![]() ![]() I'm guessing that the Pixel remote could be less reliable but I have no tests to back this up.Īs for the other components in the ecosystem, I very much doubt that I would use this system to trigger many speedlights. Pixel is rated at 80 meter distance whereas Hahnel is rated at 100 meters. ![]() I see that Pixel has 30 channels whereas Hahnel has no choice on channel - by the way I have never benefited from having many radio channel frequencies with other camera accessories. Pixel unit is considerably cheaper (< 1/2 price) and uses AAA batteries instead of AA. The Hahnel Captur Timer Kit looks pretty similar to Pixel Wireless Remote also available at Amazon USA. No ideas about battery life at this time. My kit came with 4 AA alkaline batteries. Two AA batteries are needed for both the timer and receiver. By the way, this is the setup I used to test the remote from outside the house. To use a speedlight on the camera at the same time, using a straight bracket and mounting the receiver on the cold shoe of the straight bracket works nicely - this avoids having receiver hanging loose. The foot of the receiver is cold shoe - thus you cannot use speedlight on top of the receiver when the receiver is mounted on the hot shoe of camera. Again programming this will be confusing for the inexperienced. The timer could be programmed to do complicated interval shooting. Changing one of the n value to (-) means many long exposures - presumably until camera crashes or runs out of space. Changing one of the n value to 2 or 3 means 2 or 3 long exposures. So a single 30 second exposure needs - 00:00:00 Delay, 00:00:30 Long, Intvl1 does not matter (00:00:01 default), 1 for Intvl1 n, Intvl2 does not matter (00:00:01 default), and 1 for Intvl2 n. The parameters are (1) Delay, (2) Long, (3) Intvl1, (4) Intvl1 n, (5) Intvl2, and (6) Intvl2 n. ![]() A small downside was that learning how to do this programming was not easy - There are 6 different parameters in the programming. So far, I have only went as long as 2 min exposures - incidentally this means that the camera takes a long time to process the file. ![]() The shutter speed dial needs to be at BULB (B) mode, and start/stop button on the timer is used instead of release button. The big reason why I opted for the timer is that I could program fixed long exposures - up to 99h 59m 59s. However, this is not a major problem because press+hold still works 100% of time, and the shutter is triggered quickly within a second. I know that the sensitivity with such distance + barrier + interference from rain/water is not as good as without barrier at shorter distance because quick presses of the release button triggers shutter 100% of the time at shorter distance without barrier only. From maybe 20 meters away, I was able to shoot reliably by pressing and holding the shutter release button. Then I took the timer/remote outside the house and walked across front lawn and across the street in light rain. So how good is the remote? So far, the toughest test I did was to place the camera in the middle of my house and pointing outside a closed window. I'm thinking that C1 would work with older camera models, but I don't know for sure. Their older stock shipped with F1 and F2 whereas their new stock ships with F1 and C1. I contacted Hahnel USA, who kindly informed me that they would send me a C1 cable on Monday. The kit I received came with F1 cable (2.5 mm to micro USB - good with X-E2S) and F2 cable (2.5 mm to mini USB - good with X-E1) and no C1 cable. However, latest models require C1 cable (2.5 mm to 2.5 mm). Hahnel claims that these kits are compatible with cameras ranging from pre-X series Fujifilm DSLR to latest X and GH series cameras. Better yet the timer could trigger camera shutter wirelessly via the receiver, which is connected to the camera via a short cable. The timer could be used to trigger camera shutter either using a short cable. In addition to controlling camera shutters, the system could be used as radio trigger of off-camera lights (no TTL). The timer kit is a part of ecosystem that includes Timer/receiver kit (what I bought), Captur kit (simple trigger+receiver), Pro module (with sensors capable of detecting visible light, sound, laser & infrared light), and individual receivers. The timer kit I received was manufactured in China. Hahnel originates from Germany, but they are now based in Ireland. I got one from Amazon USA this weekend and have been testing it. ![]()
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