Re: Synchronizing Inexpensive Digital Camera Shutters

On Aug 12, 5:42 am, default <defa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:24:43 -0700, Pooua <po...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I have not found any stereoscopic cameras that meet my needs, so I
would like to assemble something that might. I want to rig two point-
and-shoot digital cameras together so they will record a stereoscopic
image. The problem is synchronizing the shutters. It should be
possible to use one camera for focusing, with the other camera set as
a slave. But, I don't know what circuitry would allow for this. Does
anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you.

http://www.laureanno.com/RCNEW/aiptekmod.htm

I didn't build the RC trigger this guy uses, but I did use his
instructions for taking apart the camera and tapping into the shutter
control.

Since there is only on control, the shutter, it will almost always
just be a SPST switch. This suggests that it really should be quite
easy to do. On things with a scanned keyboard, the CD4016 can be used
to replace the switch closure.


.

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