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If you are thinking about building your own lightning activated trigger, and you haven’t decided if it is worth the work for only a few lightning storms that pass your way each year, or you already built a lightning activated trigger, and now you are impatiently waiting for lightning…
Here is an idea of something else you can do with that lightning activated trigger! You can shoot some cool pictures of water droplets!
This is a description of how I made my updated (version 4) Compact Wireless Infrared Lightning Activated Trigger for a Pentax Digital SLR camera.
The majority of this lightning trigger is similar to the information on my earlier version (located here) . This version is just much more compact, and there are no wires (completely contained). This lightning activated trigger will easily fit into most camera bags, ...
This is a description of how I made my updated (version 3) infrared lightning activated trigger for a Pentax Digital SLR camera.
The majority of this lightning activated trigger is similar to the information on my earlier version (located here).
The biggest change from the previous version is the addition of buttons to adjust the light sensitivity that activates the trigger. As with my previous version, I ...
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More fun came in the mail today!! I received a couple Arduino Nano boards that I will be playing with for some future posts. These are much smaller than the Arduino Duemilanove & UNO boards.
I have a side by side comparison to show how much smaller things can get.
Arduino Duemilanove on the left & a Nano on the right
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Digital Camera Lightning Activated Trigger – For DSLR cameras that can use a remote shutter release (wired)
This is a complete build guide showing how I make an Arduino based lightning activated trigger for Digital SLR cameras that have a port for a wired remote shutter button. I built this particular trigger for my Pentax K100d. Many lightning triggers for cameras are available for purchase, however I am using my knowledge gained from building an infrared version, and saving ...
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I’ve been working on updating the lightning activated trigger information pages here for a while. I have built updated versions, both for Pentax via infrared, and for digital SLR cameras that can use a wired remote. The new updates should be up sometime this week. Both versions are based on an Arduino board, and will have an adjustable sensitivity via push buttons. Check back soon to see the updated info!
This is a basic description of how I made my lightning activated trigger for a Pentax K-r Digital SLR camera
**Note: There is updated information on similar lightning activated triggers on my site **
For a newer version of this Lightning Activated Trigger that includes push buttons to adjust sensitivity – GO HERE
For a newer version of this Lightning Activated Trigger ...
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