Can I still use a flash on camera? Pictures on amazon show receiver on flash shoe mount.

I just ordered a vello, $38 and it does soooo many things......I can’t believe my canon remote, for similar price, has 2 features and does them poorly , from 20 feet limit. Thanks for the tip and advice.

Will do, I need that distance. Thx

I agree, the remote was so cheap price wise for a canon product, at first I thought it was a pirated product. By the way I first bought a rc 6 on Amazon which looked exactly the same but did not work at all. Then I went to canon site and bought the real thing. Thanks for that link and comments, much appreciated.

I forgot to mention that 10 secs is sometimes not enough time to run from camera to portrait pose if camera is set far away from subject with a zoom lens. Thus the need for a remote controller that works in 10 sec mode. I think this is simply a case of engineers not using the product themselves lol......

Well my wife and I tried last night and with my arm extended and swaying, repeatedly, clicking away to get it to work, then seeing the 2 seconds red flashes and then having a sec or less to re group , it was difficult. Try it. If I didn’t have to move my arm around, or body to get beam to connect with camera, then it may work.

If engineers took time to put a 10 sec delay “remote mode” in “camera”, why not spend a few minutes and make remote control work with that mode? Baffling! The camera menu specifically shows those two “remote” modes, not just “delay” mode but “remote”. Maybe they make another remote controller that works both 2 & 10 secs. I didn’t see one on the canon product website.

That link was awesome, answered a lot of questions. But it unfortunately answered my question about 10 sec delayed mode. It works only for 2 sec, even though 5D camera also has a “10 sec delay remote mode”. I find it odd that Canon would have these two remote modes available on the camera, and then make a remote control device that only works in 2 sec mode. 2 secs is not enough for self portraits. Canon knows that! Why would they not make remote controller work in 10 secs mode is baffling.

I don’t think the 5D III has such a mode.

Of course lol, but trigger will NOT work unless I have it on 2 sec setting on camera

It’s a rc-6 and canon 5 D III body. If I set camera to 10 sec it doesn’t want to work. Remote does have a switch for instant and 2 secs. A small “2” is seen on remote back, so I assume it’s only for 2 secs. That’s all it has.

I recently bought from canon, a wireless remote which is supposed to work from a considerable distance.(I forget exact feet). Mine doesn’t work past 20 feet . I also have to point it accurately towards the cameras body, press button numerous times to get it to work. Very frustrating. Battery is new. Furthermore it’s designed to work only the 2 sec delay NOT the 10 sec delay. So many photos show me with arm out pointing at camera. Why on earth would they NOT permit 10 sec delay. Canon gear I have is all built of the highest standards. This trigger is of the lowest. Why?

I agree but I was simply explaining the many advantages of tripod. Many people don’t see this when in daylight.
As for MP, there was no restrictions 2 yrs ago. But the place is simply getting too popular thus crowded. Great amazing site with or without a tripod :)

A tripod makes all the difference in the world even during day. For example for “in camera HDR” or “bracketing” you need a tripod . Furthermore if you want to take a picture of yourself you need a tripod and a remote trigger . With tripod I keep iso at 100 most of the time.

I have noticed that within my "Italy" folder that all of a sudden out of nowhere I have 125 duplicate photos with "untitled" names with a number assigned, whereas my originals are all "italy1, Italy 2 , Italy 3 ".... So it's been a lot of work to scroll and delete duplicate because some are duplicates that are no longer in the original photos. I don't want to delete those. So I can't just delete "all" untitled photos. Is there a way of asking LR to select all "duplicate photos" when the names are different but the photos are the same?

Thank you, never heard of them. I had a look. They don't rent cheap, I think I will continue with the heavy camera bag and the advil for the sore knees.