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DIY Sound-Activated High-Speed Photography

Posted by Soulskill on from the point-and-pop-a-balloon dept.

eldavojohn writes "Have you ever wanted to catch the perfect photo with your SLR camera but couldn't time the shot just right? Photography enthusiast Matt Richardson brings us an instructional video over at Make Magazine that shows how to use some very basic breadboarding and an Arduino Nano to do some high-speed flash photography that is timed by sound instead of your finger hitting the button on the camera. He pops a balloon and smashes a wine glass to show some results. His code is available on Github, and you can find more of this sly hardware hacker on his YouTube channel."

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  1. Re:OK by hjf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The guy is just another youtube-star-wannabe douche. If you want to make a "tutorial" do it for something real, not a quick and dirty prototype.

  2. Re:OK by hjf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I just skipped through it. Still, the only EXCITING thing it does is to turn off the lights. Still doesn't impress me. You know what would have impressed me?

    If he could trigger Nikons (cheap models allow only "smart" USB triggering) [difficult one]. Also IR transmitter is OK.
    If it had a pot to set the delay [stupid-easy]

  3. Re:OK by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Some really bad things, namely: Lawyers and Christians.

    --
    WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?