If you want to use a wire you can control a small relay with a battery nearer the camera. But many bird photographers use wireless shutter releases and you could do a Google search for information about these. I know someone who does this but can't give you details because he's working on a project that will eventually be marketed. I can tell you that for releasing the shutter he's using off the shelf wireless equipment.
Don mike wilson wrote: >> From: Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2006/06/20 Tue PM 08:02:32 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: loooooooong distance remote or IR release >> >> >> On Jun 20, 2006, at 2:35 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> >> >>> How much length might you need. >>> >> Oh, a hell of a lot. Couple hundred feet. >> > > You might start running into resistance problems at that distance. The > resistance of the wire is enough to make the camera think that the shutter > button is still unpushed. IIRC, the Pentax IR remote works up to 250ft. > > >> Thanks for the suggestions, all. Anyone got any thoughts on adapting a >> foot pedal to do the job? I really only need the shooting position -- >> AF will be disabled and exposure will be locked in. >> >> Ideally, I want to be able to shoot while also using another camera in >> my hands. >> >> -Aaron >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
