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Using Android phone as wireless viewfinder for my Canon DSLR?
Your camera is supported by Canon Camera Connect (available for Android on the PlayStore), that can make your phone act as a remote Liveview monitor (among plenty of other things). CCC is free, so you ...
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Can I trigger a 2.5mm shutter release port using the audio out jack on a PC?
Since the other answers suggesting using an interface such as triggertrap don't address the specific question to your satisfaction: No, this is very, very unlikely to work. Despite the plugs being ...
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Third party wired remote - Good bang for the buck or a nightmare?
Have a look at the cheap eBay intervalometers - they let you do very long exposures (using bulb mode on the camera) and also work as a normal remote release.
I have one for my Nikon DSLR - It was ...
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What is the Godox SHOOT setting for?
Use these settings to control how and when the transmitters send settings changes out to the lights. More specifically, when you have multiple shooters sharing the same lights, or if you want to ...
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Looking for a remote that will reliably shoot as if the button is held down
You can get a wired remote on eBay for $£€ 10
to which you can add extension cables for about the same price.
You don't even need to put batteries in for a simple shutter release, only for the timer ...
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Can I trigger a 2.5mm shutter release port using the audio out jack on a PC?
Yes, you can but you need an opto-isolator
I've built a few cable releases for Canons, from a simple pushbutton to a USB (via a USB-RS232 dongle) trigger, to one triggered off a burglar alarm PIR ...
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Is there a mobile app that can simulate the Canon bluetooth remote?
Just because there is no IR port does not mean the camera can not be remotely controlled other than by Bluetooth. The camera also has the more traditional port for a wired remote.
In the case of the ...
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How can I operate a modern camera when I must do so left-handed?
I am unaware of any "left-handed" digital cameras. However, some old film cameras, such as Exakta cameras, were produced with the shutter release on the left side. Also, Nikon considered, and produced ...
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Third party wired remote - Good bang for the buck or a nightmare?
I have several cheap $5 remote shutter releases for canon cameras. Never had a problem with them. Releasing a shutter remotely is such a simple operation, I can't image a 3rd party tool will cause ...
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Third party wired remote - Good bang for the buck or a nightmare?
The plugs are all different, but the actual function of wired remotes are remarkably alike (with the lone exception of Panasonic - we'll get to that in a minute). Regardless of the interface used to ...
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Is there a mobile app that can simulate the Canon bluetooth remote?
The latest version of Camera Connect App have a "Bluetooth remote controller" function, doing the same as BR-E1. It doesn't support all cameras - i.e. it doesn't work for Canon 77D, but does ...
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How can I operate a modern camera when I must do so left-handed?
How can I operate a modern camera when I must do so left-handed?
Add a battery grip and hold the camera upside down. This puts the shutter release and thumbwheel on the battery grip under your index ...
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What does a remote shutter release do and how do I use it?
As it name said this is something which help you remotely to "press" the shutter release. It can be mechanical (usually for old film cameras) or electric/electronic (for contemporary cameras).
What ...
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Canon Remote Switch RS60 E3 not working as expected
If pulling the cord of the RS60-E3 out of the camera jack solves the problem then the problem is not in the camera, it is with the RS60-E3.
What happens if you immediately plug the cord back in? Does ...
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How can I take a series of photos for focus stacking by remote without tethering?
As far as I've seen on their website, Kessler Second Shooter does not provide any focus control mechanism, therefore you would have to improvise.
First option, workaround with the device itself: Set ...
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Why isn't my Canon RC-6 remote control working with my Canon 550D?
I had the same problem with my Rebel T3i, and through Canon support I found the actual solution.
On the T31, there is a movie mode menu you have to get to. To do so, you have to first put the camera ...
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IR Wireless control working only from really far in Canon 70D
The sensor for the IR shutter signal on the 70D is that dot on the front of the grip, below the shutter button (see page 20 of the user manual).
You must point the remote at that dot, so these ...
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Canon T3i remote control minus self timer
How do I turn on the infrared remote capability, but turn off the 10 second self timer on my Canon T3i?
In timer/remote mode the camera will fire either 10 seconds after you press the shutter release ...
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Convert shutter release from wired to wireless
The trick would be to find a transmitter that could receive the 2.5mm plug from your wired intervalometer. I'm not sure any such commercial product exists.
It would probably be cheaper and easier to ...
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What options are there for taking timelapse photos with a Canon PowerShot SX520 HS?
You may not need any extra hardware. Check out CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit). It appears to provide the facilities that you are looking for, supports the SX520HS, and the developers claim that it ...
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What options are there for taking timelapse photos with a Canon PowerShot SX520 HS?
CHDK might do the trick. CHDK site among many other cool things, it includes an intervalometer. LINK
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How can I trigger video via remote?
The general term for what you're trying to do is called tethering. The D750 supports tethering quite well. You can remotely set exposure settings, engage autofocus, trigger the shutter and/or start ...
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Why would tying a camera remote to the back of a lens barrel be impractical?
What would make such a device impractical to use?
The failure rate of the flexprint would likely be fairly poor. The exteriors of cameras and lenses take a lot of punishment. Flexes tend to be very ...
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How do I use a Godox X1T to remotely release the shutter and trigger an AD200?
No, this setup won't work. You're close, but not quite right. The X1T is not a receiver (hence, the "T" suffix) or transceiver — it is a transmitter only. So one X1T cannot trigger another X1T.
You ...
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Using bulb mode with EOS Remote app without having to hold down shutter button possible?
If you are in the bulb mode you just need to press the shutter button once on your phone in the camera connect app and it starts the timer and you press the shutter button again in the app to release ...
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IR Wireless control working only from really far in Canon 70D
The IR Receiver on the Canon EOS 70D looks like it is on the grip, and in ordinary use when holding the camera, you'd cover it more or less with your middle finger, based on the assumption that if you'...
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IR Wireless control working only from really far in Canon 70D
You need to point it at the IR receiver, not at your sensor. Your lens is probably blocking it, when you're close and pointed at the lens (sensor.)
I think yours is in a slightly difference place, ...
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Firing Nissin Di866 MKII with Cactus TX/RX
Your flash will need to be in M/Av (Manual or Aperture Value) mode in order to trigger correctly. Whether you choose to use the manual power level setting or the Av (we used to call it "auto thyristor"...
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More covert rf remote shutter control for canon Xsi?
Consider using RF flash triggers. Most of them can connect the sync port output of a receiver unit to your camera's shutter cable release port via a cable (e.g., PC -> 2.5mm minijack if you're using a ...
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Can I make a budget trail camera with photoelectric sensors?
Having floated a few Raspberry Pi's down a river in paint cans during the removal of a dam, I can say that it is a decent set up, but struggles with resolving power in certain circumstances and eats ...
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