Nikon DSLR Bluetooth Controller (Android to Arduino)

[Sethman83]

Very decent work! Is it possible to adjust shutter speed from the phone? I'm thinking very long exposures as in astrophotography. Or maybe having the shutter separately open and close on command.

[mkilci1]

This is awesome. Would you give me some pointers and share the program :)

[zagnut48219]

If you can get this to work on a D70 (not D70s), I'll pull a Dr. Evil and pay you 100 trillion, billion dollars!

[androidpolice]

Have you ever thought of doing a kickstarter project on this to get funding?

[Airazz]

@androidpolice such thing already exists, it's called TriggerTrap and it already got more funding than they needed. Adding a bluetooth board to it yourself is relatively easy.

[jtalada]

Wow how useful? Of just get a wifi transmitter.

[cab674]

Nice idea! As probably to transfer GPS info from phone to camera :)

[skamins1]

Hey, I just stumbled upon this and would be really interested in making one of these for my Nikon, any suggestions to point me in the right direction? Thanks

[SAscottwal]

@skamins1 Well the place to start is definitely with Arduino, I'm not sure if you have any experience working with one, but if not, you should pick up an Arduino Uno for $30 over at sparkfun.com and start playing around. Once you're familiar with the Arduino stuff I'd be happy to give you some pointers of how mine is programmed and give you tips on the circuitry side of it too. Give it a shot, it's a great project!

[jclim001]

Cool!! I think you can do even more with the new Android 80k for devices and can develop more useful devices for the future... Keep it up!!

[hellodevice]

Great! I am very impressed with your job. I have seen you have trouble in entering command through SENA BTerm. You will be able to send command by clicking button instead of entering it, if you customize the data for function keys and special keys at SENA BTerm. You will find the feature at Customizing Function Keys / Special Keys section of the SENA BTerm manual. I hope your ideas come true soon.

[CalyptratusTZM]

Great! Nice work there, I'll put it on my camera-to-do list, so perhaps there will be a Canon version posted in a few years ;)

[SAscottwal]

@CalyptratusTZM Thanks! This version should work on Canon too, since I believe they have a similar 3-wire shutter release port, so a Canon version may be closer than you think!

[juliosenefranca]

Nice Idea! I’m thinking about another option to use your equipment: change the camera for strobes and create an application for Android/iPhone to fire external strobes when cell phone cameras take a photo. This will create another level for cell phone photos.