Looking for wired remote for Rebel 3ti

[Harry Bromley-Davenport]

I see quite a number of wireless and hard wired remotes for the Rebel 3ti, but none of them trigger record when in movie-mode.

I'm looking for a hard wired remote - a lanc connection, I guess, which will allow me to start/stop record and to focus. It would be nice to be able to zoom, but I don't think that's possible given the camera's brain.

So does anyone know of such a gadget?

I often use my 3ti with a monopod and get good looking overhead shots by using the monopod horizontally - like a boom swinger uses a mike boom. So I have to pre-focus and pre-start because I can't reach the camera body when in the "booming" position.

And I want hard wired because I am operating from a position where the infra red thing probably would not be in the line of sight.

Best

Harry.

Ideas, boys and girls?

[Donald McPherson]

Not sure about the T3i. But Magic lantern on the T2i you can assign the record putton to the "take picture button" maybe this would work with the remote.

[James Donnelly]

Originally Posted by Harry Bromley-Davenport

I see quite a number of wireless and hard wired remotes for the Rebel 3ti, but none of them trigger record when in movie-mode.

I'm looking for a hard wired remote - a lanc connection, I guess, which will allow me to start/stop record and to focus. It would be nice to be able to zoom, but I don't think that's possible given the camera's brain.

So does anyone know of such a gadget?

I often use my 3ti with a monopod and get good looking overhead shots by using the monopod horizontally - like a boom swinger uses a mike boom. So I have to pre-focus and pre-start because I can't reach the camera body when in the "booming" position.

And I want hard wired because I am operating from a position where the infra red thing probably would not be in the line of sight.

Best

Harry.

Ideas, boys and girls?

Sounds like you need more than a wired remote. I presume you've seen DSLR remote by Chainfire? That's an option if you're have an Android phone or tablet with USB host. I have also seen some iPhone offerings, but I don't know how they compare features wise.

Personally I use one of these:

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Amazon.com: Cables Unlimited Wireless USB Kit with Transmitter and Receiver with Base (Black): Electronics

With one of these old school UMPCs:

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And plain old Canon EOS utility remote software from within windows XP. No wires, no infra red. I can certify that it works very well. If you read all the Amazon reviews of the WUSB set, it's clear people expect it to perform as well as a cable. It doesn't, and it doesn't need to. It works great over 10-15 feet, like when your camera is on a boom.

You don't need to use a UMPC, a notebook or a netbook or a windows tablet would work well too.

The reason you can't zoom is not so much a problem with the camera's brain, it's just that zooms aren't motorised, so you'd need some mechanical help, like an adapted motorised follow focus system. In other words, forget that one :)

[Harry Bromley-Davenport]

Thanks very much. I'll check that out.

Harry