthest I have been from it so far is about 80 metres,and it still fired the camera from behind a window. The camera does NOT have to be set to M, and NOT to the remote symbol on the mode control. My camera is always set to U1 and usually to manual focus,
 
hmansion said:
leicaman said:
In otherwors one must manually hold the shutter open if one wishes to make a "B" exposure with the mirror lockup engaged?

How strange....
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Yeah, looking closer at this it seems like a gap. Issue being that the Release Mode Dial is used to select EITHER remote control OR Mup. I see no way of intersecting the two selections. Have never used menu item d11 Exposure Delay Mode, but am thinking that wouldn't help, either...
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The problem with Mup is that you need second signal to open the shutter, so the remote would need to be aware that Mup is active. I use exposure mode delay when doing long expoures with a remote release, and it works just fine.

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roger leale said:
I bought a cheap wireless remote, a JYC, for 15HK$ that works very well. The furthest I have been from it so far is about 80 metres,and it still fired the camera from behind a window. The camera does NOT have to be set to M, and NOT to the remote symbol on the mode control. My camera is always set to U1 and usually to manual focus,
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For just releasing the shutter, this is true. To enable "- -" (ie wireless remote bulb) you must be in M and remote symbol...
 
malakar said:
Hm, yesterday I played again with the wireless remote and I found another strange behavior: when my 18-105 kit lens was set to Manual Focus I was unable to take a long exposure picture. Mode dial was on Manual, Release mode dial was on the wireless remote icon. When lens was set to AF, the first wireless button press opens the shutter and the second closes it. When the lens is set to MF, the first wireless button press just takes the picture. I can't remember if the d11 was set to ON or OFF, but I don't believe it matters. Any ideas?
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I don't have the kit lens, but instead use the Nikon 18-70. I cannot recreate the problem you describe - tried setting the lens to M focus and "- -" worked. Also tried setting the body to M focus and again "- -" worked. Can you recreate the behavior? If so, that would be pretty bad as fireworks shots basically require tripod/long exposure mode/manual focus...
 
Yes you can do the wireless remote with buld and morror lock up. I just tried it.

First set the wireless remote mode in the menus to be mirror lockup. All by itself this will mean that when the camera is set to remote, you will have to push the shutter release once to focus (shutter will not trip). Then press the wireless remote once to raise the mirror and again to take the picture.

Once you have this set, you can go into manual exposure and set the shutter speed to "--". and you have it. Just use the normal shutter release to focus then hit the wireless remote once to raise the mirror, a second time ot open the shutter, and a third time to close the shutter.

Hope that helps
 
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