Thats really cool, thanks for sharing! Do you have to hold the button down, or can you set it to lock it in running unless pushed again (ie like the RL on the XL-S' trigger)?
RichardB wrote:Thats really cool, thanks for sharing! Do you have to hold the button down, or can you set it to lock it in running unless pushed again (ie like the RL on the XL-S' trigger)?
Hi, if you press the button for three or more seconds and then release the button, the camera runs until you hold the button again. If you press it less than three sec. the camera stop when the button is released.
It works with Nizo professional too. I asume it will work with Nizo 801, 800, etc
You can see in the pic a Nizo professional with remote on/off and angle viewfinder
It's just an on-off switch. That's how they work-- most S8 cameras do this (after about 1970), the ones that lack the old-fashioned wire remote.
There's always a voltage on one of the internal leads to the jack. When you plug the remote cord in and power up the camera, if the switch is on, it will complete the circuit to a solenoid (or logic gates), which triggers the camera. Power off and the camera stops. The polarity doesn't matter on these cords.
The voltage is also very low, which means you can run a remote line for hundreds of feet. It's easy to make one of these, and they can be used with most cameras. Some later cameras just need a single voltage pulse to start, like a push button, but a regular switch will work the same.
Earlier S8 cameras actually powered through these leads, which meant remote control relied upon a separate battery pack with a switch. They don't work the same way.
