Remote Shutter Release

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

No, Jim, we don't want to see pictures of you mating with an owl.

Bob

Thanks, Bob! I surfed Amazon and never found that. Must've not used the right buzz words :-) ...Jim Thompson

Timered operation only. One would think that they would have had enough brains to add WiFi or Bluetooth to it.

It would work on my 550UZ though, not that I need it.

Older Olys use a common 1/8 inch jack with three contacts (aka stereo headphone jack). One is common, one is half-press, and one is shutter. I don't remember which is which but it's pretty easy to figure it out. It isn't necessary to activate the half-press before the shutter but doing so can reduce vibration blur.

Newer Olys have USB remote control. It might not mind a long cable if you force the lower USB speed.

This one has USB. BobW pointed me to...

which I've ordered. ...Jim Thompson

That defeats your original criteria. "up on the hillside" is where you want the camera and the owls, not the camera, the remote that is only ten feet remote, you, and no owls.

The damned string-of-hubs-and-jumpers fix is starting to look better.

Why not use a garage door opener? I used a nice one, with 3 buttons (and 2 spare ones inside the remote ) transmittor.

Turned out to be mis-advertising. The SP-800UZ doesn't support such a function.

Anyone know a hack ?:-) ...Jim Thompson

I think you're out of luck.

HDMI and USB won't do it and there is no remote cable, RF or IR remote you can play with.

Yep. Now entertaining electro-mechanical ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Sheesh! That's a real pisser.

Have you spoken to Olympus to see if there's a way?

Bob

JT > Just got an Olympus SP-800UZ. JT >

JT > Anyone know if there's any way to do a JT > remote shutter control with this camera? JT >

JT > (It's owl mating season up on the hillside and I'd like to get some JT > photos without spooking the owls.)

Can you set a time lapse mode to begin an hour after you put it in the tree hide?

With a BIG memory If it shoots every 40 seconds it could take a long time to use up the memory.

Try reading the whole thread next time, idiot.

JT > Just got an Olympus SP-800UZ. JT >

JT > Anyone know if there's any way to do a JT > remote shutter control with this camera? JT >

JT > (It's owl mating season up on the hillside JT > and I'd like to get some photos without JT > spooking the owls.)

G > Can you set a time lapse mode to begin G > an hour after you put it in the tree hide? G >

G > With a BIG memory If it shoots every 40 seconds G > it could take a long time to use up the memory.

Archie > Try reading the whole thread next time, idiot.

Sometimes a long string of time lapse shots can be a substitute for hand triggered shots.

A cheap off the shelf PIR motion detector from a driveway light might help too. The Zenith ones used to use 12VDC inside.

Canons are similar. I've done well with tying an npn from common to the shutter and ignoring the other (focus). Might have had to diode-tie the focus to the collector on one of the cameras.

A solenoid driven with two distinct excitation levels?

Sure. I think I could devise two distinct force levels ;-) ...Jim Thompson

Jim,

If you're taking that route, you might consider a "hobby" servo such as these (or do a search on Hi-Tec):

You'd still need to build a frame to attach it to the camera (or the tripod mount) and a linkage to translate the servo rotation to the proper amount of pressure (several "cranks" are generally included).

Also, someone would have to design the electronics to take whatever control signal you wanted to use into the "standard" pulse-position signal. Know anyone who could help you here?

Hope this helps...

Frank McKenney

Thanks for the pointer. My circuit design life is filled with all kinds of fun stuff: Six years ago I did a R/C receiver/servo-decoder chip design ;-) ...Jim Thompson