At last the DSLR Module is born!
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I have always been into photography and always wanted to do some camera control stuff but never had the kit, so i decided that i could make my own.
Using a standard Camera Axe cable (http://www.cameraaxe.com/wiki/index.php?title=CameraCables) this module will allow you to connect your camera to your gadgeteer mainboard and start shooting. Maybe you are doing a wildlife shoot, hookup a PIR module and the DSLR Module, easy. Maybe you want to do a timelapse of mold growing etc then this will make it simple. The driver allows you to set the delay between focus and shutter to allow for autofocus and there is a bulb shot mode that allows you to specify how long you want the shutter held open (setting the camera to B mode first)
Pricing: EDIT $8 USD each Delivery: varies based on destination (but there may be an option to combine shipping with other UK community made modules to make it cheaper)
The first run i am doing will be for 8 of these. Two are already spoken for. if you want one just email me
hbourne at me dot com
@ Tzu - As long as the G2 camera works the same way as most other DSLR cameras. The remote cables that have a button on are pretty simple things that consist of 3 strips of metal (as i discovered on taking apart my Nikon cable remote which was hideously expensive). The metal strips are different lenghts and as the button pushed down it connects ground (Top metal strip) to the focus pin (middle strip), then both to the botom strip to fire the shutter.
Looking at a few pics on the net the remote for the G2 looks like a standard 2.5mm Jack. You could easily make a cable to go between the module and the camera. Im pretty certain that it will work.
I replicated this functionality using a couple of transistors and a few resistors. (the camera supplys 5v on the pins so this was the best way to protect the uC)
