Why, hello there. I am so happy to meet you!

I wanted to buy a remote for my new minolta 5d... After a short search on ebay i found that wire remote were almost 25€ (~30$) and that there were no wireless.

First, i tried to contact the remote connector's outlets. One was neutral, one was for focus, and the last one triggers the picture.

So i decided to build one on my own, and that's not that difficult. Plus, it brings a new function to my camera : a A mode.

First, you need to buy some things in an electronic shop. Here's what i choose :
- a do it yourself command box Keeloq decoder from microship (reference : ERMES210, 50€, ~60$)
- a two button remote from microship (reference : ERMES208, 10€, 12$)
- A 12V battery for the remote
- A 9V battery for the command box
- A 9V battery connector
- Two switches
- Some wire
- some small connectors for the camera
- a box to put the circuit in (reference HAED300, 3€, 3.2$)
- A welding kit if you don't have one

Here's the finished circuit :

You can notice wires going out the box, the white wire is connected to the neutral outlet of the camera, and to the two command switches. The yellow wire goes from one switches to the focus outlet and the orange wire goes to the trigger outlet.

I have also connected tha 9v battery to a switch to prevent it from short cutted when i connect it on an external power outlet.

Finally, i have replace a chip switch with another external switch, which allows me to trigger the camera with an impulsion or something continuious.

On the front face, you can the two switches, the left one can be use to switch from single shot to gust or A mode (used with the B mode of my camera)

Now let's see the camera connector :
i used some serial port inside connectors

I weld it to the wires and assembled it with... a bit of paper like that :

Now i have a wireless remote that i can use to make some narcissics autoportraits like this one :

You should note the remote in my left hand

PS: if you notice some languages mistake, tell me, i'll make some corrections. It's been a long time i haven't trained my english.

[Edited by Warny on 7/9/2006 6:53:48 PM]

[Edited by Warny on 7/9/2006 6:58:38 PM]