Ergo
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I must first apologize for posting something that relates to photography. Please read the boring stuff and see the picture for details. After extensive research and development and a hell of a bunch of ice, the " ODD POD / IR REMOTE" is finished and I am happy to share the boring details. This started as a project that would enable me to climb to the top of a waterfall and hold the camera out on a pole to take a picture of the falls from the top down. Attempts to use mirrors to bounce the IR signal off of mirrors proved to be too " Rube Goldberg." Here is what I arrived at.
I bought a WOOSTER POSITIVE LOCK SHERLOCK telescoping paint roller extension from Lowes. It is six feet long and telescopes to 12 feet. I removed the threads from the end of it and inserted the center post and tripod head from a SLIK U5000 tripod. It is held in place with the same screws that held the threaded insert and fits perfectly.
I then bought a Phillips Magnavox Universal Learning Remote. It will "learn" the pulse patterns of your IR camera remote by following the training instructions. You simply push a series of buttons as you shoot your camera remote into the learning remote. I set the POWER button to snap pictures. I set the UP VOLUME to do telephoto and the DOWN volume button to go back to wide angle. I won't be zooming and "unzooming" for most shots but it will wake the camera up if it goes to sleep.
Then I soldered a piece of telephone cable to the pins of the LED in the Learning Remote. I used a like LED and soldered it on the other end of the telephone cable. I put a sleeve around the remote LED with a piece of toilet supply line. Yes, we have toilets in Arkansas! Remember that the LED has a wide and a narrow leg and must be wired as such to the existing LED in the learning remote.
I mount the camera backwards on the tripod head and use the adjusting arm to clip the remote LED on the telephone line to that arm with a paper clamp from any office supply store. This positions the LED to pulse in an area where the IR sensor on the front of the camera will pick up the signal every time you click on the converted TV remote.
I'll use this for the waterfall and any other area where you have to get the camera to somewhere that you can't get to. I am the chairman of a local arts and crafts festival and anticipate getting great shots of the event from high in the air without the need for a ladder. There are a million uses ... as long as I don't make a mistake at the waterfall. If you need more info. just email me and I shall be glad to share. Hi Kim.
http://www.pbase.com/image/1583695/medium/jpg--Ergo ( Erg - To My Friends )
' The good old days...when a Hoover was really a Hoover...and lingerie wasn't just something your wife never wore. ' 3DTIM 3/31/02
I bought a WOOSTER POSITIVE LOCK SHERLOCK telescoping paint roller extension from Lowes. It is six feet long and telescopes to 12 feet. I removed the threads from the end of it and inserted the center post and tripod head from a SLIK U5000 tripod. It is held in place with the same screws that held the threaded insert and fits perfectly.
I then bought a Phillips Magnavox Universal Learning Remote. It will "learn" the pulse patterns of your IR camera remote by following the training instructions. You simply push a series of buttons as you shoot your camera remote into the learning remote. I set the POWER button to snap pictures. I set the UP VOLUME to do telephoto and the DOWN volume button to go back to wide angle. I won't be zooming and "unzooming" for most shots but it will wake the camera up if it goes to sleep.
Then I soldered a piece of telephone cable to the pins of the LED in the Learning Remote. I used a like LED and soldered it on the other end of the telephone cable. I put a sleeve around the remote LED with a piece of toilet supply line. Yes, we have toilets in Arkansas! Remember that the LED has a wide and a narrow leg and must be wired as such to the existing LED in the learning remote.
I mount the camera backwards on the tripod head and use the adjusting arm to clip the remote LED on the telephone line to that arm with a paper clamp from any office supply store. This positions the LED to pulse in an area where the IR sensor on the front of the camera will pick up the signal every time you click on the converted TV remote.
I'll use this for the waterfall and any other area where you have to get the camera to somewhere that you can't get to. I am the chairman of a local arts and crafts festival and anticipate getting great shots of the event from high in the air without the need for a ladder. There are a million uses ... as long as I don't make a mistake at the waterfall. If you need more info. just email me and I shall be glad to share. Hi Kim.
http://www.pbase.com/image/1583695/medium/jpg--Ergo ( Erg - To My Friends )
' The good old days...when a Hoover was really a Hoover...and lingerie wasn't just something your wife never wore. ' 3DTIM 3/31/02