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#1
Tragic Lantern / Re: Tragic Lantern for EOS M
July 14, 2013, 08:45:25 PM
@Mixer2, thank you for your efforts also!  I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but I can tell good progress is being made.

@feureau,  I had that particular camera rig made custom for me, since it had to be as lightweight as possible to be lifted by a 5-foot diameter helium balloon.  Regular camera rigs that are not as weight sensitive can be purchased as reasonably priced, easy to build kits here:  http://www.brooxes.com/newsite/BBKK/KITS.html

If you decide to try it, I recommend that you use a cheap, light Canon point and shoot that runs CHDK (such as the A2200 or A2300) before you send your EOS-M skyward  ;-)

Lots more info at the Kite Aerial Photography discussion forum:  http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/discuss/

#2
Tragic Lantern / Re: Tragic Lantern for EOS M
July 14, 2013, 08:00:37 AM
Thanks, guys!

Quote from: feureau on July 14, 2013, 05:51:25 AM
Whoah! That's some really good shot. Mind sharing what your kite rig looks like? How far was it to still be able to trigger with the IR?

The remote only had to travel about a millimeter....an LED coming out of a controller was velcroed right in front of the remote sensor.

Here's a photo of the rig with a NEX-5 on it.  Things have been swapped out and repositioned, but it is quite similar to this original configuration:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyteman/5485199056/

Hey jaybean, can you post a link or two to your timelapses?

Yeah 1%, thank you so much for your efforts to get the EOS-M wired for all our creative uses!


#3
Tragic Lantern / Re: Tragic Lantern for EOS M
July 13, 2013, 11:06:13 PM
I just received one of the $299 EOS-M's yesterday, and got it airborne on my kite aerial photography camera rig today! 

I was planning to trigger the camera with ML's intervalometer, but didn't realize that ML is not working with the new firmware version yet.  Luckily I was able to trigger via infrared remote.  Hoping ML is working with the EOS-M again soon!

Here's my first aerial keeper shot with the EOS-M earlier today:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ml_kap/9276239883/