Annoying isn't it! You just parted with nearly £700.00 for a camera, you spend an age unpacking it, thinking, You have done it! you been saving for months and now, at last, it's yours. Insert battery, and memory card, and off you go clicking away. Then, as you read, you realise, your camera works with an infrared remote, the dreaded brackets (sold separately). Darn it! incomplete! Luckily, we have Amazon, who have loads, all, relatively speaking, quite cheap. Think I paid £7.99 for mine.
Anyhow, select the button on your camera, and off it pops, click. But that is it! no bulb long exposure, no timed, no delay. Just click. It is a bit limiting, it only works on the still part of your camera, not the video. It is also Infrared, so your camera has to be in line with the beam, on the front of the camera. A little annoying if you are stood to one side.
But, an efficient and simple device thats worth a tenner, though if you want a more elaborate remote shutter, you will need to look away from the infrared remote.
Finally, and this is why the magical 5 star was evaded. I'm left with 2 questions.
Question 1. Instead of Infrared receiver, why didn't manufacturer have a bluetooth or radio frequency type of receiver instead?
Question 2. Its such a cheap non entity of a thing, why couldn't it of been included as part of the camera in the first instance?
especially on a high end DSLR Camera as my Nikon. (but all others are equally to blame Canon,Sony, Pentax, Olympus ETC.)
I know, I am left puzzled too. Thanks for reading.. Enjoy!