What types of remote controls are there?
Remote shutter releases are an essential part of every photographer s toolkit. They let you take photos without touching the camera, which can be important if you re using a tripod and want to avoid camera blur, particularly in bulb mode. And they let you trigger the camera at some distance from it. All EOS cameras use either wired electric shutter releases (wires with simple pushbutton switches on the end) or wireless infrared shutter releases or both. The old style mechanical shutter releases (sort of like bicycle cables with plungers) are not supported, though if you really miss them you can buy the Canon Cable Release Adapter T3 (see below). Canon have included three basic types of wired connectors with their EOS cameras over the years. This isn t really a beginner question per se, but here for completeness: T3 connectors. The first EOS cameras, the 600 series, did not ship with shutter release sockets but had optional handgrips (GR-20 handgrips) which had plugs for shutter release
