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Camera Silencer?

Started Sep 13, 2018 | Discussions thread
Michael Meissner
Michael Meissner Forum Pro • Posts: 28,002
Re: DIY blimps

One thing to think of is with modern cameras that have wifi support is that you don't need to cut a hole in the back for the screen.  Instead you can control it remotely via your phone.  You probably do want some way for heat to leave the system.   If you are recording a movie live, you may need to turn off the sound in your phone.

Typically the lens cannot be zoomed by the phone, unless you have electronic zoom lenses.  On my Olympus and Panasonic system, there are 4 lenses that they made a few years ago that do electronic zoom, but nothing recently.  I find my compact cameras (LX10 and Stylus1 to be better since I can zoom the lens via phone).

If your camera has a touch screen, it can be helpful if you don't use the phone control to replace the arrow keys and shutter release.  I put cameras into various steampunk boxes, and I find it is simplest if I enable the touch screen to both set the focus point and take the picture (normally I only use the touch screen to set the focus point).

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