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Great Product, Better Price,
I needed an intervalometer to do timelapses and get my hands off the camera whenever I wanted to take long exposures.
The Good: Literally everything. I hate people that come and review a product and say something like this because they become less trust worthy if they only talk good about an item, but everything is actually really nice on this. It has a nice construction, feels sturdy enough to use for a few years, a decently long cord, not enough to get tangled but plenty to hold even from a low camera angle. plugs snugly into my T2i. All the buttons work as they are supposed to and are nicely organized.
The Bad: The only real bad thing I could see about this is what everyone else is saying, but in actuality its more of a good thing then a bad. You can not turn this off without removing the battery, but heres why it should be a good thing.
At first, the annoyance that I couldnt turn it off and save that precious battery life was absolutely irritating. However, the book says that the battery will last for 3 years. So I can constantly leave it on at all times, even in my bag, and when I get it out, its always on. It shows no lights when its on so there isnt going to be a random red light or anything like that inside your camera bag. So really, they just took out the step where you turn it on. Ive had it for a week and have used it for about 8 time lapses, my longest one thus far was for 7 hours at 30 seconds inbetween per picture, and it works absolutely amazingly. highly recommend this product.
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|Does it’s job!,
I use this mainly for time lapses and also long expoture shots, which it does perfectly. Battery life is advertised at, oh I don’t know, five years or so? But I got a battery warning after a time-lapse of about 2000 exposures however, never saw that battery again.
The only thing negative is that it will only deal with whole numbers. So you can only have one exposure every second, or one every two seconds and so on (for minutes and hours and all that good stuff) but not every 0.5 seconds. At least it is a lots better than the computer software that came with the camera, that only allows for no less than five seconds between exposures.
Other than that, the interface is decent for anything with five buttons on it that is not made by apple, and the display is just what you would expect from the picture
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|Looks/works indentical to Canon brand,
I purchased an Aputure Intervalometer from eBay about one year ago. It is still going strong. It looks and works exactly the same as the Canon brand – which is five times more expensive. Mine still has the original battery too so this “always on” issue is a non-issue. Let’s bury this battery issue as an unlit LCD display requires very little power – think of a digital wrist watch with the display always on.
Curious, I downloaded the manual for the Canon Intervalometer and this Chinese made unit operates IDENTICALLY. As a matter of fact, there are many companies selling these same units all over the web for a fraction of the Canon MSRP. Possibly those who give this a poor rating while warning that one should buy the expensive Canon brand intervalometer can explain exactly what makes one identical product worth more than another? The Canon product is also made of plastic. It is also made in China. Did I mention that they are ALL identical?
So, if they look identical, work the same, have the same features and are all made in China, those giving this unit a bad review need to explain clearly why anyone should pay 5 times more for the Canon brand? Please be specific.
While they are working on that simple question I will tell you that I enjoyed a nice dinner with my wife using the hundred bucs I saved by buying this Aputure brand unit, an exact duplicate of the Canon product, at one fifth the price.
OPTIONAL – the reality of marketing. Canon is clearly working a HUGE margin on various after market accessories and is putting it right to the consumer. In view of this gouging mentality where Canon views me as nothing but a chicken to be plucked naked, I wonder why anyone would find competition, REASONABLE PRICING and consumer choices to be a bad thing? Bad for who, that is the question? If we agree that Canon’s job is to place maximized profits above everything including patriotism, ethics and even customer goodwill, might we also agree that I am entitled to maximize my buying power? Please just ignore those who say “ya get what ya pay for” when all the choices are IDENTICAL!
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