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Having Fun With My Nikkor 35 - 8 images. David Lal. On the back of the box and near the end of the LED lead I stuck some sticky backed velcro hooks and put the corresponding loops on the camera tripod and in a position where the LED can be seen by the IR sensor on the camera. The battery is mounted in the box and I wrapped it in some funky foam to insulate it both electrically and thermally.

I have used the system with the camera around 30 meters away. There are occasions where it doesn't trigger but I think it is because of interference from the other MHz systems I have.

On the whole the system works well though the Nikon D50 is probably not the best camera for this type of thing:. The PIR sensor is a lot more directional than I expected so I need to come up with a way of pointing it in the same direction as the camera lens - possibly by re-mounting the system and sensor in an old flash gun casing and mounting it on the hot shoe at the top of the camera.

This would mean that I don't need to velcro it to the tripod. As I mentioned at the start, this is a very hardware specific project but I hope it will inspire someone to build their own system. Thinking this concept through a bit further I can see similar systems being used as range extenders for remote controls for any home automation system. There are instructions on how to make an oscilloscope using your sound card to help decode the pulse trains and quite a few code examples on decoding them using RPi's or Arduinos.

I am plannig to make something like this only with just arduino and adruino comatible camera module. I would consider using classic "wired" trigger instead of IR. In some all?

In that case you can simulate half-press of shutter - focus. Reply 5 years ago. You are right - the D50 can't take a wired remote though it would be possible to fix up a system to depress the shutter release using a relay.

It would be good if there was a firmware hack that allowed you to change the 15 minute time out. A quick Google doesn't reveal any way of doing that though.

With e. VirtualWire library is it easy to use. Just an idea for extending range. My Account Cart Checkout 0 Items. Product Search Search for: Search. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Not Ready to Buy? See Rentals. Looking to hire Production Services? Archangel said:. You must log in or register to reply here. For all the UK people in here. Eyepiece cap. Most reactions Similar threads. Remote control. Replies 5 Views Oct 26, PhotoXopher. Dec 7, Lorielle Opinion Needed Quick: Nikon D Replies 16 Views 1K.

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