Woodworm65 Loc: Lombard, IL

I have been looking at several wireless control units for my Nikon camera and they are as follows:

1) Miops

2) Camranger

3) Case remote

Out of the three in UHH members opinion, what is the best bang for the buck, and the best and most useful?

MiroFoto

I do not know them, but I have Nikon 7100 and Neewer works just fine. It just triggers the camera. Plus I have used a Yongnuo trigger (from camera ->)for Yongnuo flash. PS: Neewer likes the batteries, so after a shooting remove the battery from receiver.

Sorry if you feel I went on tangent and did not respond to your question.
Miro

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

I don't know if this will apply to your situation but if you are considering a Cam Ranger you might be interested in an alternative.

http://petapixel.com/2016/07/14/wirelessly-control-dslr-less-40/

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Haven't tried the other two, but I do have the CamRanger, and it works exactly as advertised and very satisfactorily. Not cheap, but very solid - both HW & SW. Provides both image transfer and camera control.

MiroFoto

Oups .. if you need a image transfer, then forget the $40 Neewer.
Miro

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I recently read about the MIOPS and have it on my Amazon Wishlist. Sounds interesting since it seems able to do so much. CamRanger is an old standby, but pricey. Another choice would be TPLink, although it involves a good deal of fiddling to get it setup. Mine is still sitting in a drawer.

EDIT: I see WanyeT posted a link to TPLink.

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

For those who don't know about the TPLink, it will do basically the same thing the Cam Ranger does for a lot less money. Link to the site is above.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Have you gotten the TPLink to work? I played around with it, but gave up. There are lots of online articles, but nothing that got it to work for me. At just $29, it's not a disaster, and I'll get back to it someday.

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

I have never used any of the ones you mentioned, but I do have some made by Meike, Altura and Vello that I use on Nikons and they all work great.

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

I just got mine about a week ago and have set it up but haven't tried it on the camera as yet. I use Control Your Nikon which is tethered so I'd like to get the TPLink set up to get rid of the tether for outdoor use.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I guess it's all relative. $300 for the CamRanger might seem steep. But that's less than half the price of the Canon WFT-E7A for your 5DIII.

CamRanger also works with a wide variety of different camera models... both Canon and Nikon. The Canon WFT modules only work with specific camera models. With few exceptions, when you upgrade cameras you'll also need to buy an entirely new, expensive WFT to work on it. With CamRanger, if it doesn't work with the new camera, you might need to install new firmware as soon as it's updated.

If looking only for remote control of the camera (i.e., not trying to transfer image files wirelessly too) there are some cheaper options. Those also might not have the 150+ foot range of the CamRanger or up to 400 ft. range of the Canon WFT modules (I imagine Nikon sells something similar). Some WiFi is only good to 20 or 30 ft. Still, that may be all you need.

The MIOPS appears to be a remote controller without image file transfer capability. At $200 it seems a bit pricey for wireless control (partnered with your smart phone), but appears to have some other interesting features (lightning trigger, laser triggering, built in intervalometer, etc.). Not sure of it's range.

TP-Link? I looked for info, but those just appear to be wireless routers.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Agreed. The WFTs are just outrageous (you can almost buy a body for that!) and worse, they are typically not interchangeable with other bodies. Plus, you lose the 2nd battery of a conventional grip. Exactly why I bought the Camranger instead. Waiting for Canon to come out with a better solution.

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

TPLink has software associated with it that allows it to work like the Cam Ranger.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I see that now (I followed the links above... d'oh! )

Pretty neat! Looks like you need to jump through a few hoops setting it up, but once that's done it appears to have much of the functionality of the CamRanger that costs 10X as much.

Apparently you'll still need a short cable to be able to attach the TP-Link to your camera, but that should only cost a few $.

Haven't used it, so can't say if the TP-Link software is as good as the CamRanger's. Also, CamRanger has some other interesting items (such as a power tripod head that can be remotely controlled... that would be pretty cool for remote camera setups or possibly for focus stacking/panoramas).

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Here is some info from UHH I saved for future reference.
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From the DSLR Dashboard site download page you want to scroll down to

TP-Link MR3040 ddserver OpenWrt firmware V0.12 section

and download the "V2 Factory Image" if your unit is a V2 brand new out of the box unit.

http://dslrdashboard.info/downloads/

Go here for the instructions on flashing:

http://dslrdashboard.info/tp-link-mr3040-openwrt-flash/

There is also a video on that page.

Make sure you turn on the unit which I failed to do so of course my initial attempts to access it were unsuccessful. Not my proudest moment. Make sure you charge it fully before you flash it. My unit had a good charge when I got it and only need a short time to get up to full.

Then here for the setup to use it once flashed:

http://lrtimelapse.com/gear/dslrdashboard/

Take care to review everything before flashing. I attached a screen shot of the flashing page. See where it says v1 in the Hardware Version, yours should say v2. If it says v1 and your unit says v2 on the label of the unit and it looks like a v2 then you've got a screwed up unit like mine and will have to flash it with v1 rather than v2.

Any questions at all ask or go through all the videos and instructions again. You'll get it.