Originally posted by ginamaria Thanks Ken.
I'm looking for one that can reach further than 15 feet if at all possible. 30Ft would be better.
Hi Gina-
The range you get out of any IR remote depends on the environment in which you use it. I would say that 30ft is will within the realm of probability if you are indoors with no sunlight coming through windows. Our sun emits a lot of IR which interferes with the coded IR signal coming from nearly any IR based remote. It's like trying to see the light from a small flashlight when you have a powerful spotlight coming from immediately behind it.The stronger the sunshine and the more direct it falls on the receiver, the shorter the range. There are plenty of posts across Pentax Forums complaining about the short range when trying to take group shots at outdoor family events.
If your use is indoors, it should work fine. If your use is outdoors, you would be better served with a wired release or a radio controlled release that plugs into your wired port.
You have a K-7 with such a port. Sadly K-x nor K-r users do. Because of the lack of a wired port, I came up with this modification for my K-r:
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/do-yourself/186110-make-wired-release-any...ir-camera.html
Because the IR remote was immediately adjacent to the camera's IR receiver port, it worked flawlessly. I sold my wired IR remote when I sold my K-r as an enticement to buy. My K-30 has a wired port like your K-7, so I no longer needed my modified IR remote release. I DO have an IR remote release for my K-30. It works great - - - so long as I understand the limitations mentioned above.