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there's more chance that the remote has packed in than the camera
i bought a cheap remote before buying the genuine canon one and the cheap 3rd party one didn't work straight out of the box so i managed to take it back and get a refund
then walked 50yds round the corner and bought a canon remote and the reason why i went for the 3rd party one in the first place is because i thought the canon one would be expensive
it turned out there wasn't that much difference in price so the fact the 3rd party one didn't work did me a favour
it could be one of two things thats stopping your remote from working
1 the cable has a broken wire or one wire has become unsoldered
2 in the remote trigger you hold in your hand should be 2 contacts or leaf switches there's a good chance one is not making proper contact any more if you can pull it to pieces and have a look inside you will see them
1 contact is for focus the other is for the shutter you could make sure the are making proper contact and have not coroded
if their allright then it's the cable
a genuine canon cable remote cost about £20 and the build qualtiy and feel of them is a world apart from the cheap 3rd party ones
worth every penny in my book
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