recommended remotes for timelapse on canon 7d

[emn8or]

i was hoping i can get some advise from an experienced person doing time lapse on a 7d.

I was looking at the hahnel t pro unit but it's unclear if it serves my needs and the pro store could'nt answer my questions either.

The issue lies in the number of max shots I can take for time lapse frames. Eg. I want to take one frame every 2 seconds for say 1 hour. Ie 180 shots or maybe one shot every 5 secs for 12 hours ie 18000 frames. However the manual and the web site is very vague and doesn’t explain how many frames max I can take. It seemed on it may only take 99 frames max but that couldn’t be confirmed.

can anyone tel me if this is possible with the hahnel or recommend another unit?

thanks in advance

[jjphoto]

I've never used the unit you refer to, the hahnel t pro unit or whatever it is. Often they are a direct copy of the Canon or Nikon intervalometer, whatever tha case may be. In the case of the Canon TC-80N3, if you set the frame count to '00' then it just keeps going until the battery dies, which in the case of the Canon TC-80N3 is in about 2-3 years! Chances are the hahnel t pro unit works the same way.

JJ

Edit, and I do recommend the Canon TC-80N3 although it is expensive. I've heard the odd complaint about reliability problems with some of the Chinese intervalometers, such as the Yongnuo (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160434611867&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com.au%3A80%2F%3F_from%3 DR40%26_trksid%3Dp4712.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D1604346 11867%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1) but I can't speak from personal experience. Of course you can buy several Chinese remotes for the cost of a single TC-80N3 so maybe reliability isn't such a big issue.

[emn8or]

Hi and thanks for your suggestions. You definately made some points that i need to consider. I'll look into it further now with a bit more knowledge and report my findings here soon.

thanks again

[vic]

I have a Canon TC-80N3. It will do what you want it to do.

When you select the frames option you can select minimum of one frame and a maximum of 99 via the unit automagically.

As jj said, set it to zero zero and it will run indefinitely.

It is pricey but it's worth every penny.

This is a pretty good price;
http://www.einfotech.com.au/shop/product_info.php?products_id=7429 $176.20