On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 02:56:55 GMT, Ernest wrote:

>In article <3c05fe45.1461792@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>,
>d_ruether@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>Uh, read the original post in this thread...;-)
>>(The Canon remote offers both: a decent rocker,
>>and selectable fixed zomming rate - in a good
>>package at a reasonable price...) When I don't
>>need the fixed rate, I'm happy with the Sony
>>remote I remove from the $75 Sony tripod (I give
>>away the poor tripod, and add an extension cord
>>to the remote). Why pay more than $75 for a good
>>Lanc remote, unless you need the extra features
>>of the Canon or the fancy Sony RM-95 (and that
>>one, come to think of it, is also cheap [around
>>$75], and it includes manual focus control...).

>Thank you. It's hard to get details on the Sony as none of the photos
>reveal much. Is the zoom control a rocker, joystick or what?
>Ernest

OK, ya got m' curiosity up, so I just went down and
checked the Canon and Sony (RM-95) Lanc controllers.
The Sony RM-95 has a rocker, fixed-speed, a count of
"11" to go from wide to tele extremes with the VX2000
(my "count" is a tad slower than seconds - just checked
that, too, so use the count as relative...). The other
Sony controllers I have (pistol grip, and ones off
cheap Sony tripods) all have variable-speed rockers.
The Canon also has a rocker for variable-speed zooming,
and "mashed", it zooms in a count of "2+". At a fixed
speed of "1", the count is "16", for the others,
"2" = 13, "3" = "9", "4" = "6+", "5" = "5". BTW, the
Cannon cannot restart the camera if it goes into standby
in camera-record mode (it can only start/stop recording);
the Sony remotes can power up/down the camera, and restart
it from standby, and the RM-95 can also switch between
AF/MF, and control manual focus. The RM-95 is small,
flat, and rectangular (like a small wireless remote, but
with a cord, and an LCD window showing timecode); the
pistol grip looks like just that; the tripod remotes
off the tripod grip are compact, are "small-banana"
shaped, and show a light when the camera is active.
The Sony RM-95 is about $75; the Sony grip is no longer
available; the cheap Sony tripods with controlers are
about $75; the Canon Lanc controller is about $180...