Customer Reviews

Opteka RC-7 Wireless Remote Control for Nikon SLR D40, D40x, D50, D60, D70, D70s, & D80

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I thought I would buy this knock-off item and save a few bucks. The item is really cheap looking and did not work at all. I would recommend the real Nikon Remote instead of this. Also note that there are numerous buttons on this device but only one of them is for the Nikon, the rest are for other cameras.

Despite what Nikon might claim about their remote, this one DOES work with the D80. It is sometimes picky about the angle and does not seem to have much range, but it does work ok. I would give one more star if it wasn't so picky on where I was standing and worked from more than 10 feet away.

I have a Nikon D70s and with this remote, even though it show a lot of buttons only one button works for the D70s. Now if I should ever need to operate a Canon, Olympus, Minolta or Pentax then I set for life. They all have more options.

Could be half it size for my Nikon D70s since only the shutter function does anything.

I bought this to use with my Nikon D40 camera. I have never used a remote before.

It's a great little remote, fits in my hand easily and I have smallish hands.

Simple to use, just set up your camera for a remote and push the button when you are ready. I've had it for a few weeks now, still works with no battery replacement needed.

A great wireless remote for you DSLR. Fraction of the cost of the Nikon specific brand and accomplishes the same results. Only drawback is pushing the correct button to actuate the shutter. But for a few bucks, I won't complain!

Like some of the other reviewers, my remote arrived sans the plastic separator and with a dead battery (I assume). I have no idea whether it actually works with my camera or not. Since there is no indicator that you've pressed a button, it's hard to say if the problem is that the battery is dead or the unit itself was just DOA.

Bought this quite awhile ago, and I didn't notice at first, but the battery tray is stuck in and I am unable to change the battery. I'm not being dainty about it either, I can pull with everything I've got and the battery tray will not come out.

Even before the battery died the remote had an awful range and only worked intermitently.

The product feels cheap and gets scuffed up easily.

I would not buy this again, and I will be buying an official one next.

This works great with my Nikon D40 and D90! It has given me so much more freedom to do our family portraits. It has also been a huge help in shooting those wild toddlers!!

Good product. I was worried to buy non-brand product for D80, but decided to give it a shot as I have also a Canon S60, which is old and I would never buy remote for it otherwise.

I got the unit with looks differently then current picture. It has no words at all, only little subscripts N,C, KM (apparently standing for Nikon, Canon and Konika Minolta.

The only one button sub-marked N works perfect for Nikon D80 and one of several marked with C works for Canon. Zoom for Canon doesn't work and I do not care.

Great combo and even looks not as cheap as it could.

Range wise:
I tried it with both my cameras and it perfectly worked at 10+ft range. Of course I have no way to compare with other remotes, but Canon was more readily responsive, Nikon had to be on the right side of a sensor. Nikon has a large lens which might screen out infrared signal though.
I would attribute range and receptiveness to to the camera, not to the remote.

I have a nikon d40x and the remote works great, I had no problem setting up the remote, I bought it mainly to take long exposure shots so I'm happy with it, it would be nice to navigate trough some options of the camera with it but with nikon cameras all it does is take the picture.