The Manfrotto SYMPLA HDSLR Deluxe Remote Control for Canon is designed to be used as one of the hand grips of a SYMPLA shoulder support, where it means that a single camera operator can properly support the weight of the camera and rig to ensure smooth, accurate framing and movement, while also controlling all camera functions, without removing either hand from the rig. The Deluxe version can also be used hand-held and away from the camera and its support, it can be attached to video head pan bars or set up in any number of alternative configurations. It electronically controls focus and both main and advanced camera operations and settings. The LCD screen on Manfrotto’s Deluxe version remote relays general information from the camera, such as battery charge level, white balance temperature and memory card status especially useful if the camera’s on-body screen is inaccessible. By interfacing with camera and lens firmware directly, this unit promises real innovation in the field of HDSLR filming: it circumvents the need for any physical interface between follow-focus equipment and the camera lens, and instead wires directly into the camera body to use the internal focus control systems. The advantages are obvious: lenses can be swapped easily without extra hardware or adjustment, nothing jolts the camera unexpectedly during follow-focus, one-man camera operation is easier, and control at a distance is as simple as extending the cable between the camera and the remote. By interfacing with the camera’s protocols, not only focus control operation as in- and out- focus point pre-sets, one-touch auto-focus and focusing speed can be managed by the remote control unit many other camera functions can also be operated, including record start & stop, photo/video switching and shutter release, live view, digital zoom, aperture and exposure, ISO settings and more besides, depending on the version. General Features:3-step, ultra-precise focus speedFixed or variable focus control modesCustomizable focus speed limitFocus Memory settingsLive View controlAuto Focus controlLive View Digital Zoom controlVideo recording start/stopPhoto shutter releaseRemote control battery statusCustomizable focus directionRecording LEDVideo and Photo LEDClamp fits the spacer supplied with SYMPLA Adjustable Handles, or round tubes/pipes/bars/pan bars between 12mm (0.47″) and 23mm (0.90″) in diameterRemotely Controls Camera FunctionsWires into Camera FirmwareOver Dozen Camera ControlsLCD Screen IndicatorsAllows Easy Lens SwapsJolt-Free FocusingControl from Close or from DistanceCan Be Used as SYMPLA Hand GripCompatible with the following Canon Cameras:EOS 5D Mark IIEOS 1D Mark IVEOS 7DEOS 60DEOS 600D/Rebel T3i/Kiss X5EOS 550D/Rebel T2i/Kiss X4EOS 500D/Rebel T1i/Kiss X3At the time of publication. Controller is also future-proof, with USB connection to allow occasional firmware upgrades. The USB connection is also what plugs into the HDSLR camera body in order to command it.