Useful photographic Christmas pressies...
Discussion
Having read this thread:
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=109&t=227743
I bought Mrs Get a D50 and the Zigview 'R' for Christmas (mainly for her www.PineMarten.org.uk site) and we just got the zigview working.
(Amongst other things it's a motion sensor, which is why I bought it).
I have to say the motion sensor bit won't work on the D50 - but I got it working on the D2X.
Anyway.. it actually does what it says on the tin. I plonked the camera on a tripod looking at the birdfeeder (about 25 feet away) and set the zigview to take 3 pics everytime it saw something move... and it focusues and shoots
Enter Mr Coal Tit. Not the best pic ever, but hey, I was inside drinking an early G&T - so twice the fun.
Happy Christmas folks, I'm off to eat too much.
Steve
>> Edited by GetCarter on Monday 26th December 09:08
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=109&t=227743
I bought Mrs Get a D50 and the Zigview 'R' for Christmas (mainly for her www.PineMarten.org.uk site) and we just got the zigview working.
(Amongst other things it's a motion sensor, which is why I bought it).
I have to say the motion sensor bit won't work on the D50 - but I got it working on the D2X.
Anyway.. it actually does what it says on the tin. I plonked the camera on a tripod looking at the birdfeeder (about 25 feet away) and set the zigview to take 3 pics everytime it saw something move... and it focusues and shoots
Enter Mr Coal Tit. Not the best pic ever, but hey, I was inside drinking an early G&T - so twice the fun.
Happy Christmas folks, I'm off to eat too much.
Steve
>> Edited by GetCarter on Monday 26th December 09:08
Ooh, interesting... but am I right in that it's not possible to take more than two pictures a second? And £200 is a bit steep. Both killers for me...
I've made (bodged
) my own infra-red beam motion detector which is linked to the camera via the remote release socket (butchered cheap remote release from ebay), which was used for this -
No fancy auto-focus, I just focused on a particular plane that I know the birds will pass through, and I also need to sort out a reasonable stand because it is way too fiddly to set-up at the moment.
Still, can't complain for <£10 in parts
I've made (bodged
) my own infra-red beam motion detector which is linked to the camera via the remote release socket (butchered cheap remote release from ebay), which was used for this - No fancy auto-focus, I just focused on a particular plane that I know the birds will pass through, and I also need to sort out a reasonable stand because it is way too fiddly to set-up at the moment.
Still, can't complain for <£10 in parts
First up... I think you are right - 2 frames per second (or thereabouts)... but I would add: the 'I need to buy off the shelf' option wakes the camera up, focuses, does a white balance, a 9 point exposure setting, will take thousanads of pics in any denomination/setting/timing you choose, and will alter settings in any way that your camera body will.
Having said that - Your £10 is spent very well! as you are in a position of knowing what the hell you are doing, where as - I don't. My £200 is spent because I would have no idea how to do it
Having said that - Your £10 is spent very well! as you are in a position of knowing what the hell you are doing, where as - I don't. My £200 is spent because I would have no idea how to do it
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