Posted by: TigerJimmy
Making a USB cable wireless - camera shutter release - 30/08/2013 14:48
Hi guys,
I've been using my Canon S90 camera for "digiscoping" birds, which means attaching it to my spotting scope and using the spotting scope as a gigantic telephoto lens. It works surprisingly well, the only disadvantage being very shallow depth of field. And camera shake.
Using CHDK firmware on the S90 unlocks a bunch of features that the G-model cameras have, but the S models have crippled. One of these features is a USB remote shutter release.
I bought the shutter release, which connects via the mini-USB on the camera, installed the firmware, and it works fine. It lessens the camera shake, but doesn't eliminate it because there is a short, fairly stiff cable connecting the remote to the camera.
I'd like to make this a wireless connection somehow. Is there a way to do this, possibly with bluetooth? The camera itself doesn't have any bluetooth capability, so I'm envisioning two little battery-powered dongles, that are somehow paired to each other, probably using a computer.
Does anything like this exist?
Thanks!
Jim
I've been using my Canon S90 camera for "digiscoping" birds, which means attaching it to my spotting scope and using the spotting scope as a gigantic telephoto lens. It works surprisingly well, the only disadvantage being very shallow depth of field. And camera shake.
Using CHDK firmware on the S90 unlocks a bunch of features that the G-model cameras have, but the S models have crippled. One of these features is a USB remote shutter release.
I bought the shutter release, which connects via the mini-USB on the camera, installed the firmware, and it works fine. It lessens the camera shake, but doesn't eliminate it because there is a short, fairly stiff cable connecting the remote to the camera.
I'd like to make this a wireless connection somehow. Is there a way to do this, possibly with bluetooth? The camera itself doesn't have any bluetooth capability, so I'm envisioning two little battery-powered dongles, that are somehow paired to each other, probably using a computer.
Does anything like this exist?
Thanks!
Jim