Arduino should calculate how far to turn the pulley after each shot and how long the delay should be between shots. Only thing that needs to be set up in the arduino is the number of pictures and the total duration of the process.
When i set up the camera in manual mode, imho it should not be necessary to copy the shutter time setting to the camera by hand. I appreciate your input but i am not looking for another way to make my project work. I think we are on the same page on these project I'm sorry for late updates, just finished school, and been trolling for a decent work lately, but these Monday, MAGIC I got a job I hope you manage to do what you want it to, and please feel free to ask. I got my stand alone arduino and a usb programmer a while ago, but i cant make the usb programmer do its work, so i have ordered a standard uno, which i steal the ship from, and use the arduino board as a programmer instead so it only got one "hold" when camera was triggered.)
I have a TF-326 Flash Hot Shoe to PC Sync Adapter for CANON, and going to use it to an analog input on the arduino, had some problems when it was connected on a digital pin on my test rig (it could not sense the "open" circuit. but confidence enough to try it on my 550d, YES I am going to use the 5 volt on center pin, and shorted to ground as a "hold" signal.ġ00% NO. I'm so confidence on my measurements as I can be. I don't care that much about my Arduino board as long as it doesn't kill my camera. Does anyone have a pin out of the hot shoe for a Canon EOS 60d? Are you sure the pin-outs are optoisolated from the camera. This will minimize image blur since the shutter is only open when the camera is stationary. I'm using a belt drive stepper motor to move my slider and this seems to produce some vibration, so I'm going to use the ML bulb ramping function to do a Move Shoot Move arrangement. I am working on the same problem, while creating a intervalometer with an arduino is pretty straight forward, the functionality of the bulb ramping of Magic Lantern is worth letting the camera control the slider. Thank you very much for you help, i hope you understand why i like this idea. The most burning question is, how can i send commands via USB to the Arduino in Magic Lantern? My Arduino still didn’t arrive… hopefully he comes this week. Thanks for your great work on MagicLantern. Im intrested in learning to program those things and thought this might me a great project. If you got that done, you have no housing for the arduino and its shield, the display might be okay for setting those things up, but the camera display is much more comfortable and you get to use the D-Pad. For the DIY-Kit you need some advanced knowledge in that stuff and equipment. The Dollyshield is awesome, but it is not very cheap if you buy it as a complete thing.
So after sending the shutterEvent, wait the seconds set for exposure plus some delay and then move the slider. Using this function with an extra for controlling the arduino. Magic Lantern (the firmware on the camera) has a built in intervalometer function. Hey, thank you very much about your answers.