Using a Universal Remote to Control a Camera

Camera RemoteA quickie link - The extremetech website has an extract from Hacking Digital Cameras posted on their site. The excpert looks at using a universal remote control and its infrared signals to control a digital camera.

I was bored at home one night when I learned that you could control your camera with a universal remote control. That night, I happened to have a Magnavox REM100 universal remote control for my home theater system in my hand, and I decided to try it on my Canon EOS IX APS film camera. The Canon EOS IX camera is compatible with the RC-1 wireless remote, which I didn’t have. But I figured maybe I’d get lucky and one of the buttons would work. After going through a bunch of different remote-control codes, the camera actually released its shutter! �?

                                         

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