Saturday 14 May 2011
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Ready for Action
My Canon 10D's fronted by cheap 28-80mm lenses (remember great depth of field required for effective stereo photography so aperture will typically be set smaller than f11) and attached to vertical mount with my twin shutter release connected. All sat atop a Manfrotto 222 joystick mount.
twin cable release for £2
To release shutters simultaneously on two Canon EOS's;
1. buy 2 cheap cable releases (RS-80N3 for 10D, 5D, 1D costs just 99p on ebay from China!).
2. remove 3 connecting wires from one switch box and solder onto the corresponding contacts in the other (wires are colour coordinated and the 'Shoot' release I purchased even had spare contacts to solder onto).
3. use a craft knife or file to extend the opening to accomodate the second cable.
4. put back together after ensuring that the 3 new wires will not slip between the switch contacts (I used sticky tape to keep them to one side of the box).
That's it!
1. buy 2 cheap cable releases (RS-80N3 for 10D, 5D, 1D costs just 99p on ebay from China!).
2. remove 3 connecting wires from one switch box and solder onto the corresponding contacts in the other (wires are colour coordinated and the 'Shoot' release I purchased even had spare contacts to solder onto).
3. use a craft knife or file to extend the opening to accomodate the second cable.
4. put back together after ensuring that the 3 new wires will not slip between the switch contacts (I used sticky tape to keep them to one side of the box).
That's it!
Tuesday 10 May 2011
£400? £10? no - best solution 99p!
The Yongnuo 128's did not work well. 2 problems;
Firstly there is often a delay of a second or two before the shutters released. Secondly - and more serious for stereo photography - the cameras did not always fire simultaneously. There seemed to be a random time difference.
Now using RS-80N3 remote cable release.
99p from China! (plus 99p postage) - How do they do that?!
Bought two. Simple task to remove cable from one and solder wires into the other - there's even a spare set of contacts to solder onto! Used craft knife to extend hole at top end to accomodate second cable. Now one switch really does control two cameras simultaneously.
Firstly there is often a delay of a second or two before the shutters released. Secondly - and more serious for stereo photography - the cameras did not always fire simultaneously. There seemed to be a random time difference.
Now using RS-80N3 remote cable release.
99p from China! (plus 99p postage) - How do they do that?!
Bought two. Simple task to remove cable from one and solder wires into the other - there's even a spare set of contacts to solder onto! Used craft knife to extend hole at top end to accomodate second cable. Now one switch really does control two cameras simultaneously.
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