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Jul 20, 2012 10:26 |  #1

I have been looking all over the internet for a good lightning trigger; anyone here have one? Do you like it? I'm kinda liking the looks of this one from AEO:
http://www.aeophoto.co​m/LS3Spec.html (external link)
Can anyone help me out?

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Jul 20, 2012 10:28 |  #2
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I use Bowens Pulsar.
There are a ton out there from el cheapo to delux PW.
The Pulsar is in between and works well.


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Jul 20, 2012 10:40 |  #3

This one is around a hundred bucks more ($237), but it has the manual sensitivity control:
http://www.aeophoto.co​m/LS3ProSpec.html (external link)


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Jul 20, 2012 11:21 |  #4

If you have electronics knowledge or at least can follow a schematic you can use an Arduino and build your own for next to nothing. That is what I did, I can send you my schematic if I remember and if I can find it, heh.


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Jul 20, 2012 11:44 |  #5

Jaymz; I'm quite interested; how well does it work?
I'd be interested in seeing the schematic!
What part did you use for the sensor? I already have a circuit here for sound that dad built; there's a chance we might just need a sensor to plug in.


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Jul 20, 2012 12:19 |  #6

It works very well, I set the camera to high speed shutter, manual focus, and spend a couple minutes adjusting the sensitivity (UV light will also trigger it). I just used a photo transistor mounted inside a Bic pen tube, so I can slide it out for wider area of view or in deeper for narrower view to trigger the camera.


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