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Re: Control your Canon Camera wirelessly

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Post by exasperaited » Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 9:49 AM UTC

alanbernstein wrote: post #14

I find the smartphone controller options for my Canon t6i so frustrating and dodgy, I gave up on them. The IR remote works for about 20 seconds and then the receiver shuts off for some reason. Practically useless for family portrait selfies. Instead, I have a shutter release pedal, connected via a 50 foot audio extension cable, to the wired remote port on the camera. It's not compact or elegant, but it's easy, fast a…

FWIW, the venerable Yongnuo RF-602 flash triggers can do this well with the right camera cord connected to the receiver; I think it may even do half-press AF.

I kept a set around with cables for my Nikon D700 and D7000.

Re: Control your Canon Camera wirelessly

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Post by exasperaited » Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 9:52 AM UTC

mikepurvis wrote: post #13

jacquesm wrote: post #9

someone make this for Sony Alpha please... It is ridiculous that such simple functionality is locked up.

I use their IEM app to dump a few photos at a time directly to my phone but it’s very slow and limited. I’d love for it to be a proper remote control, with direct upload and other obvious things like that.

It's really not a good app. Not so bad on desktop now though.

Cascable is said to be better on iOS for Sony but I think you need the pro version for certain features; then again it can also do wired tethering with USB-C which is IMO more practical.

Re: Control your Canon Camera wirelessly

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Post by exasperaited » Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 9:59 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #15

mikepurvis wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use their IEM app to dump a few photos at a time directly to my phone but it’s very slow and limited. I’d love for it to be a proper remote control, with direct upload and other obvious things like that.

I mean, really, how hard can it be? And if they don't want to do it just open up the spec. But no, you have to use their crap software on a platform that I'm not using. Oh, and wait until you look at what the nifty USB connector really is. It just looks like USB, it uses a USB connector but there is a whole raft of secondary connections in there! You'd never know until you look at the plug with a microscope, it's tha…

Yes, it's the "multiport" connector; both USB micro-B and wired shutter release socket.

Never quite understood why (considering the A7II, for example, is an Android device!!) they didn't make that port a USB-OTG setup and make the shutter release a proper USB peripheral. But they didn't.

Re: Control your Canon Camera wirelessly

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Post by jacquesm » Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 1:22 PM UTC

exasperaited wrote: post #23

jacquesm wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, really, how hard can it be? And if they don't want to do it just open up the spec. But no, you have to use their crap software on a platform that I'm not using. Oh, and wait until you look at what the nifty USB connector really is. It just looks like USB, it uses a USB connector but there is a whole raft of secondary connections in there! You'd never know until you look at the plug with a microscope, it's tha…

Yes, it's the "multiport" connector; both USB micro-B and wired shutter release socket. Never quite understood why (considering the A7II, for example, is an Android device!!) they didn't make that port a USB-OTG setup and make the shutter release a proper USB peripheral. But they didn't.

Yep. And more annoyingly: the people that sell this stuff don't even realize it, they think it is USB.

Re: Control your Canon Camera wirelessly

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Post by alanbernstein » Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 9:13 PM UTC

exasperaited wrote: post #21

alanbernstein wrote: post #14

I find the smartphone controller options for my Canon t6i so frustrating and dodgy, I gave up on them. The IR remote works for about 20 seconds and then the receiver shuts off for some reason. Practically useless for family portrait selfies. Instead, I have a shutter release pedal, connected via a 50 foot audio extension cable, to the wired remote port on the camera. It's not compact or elegant, but it's easy, fast a…

FWIW, the venerable Yongnuo RF-602 flash triggers can do this well with the right camera cord connected to the receiver; I think it may even do half-press AF. I kept a set around with cables for my Nikon D700 and D7000.

Thanks, will look into it. For some reason I thought all the RF options were super expensive, maybe not.