Remote Camera Trigger

[Jermainem]

I've had a look and I can't seem to find anything that useful on it, but are there any remote triggers (in the style of say a pocket wizard plus iii) that are made for Fujifilm? I'd like to start introducing some different angles to my sports photography with a remote camera, but there doesn't seem to be an efficient way of doing so whilst having a good amount of range, unless I've overlooked it.

My initial thoughts are to use a normal flash trigger that has good range but also has a remote trigger port as well on the transmitter and receiver. Any thoughts let me know, I feel like I may be vastly overlooking some functionality that would make this an easy process for fuji.

 

[Alan Sh]

What about a remote trigger - something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B091HXDN7R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Alan

 

[Greybeard2017]

I've had a look and I can't seem to find anything that useful on it, but are there any remote triggers (in the style of say a pocket wizard plus iii) that are made for Fujifilm? I'd like to start introducing some different angles to my sports photography with a remote camera, but there doesn't seem to be an efficient way of doing so whilst having a good amount of range, unless I've overlooked it.

My initial thoughts are to use a normal flash trigger that has good range but also has a remote trigger port as well on the transmitter and receiver. Any thoughts let me know, I feel like I may be vastly overlooking some functionality that would make this an easy process for fuji.

Have you tried using the app with a mobile phone? Does that give you the range you need?

 

[Kaoticphoto]

depending on the range you need you can use the smartphone APP, or a simple JCC Bluetooth trigger like this one I use https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0CGHTPMKD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

if you need longer range you have to go radio, I still have some old flash trigger (Cactus V6II) that worked well in the past; or if you are invested in GODOX system and you already have a flash trigger you can buy an X1R, in good condition you can fire at 100mt

 

[Jermainem]

What about a remote trigger - something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B091HXDN7R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Alan

I did see this but I feel like it could somewhat hinder me with one of the triggers not being able to connect to a hotshoe. Also I'm not sure how compatible they would be with adding another transmitter/receiver into the mix in case I wanted an additional camera to trigger.

 

[Jermainem]

I've had a look and I can't seem to find anything that useful on it, but are there any remote triggers (in the style of say a pocket wizard plus iii) that are made for Fujifilm? I'd like to start introducing some different angles to my sports photography with a remote camera, but there doesn't seem to be an efficient way of doing so whilst having a good amount of range, unless I've overlooked it.

My initial thoughts are to use a normal flash trigger that has good range but also has a remote trigger port as well on the transmitter and receiver. Any thoughts let me know, I feel like I may be vastly overlooking some functionality that would make this an easy process for fuji.

Have you tried using the app with a mobile phone? Does that give you the range you need?

No it needs to be triggered by another camera, I don't think I made that as clear in my initial post but it would be for a multicam setup basically where the camera in my hands would be firing the release for the mounted camera at the same time.

 

[Jermainem]

depending on the range you need you can use the smartphone APP, or a simple JCC Bluetooth trigger like this one I use https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0CGHTPMKD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

if you need longer range you have to go radio, I still have some old flash trigger (Cactus V6II) that worked well in the past; or if you are invested in GODOX system and you already have a flash trigger you can buy an X1R, in good condition you can fire at 100mt

I don't think I explained it well it enough in the initial post, but the trigger would need to be fired simultaneously from one camera to the other (it would be a multicam set up, as an example I'm shooting from the sidelines in a football match, or soccer whatever your persuasion is, and I'm able to use the transmitter to release the shutter on a camera behind the goal, perhaps, at that same time).

Generally how I've seen other sports photogs do it is to use a pocket wizard but they're not as popular nowadays. However the X1R looks like it has potential though! I already own a couple godox products so I'll see what I can do with it.

 

[Kaoticphoto]

Yes x1r will works, same as cactus v6

 

[Alan Sh]

Ah, I see. No, my suggestion would not work. I don't know of anything that will trigger another camera from the first one. But I am sure someone does.

Alan

 

[jaberg]

I can fire the remote camera using the “TEST” button of a Flashpoint R2 Single Point Tranceiver. Unfortunately, the trigger won’t the “fire” the remote camera if the transmitter is tripped via a hotshoe/“flash” input. It must be fired manually. The unit itself could be attached to your in-hand camera for convenience though — you’d have the trigger close at hand.

The receiver on the remote camera is another R2 SPT in RX mode. It’s connected to the camera’s Mic/Remote port with a 1’ 3.5mm - 2.5mm TRS cable. ($1 at the local My Cable Mart.)

Not quite what you’re hoping for, but $50 all-in.

Normally I use the R2 SPTs to fire my manual studio strobes using my Godox flash remotes.

 

[Erik9999]

The hahnel CAPTURE seems to do it (depending on the cameras used). I have not used it for some time, but what I remember is that it can work 2 ways.

I can put the transmitter on my X-H2 and the receiver on the X-S10 and use the camera trigger on the X-H2 to fire both cameras. But it does not work when using the X-S10 as the main camera.

You can also put a receiver (2 needed) on each camera and then use the transmitter unit as the trigger.

They are rather large units and I needed to source out additional cables for the X-S10. I can do some testing if you wish.

 

[Erik9999]

The hahnel CAPTURE seems to do it (depending on the cameras used). I have not used it for some time, but what I remember is that it can work 2 ways.

I can put the transmitter on my X-H2 and the receiver on the X-S10 and use the camera trigger on the X-H2 to fire both cameras. But it does not work when using the X-S10 as the main camera.

You can also put a receiver (2 needed) on each camera and then use the transmitter unit as the trigger.

They are rather large units and I needed to source out additional cables for the X-S10. I can do some testing if you wish.

Sorry, I got it the wrong way round. I can use the X-S10 as the trigger camera, but not the X-H2. It may only work for older model cameras?

 

[Jermainem]

The hahnel CAPTURE seems to do it (depending on the cameras used). I have not used it for some time, but what I remember is that it can work 2 ways.

I can put the transmitter on my X-H2 and the receiver on the X-S10 and use the camera trigger on the X-H2 to fire both cameras. But it does not work when using the X-S10 as the main camera.

You can also put a receiver (2 needed) on each camera and then use the transmitter unit as the trigger.

They are rather large units and I needed to source out additional cables for the X-S10. I can do some testing if you wish.

Sorry, I got it the wrong way round. I can use the X-S10 as the trigger camera, but not the X-H2. It may only work for older model cameras?

It's actually very weird, so I've found exactly the same issue in my tests, I can trigger the X-H2s directly by cable from the X-T5 PC sync port but I can't do it the opposite way around, I'm not sure if there's a setting I need to change on the X-H2s but it doesn't seem to trigger the shutter of any camera (I also tested with an older canon dslr which worked when trigger with the X-T5 but not the X-H2s confusingly) so it seems there's something about the X-H2(s) that is messed up in that sense.