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Flash'ard + Vivitar 285 : DIY remote flash trigger, with remote power control
Strobist info: SB800, camera mounted (I know, naughty). Bounced off ceiling, TTL BL +2EV.
Defused sun (cloud) from left (via door gobo!).
www.flickr.com/photos/steve_snaps/4678915990/
Anyway, enough of that (just added it because I got comments about the shooting method I used for the last "product" shot I did of these bits and bob).
As you can now see, my remote trigger system has got a little neater (at least where the 285s are concerned). All the pins I require for fire and quench are available on the 5 pin connector used by the 285's varipower unit. So I took one apart, unscrewed its connector, and glued it to a little plastic box I bought from farnell.
For those that are interested... 12 o'clock and 2 o'clock should be the sync positive (unless you replaced the 285's foot and didn't connect the white and green along with the red to the hotshoe centre, in which case you need to add either the white or the green to the red you did connect).
8 o'clock is the common for both the sync and the quench.
6 o'clock is the quench.
This 285 is still powered by 4 x AA cells, so unlike my 283s there isn't a load of spaghetti hanging out of it connected to an SLA. However the recharge time suffers as a result, so I might have to connect it to an SLA after all.
So what is in the mysterious black box I hear you ask?
Well it's a great little microcontroller board called a Jeenode(V4). It has a built in wireless module and a little microprocessor, just write a bit of software and add a little interface board to protect the microcontroller from scary voltages on the flash and away you go.
If you really want a topless picture...
www.flickr.com/photos/steve_snaps/4567175228/
(I know, the box could be a bit smaller!)
Flash'ard + Vivitar 285 : DIY remote flash trigger, with remote power control
Strobist info: SB800, camera mounted (I know, naughty). Bounced off ceiling, TTL BL +2EV.
Defused sun (cloud) from left (via door gobo!).
www.flickr.com/photos/steve_snaps/4678915990/
Anyway, enough of that (just added it because I got comments about the shooting method I used for the last "product" shot I did of these bits and bob).
As you can now see, my remote trigger system has got a little neater (at least where the 285s are concerned). All the pins I require for fire and quench are available on the 5 pin connector used by the 285's varipower unit. So I took one apart, unscrewed its connector, and glued it to a little plastic box I bought from farnell.
For those that are interested... 12 o'clock and 2 o'clock should be the sync positive (unless you replaced the 285's foot and didn't connect the white and green along with the red to the hotshoe centre, in which case you need to add either the white or the green to the red you did connect).
8 o'clock is the common for both the sync and the quench.
6 o'clock is the quench.
This 285 is still powered by 4 x AA cells, so unlike my 283s there isn't a load of spaghetti hanging out of it connected to an SLA. However the recharge time suffers as a result, so I might have to connect it to an SLA after all.
So what is in the mysterious black box I hear you ask?
Well it's a great little microcontroller board called a Jeenode(V4). It has a built in wireless module and a little microprocessor, just write a bit of software and add a little interface board to protect the microcontroller from scary voltages on the flash and away you go.
If you really want a topless picture...
www.flickr.com/photos/steve_snaps/4567175228/
(I know, the box could be a bit smaller!)