Video: N900 as a remote flash for Nikon DSLR

Tue, 02/03/2010 - 01:01

On doitdifferent is a little N900 show off using a little Widget:

shutter to use it a a remote flash for Nikon DSLR.

"So how did I make all this work? Well, mostly cos the N900 is open source, linux like and easy to hack. It’s got an IR transmitter, and Nikon SLRs (a D40 in this case) have an IR receiver for remote shutter release.

Shutter is a python widget that uses LIRC to trigger a Nikon remotely. Flashlight lets you use the N900s LEDs as a low power torch. Both are open source, so I can easily get the source, edit it and create my own program. What I did here was use some of the code from flashlight to instead of drive the LEDs as a torch, emit a short high-power strobe like when taking a photo. I then combined this with Shutter, so that the strobe was triggered at the same time as the camera. So I set the camera to instant remote shutter mode, click the widget on my N900, which then strobes the LEDs and triggers the camera."

Using an N900 as a remote flash with a D40 from Iain W on Vimeo.

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Update - howto use N900 as a remote flash for DSLRs

from mobilelivingroom.de on Mon, 29/03/2010 - 14:54

Previosly i reported about a awsome App for N900: Shutter

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with Shutter you can use the N900 as a remote flash Nikon, Canon and Olympus DSLRs. now the guy at doitdifferent wrote a lit

Shutter update - N900 as a remote flash for more DSLR

from mobilelivingroom.de on Sat, 27/03/2010 - 17:21

Tom Waelti has released a new version of shutter 1.0.0.2

shutter a little widget to use N900 as a remote flash using a IR command. This new version comes with support for Nikon, Canon and Olympus DSLR remote shutte

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