Comments on: High(ish)-speed Photography (followup)

By: bemasher

bemasher — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:07:17 +0000

What do you plan on using the long-distance remote for?

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:23:38 +0000

Thanks alot for the code. The code works well with a Nikon D70 and the Arduino Mega 2560, although I had to add a transistor circuit to the output of the pin so I could drive the high output IR emitter I had on hand. The next phase of the project will be to interface this with a zigbee to get a long distance wireless remote solution.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:21:13 +0000

Perfect with Arduino Mega / Nikon D80.
Thanks for sharing the code.

By: Jeremy Saglimbeni

Jeremy Saglimbeni — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:16:45 +0000

Also worked great with my D40X, thanks a bunch. I modified the code to add an LCD screen, and adjustable minute, second timer as well as the total number of pictures taken.

By: bemasher

bemasher — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:34:33 +0000

The IR led I’ve been using is near visible so it’s got a very faint red glow which helps me to figure out if it’s working or not. Because of this I’ve got the distinct feeling that the range of IR light the camera’s remote sensor is sensitive to is very broad.

By: Bearman07

Bearman07 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:24:10 +0000

Does anyone know what wavelength of IR the Nikon DXX cameras are designed to be sensitive to? 800nm or 900 nm?

FYI. For you guys playing with IR LEDs. Here is a trick I learned. This is a easy way of seeing if IR LEDs are working. Pull out your video camera. Aim the video camera at your IR LED and the camera sees the IR light coming out of the it and you will see it on the camera display screen.

Otherwise you can wire up an IR phototransistor circuit to drive a visible LED to check to make sure it is working. Much more fun to see it on your camcorder display screen though.

Good Luck.

By: bemasher

bemasher — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:10:12 +0000

It’s possible that the particular LED you’re using isn’t far enough into infrared wavelength for the camera to be sensitive to it.

By: Gus Fraser

Gus Fraser — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:54:43 +0000

I have tried to use your code to fire my Nikon D60 but with no luck as yet I am using a standard ATMEGA 328. I can see that the IR led is firing because pin 13 fires and I have the remote selected on the camera. Any thoughts on this? I am sure that any problem is with me and not your code.

By: Whatafreak – The Blog | Nikon D40 Intervalometer Project

Whatafreak – The Blog | Nikon D40 Intervalometer Project — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:11:08 +0000

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By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:56:23 +0000

Thanks for the quick reply. I’m going to give this a try today.. I’ll let you know how things go!