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Specifications:
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Picture of Controller:
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This cable timer is also called:
Timer Remote Controller TC-80N3a. Its much smaller and lighter than it looks in the pictures, about 1 1/4 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick, picket sized.
Just got it today after a 10 day shipment from Hong Kong. Cost was USA $36 on ebay
Looks to be very well built. Comes with a Lithium CR2032 battery which is supposed to last 3 years. There's no switch to turn off the timer but at 3 year life, i figure thats ok.
Even if your battery goes dead, the remote controller has a manual shutter and switch that lets one have full bulb and autofocus control on the half shutter.
With a battery, you can set a self start timer, set intervals between images, set the duration of each shot, and finally set the number of images to be made. the duration of the full shooting period can be up to 99 hours, with up to 99 images.
The controller has easy to understand instructions and feels pretty intuitive to me. The only problem i had with the switch is that the roller switch on the side relies on a direct-in push to change the settings from seconds to minutes and hours. The same roller switch relies on tangential pressure to raise or lower the numbers to be set. Putting to much pressure on the roller switch sometimes causes it to jam instead of raising the number or lowering the number because the controller goes into the direct-in channel. But one can get around this problem by using a light touch and one's fingernails rather than direct finger pressure.
the 2.5 plugin for the K10/K20, K200 and K100 cameras is gold plated, looks like.
Very nice lightweight unit - i'd buy it again. Particularly like the fact that one can use the electronic controls or the mechanical shutter controls if the battery fails.
Best wishes,