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prototype light interupt camera trigger

I want to take photos of bats. So I'm building a trigger with lego mindstorms. (It's what I have) This is a crude prototype, the motor will be replaced by an electronic trigger very soon to eliminate the 1/10 sec delay in triggering.

 

As a surrogate bat I have a paper plane launched at just under 10m/s. It's all rather succesful if not particularly aesthetic just now.

 

Strobist: flagged flash set to 50hz strobe, radio trigger connected to lego mindstorms, light beam gets broken and the flash goes off less than 1/10 sec later. Shutter open in dark room for 2 secs.

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Uploaded on January 10, 2010