Camera Hack MkII – Light and Motion Trigger
Writing by Dennis on Tuesday, 23 of December , 2008 at 5:57 pm
New Glocal Camera Hack kits have been developed. Much like the originals, these kits are Arduino based camera triggers, but the mark 2 hack kit now contains an accelerometer and a light sensor to increase the possibilities of your photographic experiments. The camera can now be activated by a sudden bright light (for example, a door opening into a dark room), an absence of light (for example breaking a laser path), or by shakes, sudden movements, or tilt in axis.
By automating the firing of the camera, we can move away from images always being made at eye level. The use of these camera triggers allow us to capture images from new perspectives, and in new ways. By actually removing some human control from the equation, we open up possibilities for new and exciting images.
The kit is designed by artist Daniel Joliffe, and this download contains parts lists, assembly guides, schematics and everything you need to know in order to build one. Blank PCB’s are available from us,for free, so just contact us if you are intersted in one. Parts can obtained from Digikey or other online electronics vendors.
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Comment by tgran
Made Sunday, 22 of February , 2009 at 6:27 pm
cool stuff! I think parts of this would be pretty useful for kite aerial photography. You would set it to trigger (burst or intervalometer) when motion on all three axis was below a user defined threshold.
