tpearlp wrote:
There are so many choices from cheap to expensive remotes and I need help making a good choice.
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I'll have to admit that I "was" FUBAR when I purchased a wireless remote for my D5100.
As soon as I got it(a Polaroid PL-RMLL3), I tested it and was just the giddy little school boy. It was great!
Then 2 weeks later when I needed it, it wasn't working!?? Well I researched the wireless and found that it was recommended that the 'thin plastic battery contact blocker' be put back into the remote when not in use. I bought a new battery and created a new 'contact blocker' since I had thrown away the original!!
Now even with the new batteries, it didn't work! So now I tried to contact the service number that came with the wireless remote. The phone number didn't work!!!
I verified that the new batteries were charged, they were! I tested the charge on the original battery and it was fully charged! HHmmmm!
The camera was working, fully charged, the remote that had worked, was fully charged and was not being recognized by the camera. My il-logic told me that the remote was bad, so I bought another for more $$$(the Amazon-Basics).
Upon receipt of the new remote, I marched through the instructions as if this was the only(1st) remote. When I was finished, I tested the remote. It works!!!! I was worried that the camera might have had a problem, so this took out the stress that was building up.
I just had to try the original purchase one more time to verify that it was the remote that was bad.
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The original worked!!!!!
"My" logic seems to have been failing! That's when I figured out that the shooting mode automatically resets to "S" when the camera is turned on. The 'S' shooting mode tells the camera NOT to recognize a remote's request to shoot.
I now have 2 fully functional remotes and 2 backup batteries(both remotes use the same 'button' battery), and I've learned even more about the D5100.
I'd suggest that you don't get the Polaroid product because they didn't give a valid phone support number.