Wireless Remote Control (Arrived Too Late for the Drop)

[ChuckM]

Using a remote shutter cable, I did some shots in shop in the morning. In one of the last shots, I pulled the cable too short, bringing down the camera to the floor. Luckily, the drop wasn't a fatal one.

Then, the Amazon order arrived a few hours later with my remote control ($24 Cdn), along with a couple other woodworking items. From now on, my Canon Rebel T3 can be used with no string attached! One limitation with using the wireless remote seems to be that I can't use the camera in the A-DEP or Av mode.

If I had been able to find a compatible wireless control earlier, I could've avoided today's accident.

 

[FestitaMakool]

Auch! [blink]
Cameras dropping hurts.. seems you where in better luck than my last, thankfully only accident, that required a repair.

Untethered remotes are a godsend for some shots.
Though I do very often use the corded when the camera is secure on a tripod, as it’s faster and easier to attach than most “wireless” wich often have wires.. and sometimes a dead or near dead battery  [embarassed]. But extensions on a corded is risky business..

As a camera repair specialist told me: usually the plastic reinforced bodies took the hits the best way, as their body shell acts as a bumper that absorbs a lot of the impact.

 

[ChuckM]

I was in a bit of luck this time. If the damage were more serious, I probably wouldn't go for the repair route as the camera is 6 or 7 years old. I have told myself never to spend money on repairing items like laptops, etc., after similar fixes (at $80 Cdn or so a pop) only prolonged the lifespan by no more than a year or two.

The lens is a little sticky after the fall, but as long as the zoom function and others work fine, I won't be looking for a replacement.

 

[FestitaMakool]

I guess on a camera it’s its value first hand that counts wether to repair it or not.
I treat mine as fine instruments, with a lot of care. (A repair shop once commented on my well cared cameras, it was rear to se a well used camera in the condition I keep them in (so are my tools)

But, if your lens got a knock.. it could be out of alignment. Have you run a couple of test shots to see if it’s in focus - and the focus is in plane?

Cheap lenses are hard to wrench on.. I tried and mostly fixed one, but jeeez there’s a lot of plastic that can only be replaced. An old Olympus 50mm came out shining after home dismantling and cleaning after relieving it of massive attack of fungus.