2010/9/16 Brian Walters <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:36 -0400, "Ken Waller" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I've been using the Pentax Remote Control F >> http://www.pentaximaging.com/accessories/Remote_Control_F/ >> for the same reasons for several years now - quite happy with it. > > I'm using an old IR remote off one of Pentax's old film compact cameras > - works well and cheap too! > > My problem with IR remotes is that they don't trigger the mirror-up, > self timer option that the wired remotes do (at least they don't on the > *istDS and K200D). And using an IR remote from behind the camera > requires a bit of flexibility that I'm sadly lacking these days :-)> > > When I'm doing landscape photography using a tripod, I like to use the > mirror-up option to minimize camera shake. The fact that the K-x and > K-r don't have a wired remote port (when the earlier low-end cameras > did) is very disappointing.
I use the remote control F with my K10D with the 3 second MLU remote option and it works fine. Buying a stiffer tripod helped, too =) Cheers Ecke ----------------------------------------- Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
