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01-26-2008, 10:59 PM
I received the gentled focus yesterday to remotely trigger my Rebel XTi. I am very happy with the product. From my preliminary research, it looked like the blip was the only option that would work for my needs other than fabricating a servo based trigger, but the slowed down continuous mode and the price kept me looking for other options.
The switch plugs right into the side of the camera and has 2 led status lights that tell you if it is in focus mode or shooting. I replaced my aux 2 switch on my DX7 with a momentary pushbutton switch from radio shack, which seems to work well so far.
My gentled seems to be configured a little different than the instructions say, as when I press the button and hold it focuses and when I release it triggers a burst of 5 shots as fast as the camera will shoot them. I was not expecting this function, but I think it will work well. There are detailed instructions on their website about changing modes, and it seems like there are plenty of options to shoot, should the need arise. I havent flown with it yet due to weather, but am hopibg to try it tomorrow.
This only cost about $50 shipped, it took awhile to get (over 2 weeks), but gentled shipped it the next day, so it was not their fault.
Link to the site:
http://www.gentles.ltd.uk/gentled/options.htm#switch
The switch plugs right into the side of the camera and has 2 led status lights that tell you if it is in focus mode or shooting. I replaced my aux 2 switch on my DX7 with a momentary pushbutton switch from radio shack, which seems to work well so far.
My gentled seems to be configured a little different than the instructions say, as when I press the button and hold it focuses and when I release it triggers a burst of 5 shots as fast as the camera will shoot them. I was not expecting this function, but I think it will work well. There are detailed instructions on their website about changing modes, and it seems like there are plenty of options to shoot, should the need arise. I havent flown with it yet due to weather, but am hopibg to try it tomorrow.
This only cost about $50 shipped, it took awhile to get (over 2 weeks), but gentled shipped it the next day, so it was not their fault.
Link to the site:
http://www.gentles.ltd.uk/gentled/options.htm#switch