Timer Remote and Angle Finder

[soosh]

Wanted to report on two items I recently bought on eBay from China.

First is the Seagull Angle finder. Canon’s is $180. This one is $36. Comes with adapters for all sorts of cameras. 1x or 2.5x magnification. Diopter adjustment. Rotating eyepiece. Awesome buy. Build quality is excellent.

Next is the Yongnuo Timer remote. Canon’s is $136.95. This one is $39.95. Sets delay, exposure time, interval between shots, and number of shots. You can set this thing for 0s to 99 hrs 59 min 59 sec in one second increments, 1 to 399 shots. Nice quality, simple enough interface. Will be interesting to see how it does in the cold.

The seller’s name on eBay is jiakgong. Shipping was fast and inexpensive.

[schnee]

Can the timer remote be used to auto-bracket exposures based on exposure time? Something like -2,-1,0,1,2 EVs? I’m thinking for massively easy huge HDRs.

[soosh]

I don’t think so, no. Like I don’t think you can set it to take a 1 minute exposure, then a 2 minute, then a three minute, but maybe I haven’t delved into it enough. I got it mostly to be able to set up for a set exposure without having to constantly watch my watch while I’m sitting out in the dark.

However, if you set it up to take six exposures and set up auto-bracketing on the camera, maybe that would work, I don’t know. I’ve never really messed with auto-bracket stuff.

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