[Maurice] let us know that his latest photography tool for hackers, the Camera Axe 3.0, is now available. The original allowed you to trigger a high-speed flash and camera from a multitude of sensors, including light and sound. The new one does all that, but also: allows multiple cameras or multiple flashes, clean up of software to make it more user adaptable, and the best (arguably the most important) part – cheaper components! All that and more under the Creative Commons that we do love so much. Keep up the amazingly detailed and just pure awesome work [Maurice].
This looks really good. It’s fun watching projects evolve from rough prototypes to finished products.
Cool – and they do sensors and control cables etc too. Hope a Sony control cable comes out soon though…
FYI: There’s an atmega chip running the arduino platform in there.
Arduino haters can go suck it.
This project started out good, and as it’s evolved has slowly turned into all kinds of awesome… it’s easily better than any commercially-available tool for photographers who like to experiment.
It’s amazing how much win you can fit in such a small box. :-)
I think this is good idea
@transhumanism: We only hate because we’re tired of implementations that involve nothing more than a few blinking LEDs.
THIS however, is quite useful. I do believe I’ll be building one in the near future. ;)
Thank you folks for the kind words. It good to see that the experts here seem to like it.
Cmnt8r: Sony, Nikon N2, and Olympus camera cables are planned. I just order parts for these from China so it will be a few weeks.
Wow, I am in the process of building something like this, and its interesting to see how different people approach a problem. I’ve gone the other way and integrated the sensors I want, with an optional external sensor. I am running off a lipo battery with onboard recharging, and I support either IR or direct connect of the camera.
This is a clean product, and I’ll be sure to do a write up when i get my pcbs from the fab in a few weeks :)
Just received the kit in the mail, my project over the holidays. :)