Nikon ML 3 camera remote control

• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 2 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 4 stars

  Not easy to understand instructions. Setup is not easy

  by mike_flood on October 30, 2005

  Pros: It doesn't weigh much.

  Cons: It's not easy to understand the instructions or to set up

  Summary: Had I known how non-user friendly this device is to set up I'd have saved my $'s
  It will (when you get it aligned) act as a means of
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  Summary: Had I known how non-user friendly this device is to set up I'd have saved my $'s
  It will (when you get it aligned) act as a means of tripping the shutter when an object or creature interrupts the beam between the sender and the reciever.
  The reciever has a jack for external power.
  My D2X will power the unit just fine. What it should have had is:
  1. A connector on the trasmitter which runs on a 3 volt coin cell. external power would avoid having the cell run down over a long period of use.
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  2. It should have a means of showing when you've established a path for the beam from the sender (transmitter) and the reciever.
  It wouldn't have been a big deal to set it up so that the LED in the reciever would light when a bean was seen.
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  3. The bracket that I had to order after the fact to mount the reciever with the camera when a flash is occupying the hot-shoe. (That's one place where the reciever can be mounted) should have been included in a device that costs over $100+.
  The bracket didn't cost a lot it was just a pain to have to order it later and pay S/H on a $15 piece of metal.
  
  4. The instructions were greatly lacking in clarity or examples.

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  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 4 stars

  Not worth the money

  by Mr_PictureMan on December 28, 2007

  Pros: It's Wireless

  Cons: Needs direct line of site to work

  Summary: When it works, it works well.
  
  The problem is the receiver has to be pointed directly at the transmitter. There is a very limited angle of acceptance (like a 10
  
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  Summary: When it works, it works well.
  
  The problem is the receiver has to be pointed directly at the transmitter. There is a very limited angle of acceptance (like a 10 degree cone).
  
  If the hot shoe is occupied by a flash or flash cable, then the IR receiver floats freely and is difficult to get pointed in the direction of the transmitter.
  
  A better solution is to go with radio controlled wireless rather than IR wireless.
  
  This will occasionally set off an SB-800 set in SU-4 mode -- undesired side effect.

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