I saw a few posts referencing something like this so I thought I'd post this.

I wanted to be able to start the video record without having to press the set button on the camera (incase it's not accessible due to location or other crap I may have put on the rails that might be in the way). No wired remote I am aware of does this (please correct me if I am wrong) and with the IR remote you have to have it pointed at the front of the camera. The easiest solution I suppose would have been to just put a mirror on the front so I could shoot the IR from behind and bounce it. But since I never do anything simple I had to make this:

http://www.cgllc.com/irremote/irremote-1.jpg

http://www.cgllc.com/irremote/irremote-2.jpg

http://www.cgllc.com/irremote/irremote-3.jpg

http://www.cgllc.com/irremote/irremote-4.jpg

http://www.cgllc.com/irremote/irremote-5.jpg

http://www.cgllc.com/irremote/irremote-6.jpg

http://www.cgllc.com/irremote/irremote-7.jpg


Basically I ripped out the circuit board of a Canon RC-1 IR remote, I replaced the trigger button on the circuit board with a panel mounted one. I took off the emitter and soldered on a mono 1/8" female jack and then made it all run off of a 9 volt battery (I hate those small button batteries) and then stuffed it in a little black project box. Now I can take an IR emitter bug and plug it into the box and run it to the front of the camera whilst I remain where I want (as long as the cable reaches). The emitter in the picture I made short but I tested with a 10ft one and it worked to.

Just thought I would share another crazy project with you guys.
Total cost including the RC-1 was probably about $80-90

I'm actually waiting for my $5 (incl shipping) IR remote (RC-5 analog) from China to make a trigger like this but with SPDIF optical cable.

Was the RC-5 also compatible for triggering movie rec?

Cheers,
T

I believe so. From what I gather (and i have tested a lot of them) no wired remote will start the video. Any ir remote that has a 2 second delay switch will. I think....

That's great -- thanks a ton for sharing these photos, John!

Any ir remote that has a 2 second delay switch will. I think....

And the ones without 2sec delay wont? I mean there are many one switched ones out there.

John, by the way, I see you are using SD MixPre. How are you recording the output or are you going straight to 5D?

T

I am currently doing a double setup so my sd goes to a sony pcm-d50 for recording and I have a at897 shotgun that I mount to the rails and run straight into the camera for a backup. I can also run the sd to the camera as well if I want to sync that way.

Very ingenius! Did you need to drop the 9v using resistor?

yeah I used a adjustable voltage regulator that I had laying around. It's total over kill but it's what I had :)

Hello All, its been a year since this was posted, does anyone know if there is now a remote that controls the set button?

With regards

Jeff

is there a way for wired remote that would not have that 2 sec delay?

This is just the mode you use to operate the remote, in LiveView mode for video there is no delay