It was taken using a Pentax 12-24mm zoom at 12mm on the Pentax K10D, with noise reduction turned off.Īnother useful option is for time lapse.
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When you return two hours later you will have 120 shots captured one after the other.īelow is a 50 frame star trail - each exposure was 60sec at f/4 and ISO 200. If the camera was in a secure place you could leave it and go off and do something else.
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With the camera on B you would get it to start at a specific time (just after dusk), with a shutter open time of 60 seconds and to take a series of say 120 shots (99 on the first interval and 21 on the second. The feature set covers all eventualities of interval and delayed time photography.īeing able to combine modes means you can, for example, set up for fully timed star trail photography. It could also be used for aerial photography using poles or light flying devices. So it will be fine for applications such as wildlife with the camera close up and you tucked away in a hide or behind bushes from a distance. It's claimed to have a trigger range of 100m and I managed to squeeze just over 110m in the office car park. Hahnel Giga T Pro II Wireless Timer Remote Performanceįirst thing to test was the range. Right: The transmitter can also be used as a short cable release.
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The system can be set to work on one of 30 channels, so you could have a series of cameras set up, each with receivers with different channels and triggered independently from one transmitter.Ībove: The battery is easy to get at in the receiver, unlike the transmitter which needs a screw driver to access. If you use the cable with a jack plug camera connection it's easy to plug the cable in wrongly - one connector has three stripes on the jack and the instructions say this should go in the transmitter socket. As long as you know what mode you're in, setting a duration is easy. The main larger numeral display is fine it's the smaller mode descriptions that are hard to see. So sunrise / sunset photographers will need good eyesight. There's a set of three small lights that illuminate the display which is good for dark conditions, but doesn't really improve that middle ground of just dim. It's clear in good light but difficult to see the menu settings in dim light. But the LCD display has the same issues as one of the cheapies we've used in the past. Unlike some of the cheaper remote controls sold on eBay, this one does look and feel substantial. Hahnel Giga T Pro II Wireless Timer Remote Handling Interval timer from 1 second to 99 hours. This controller is powered by a CR2032 flat lithium battery. All the controls for the various trigger features are on the Transmitter, including shutter delay, long exposure timer and interval timer. The Transmitter also has a socket for the camera cable so it can be used as a very short cable release or, when used without cable, will work up to 100m away thanks to the 2.4Ghz frequency.
The unit is powered by one CR2 lithium battery. The camera connecting cable plugs into this. The receiver has a flash shoe mount to slide onto any camera hot shoe and there's also a standard tripod mount on the base. The Giga T Pro II is in two parts - transmitter and receiver - each powered by its own battery (both supplied). Hahnel Giga T Pro II Wireless Timer Remote Features The Canon one, reviewed here with the RS-60E3 compatibility, also suits Pentax (CS-205) and any other cameras with a 2.5mm jack remote socket (Samsung's is called ED-SR9NX01). There are five options available for Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Olympus and Sony camera users. It should suit wildlife and studio photographers as well as those interested in doing time-lapse (opening flowers, etc.) and star trails. The Hahnel Giga T Pro II is a Wireless Remote Control with an interval timer, self timer and long exposure counter that can operate at distances up to 100m.
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