With my recent purchase of a Nikon D200 I commented in a previous post, Cheap Chinese Made Photo Equipment, about my intention to buy some cheap Chinese accessories for it - after baulking at the price of the Nikon equivalents! After cruising on eBay I put in a order for a Remote Shutter Release and a Pop Up Shade LCD Hood. The remote cost me $9 and the shade was $11.
Well, they arrived and so far so good. The remote works as expected and at a great saving on Nikon’s one as well. How long it’ll keep working, of course, remains to be seen but as it is such a simple item I see no reason why it shouldn’t. The hood is a very handy pop up replacement for the Nikon supplied clear plastic LCD cover and is very handy in sunlight etc. and is effective in making it easier to view the LCD and offers full protection when closed. In fact it also had a clear plastic cover inside but as that arrived already quite badly scratched I popped it off and use the hood without it - no loss really and for the price I can have no real complaint.
So am I pleased? You betcha! The saving was considerable and the build quality (scratched cover apart) seems reasonable. Any D200 owners out there who want to give these articles a try I’m sure you will find them easily on eBay. At those prices what have you got to lose?
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I bought one of the knockoff shutter remotes and it seems to be working pretty well. My only issues so far:
- Feels very ‘cheap’. Not sure how durable it will be (only had it about 3 weeks)
- The plug was fairly difficult to get into the camera (not sure if this is a good thing or not). Really have to yank on the cable to get it out.
- Doesn’t have the little LCD screen on it like the Nikon one does or the built in timing settings.
Really though, for the price it’s tough to beat. I think I got mine for about $12 delivered.
I’m actually one happy user of the Phottix N1 wireless remote that I purchased off eBay for my Nikon D300. Works brilliantly, and the build quality is top notch too, for $14.50 USD.
I do miss the small size of the infrared Nikon ML-L3 remote for the D70 / D80 though.