Phottix Taimi

£49/$35 www.phottix.com

The cheapest option here relies on cable connection. This isn’t a deal-breaker though, as, like the Hahnel Captur, Taimi is a pre-programmable time lapse remote, so once you’ve initiated a sequence, you can leave the device to do its thing. The wired link also keeps power consumption down, resulting in a huge 300-hour battery life from two AAAS. The Taimi also, pretty much, caters to all Canon DSLRS.

Phottix’s button and screen design is very similar to Hahnel’s, so don’t discard the manual in over exuberance, as it will be required to decipher the various time lapse and shutter release options. As with the Captur, you can program sequences up to 100 hours long and repeat them, plus there’s a bulb mode and remote release function with burst shooting capability.