Have'nt got a clue! photo trigger: I am puzzled regarding electronic triggers. My requirements are very simple, I love taking wildlife photography and I want some form of electronic...

GarryBB Loc: Buckingamshire, England

I am puzzled regarding electronic triggers. My requirements are very simple, I love taking wildlife photography and I want some form of electronic remote firing of the shutter, I am not bothered about the flash at this stage, just firing the shutter of the camera in broad daylight.
I see flash sync triggers advertised, in my ignorance, do these triggers work without a flash i.e. just shoot the camera shutter remotely for me or do I need to have a flash connected and it must fire as well.
I have a Nikon D7100 and I was considering buying the Phottix Strato 2 Multi 5-in-1 trigger.
Would love to hear comments from you Hoggers out there.

TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ

The Nikon ML‑L3 is only $17.95 ! :) Should work on your camera.
You are too damned close to that Cheetah !

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

GarryBB wrote:

I am puzzled regarding electronic triggers. My req... (show quote)

I don't know about the Phottix Strato, but I owned the Phottix Atlas II triggers and in addition to being fine flash triggers, they'd also trigger the camera, and they did a fine job. They have a HUGE range, 350 meters!

Terra Australis Loc: Australia

GarryBB wrote:

I am puzzled regarding electronic triggers. My requirements are very simple, I love taking wildlife photography and I want some form of electronic remote firing of the shutter, I am not bothered about the flash at this stage, just firing the shutter of the camera in broad daylight.

Do you want some external signal to trigger the camera, like an animal walking through a light beam or a bird flying onto a bird feeder or do you want to sit there and fire the camera yourself from a distance?

Oliver.

GarryBB Loc: Buckingamshire, England

Terra Australis wrote:

Do you want some external signal to trigger the camera, like an animal walking through a light beam or a bird flying onto a bird feeder or do you want to sit there and fire the camera yourself from a distance?

Oliver.

Thanks Terra Australis, at the moment no, I just want to sit there and fire the camera myself, however an external trigger like a light beam would be something I would be looking for at a later date.

GarryBB Loc: Buckingamshire, England

TucsonCoyote wrote:

The Nikon ML‑L3 is only $17.95 ! :) Should work on your camera.
You are too damned close to that Cheetah !

Thanks TucsonCoyote, it appears the Nikon ML‑L3 only has a range of approx 16 feet, I am looking at something substantially longer, like 100 -200 metres ideally.

Terra Australis Loc: Australia

GarryBB wrote:

I just want to sit there and fire the camera myself, however an external trigger like a light beam would be something I would be looking for at a later date.

This for now;

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Wireless-Camera-Shutter-Remote-Release-for-Nikon-D600-D7100-D7000-Pixel-RW221-/230954237309?pt=AU_Cameras_Photographic_Accessories&hash=item35c5f1fd7d

This for later;

https://triggertrap.com

Oliver.

GarryBB Loc: Buckingamshire, England

rpavich wrote:

I don't know about the Phottix Strato, but I owned the Phottix Atlas II triggers and in addition to being fine flash triggers, they'd also trigger the camera, and they did a fine job. They have a HUGE range, 350 meters!

Thanks rpavich, I will check out the Phottix Atlas II triggers.

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

I have a D7100 & use a Yongnuo RF-603N remote trigger. It runs at 2.4GHz & will trigger shutter, flash, or both, from a long distance. It is not all that expensive & works flawlessly. :-)

GarryBB Loc: Buckingamshire, England

DOOK wrote:

I have a D7100 & use a Yongnuo RF-603N remote trigger. It runs at 2.4GHz & will trigger shutter, flash, or both, from a long distance. It is not all that expensive & works flawlessly. :-)

Thanks Dook, I will check it out

erniehatt Loc: Queensland Australia

Make a search for CameraAxe, very versatile.

Frapha Loc: Tulsa, Oklahoma

I also have the D7100 and use this Vello wireless trigger from B&H -- http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/750015-REG/Vello_RW_N2_FreeWave_Wireless_Remote_Shutter.html

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

GarryBB wrote:

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Amazon has an assortment that will trip the shutter remotely. I've used the small generic Nikon-type units.

jkaye65 Loc: Chico, CA

GarryBB wrote:

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I have the Strato II and I find that they work great. The only beef I've ever had with them was that it was easy to hit the on button when putting them away.....thus draining the batteries. Now I'm more careful and I use rechargeable Eneloops.

I mostly use them for of camera flash, but I have used them as a camera shutter trigger with never a failure.

farnsworth52 Loc: W. Pa.

Just be sure you don't buy line of sight triggers(usually infrared) I made that mistake and was pissed when it didn't work unless you were in front of the camera. Flash triggers will usually trigger the shutter also. Check on the battery type also