In order to use the app, the photographer does need to purchase a “dongle” which consists of two parts: the first isolates the camera and the mobile device electrically, and the second is a cable that connects to the remote switch input on the desired camera. Currently over 280 cameras are supported and the dongle/cable combination is only $29.95!
The app and cable combo turn your mobile device (be it a mobile phone, iPad, or Touch) into an event-driven triggering system that can trigger your camera based upon specific external events. The following is a list of the flexibility of the system (depending upon the capabilities of your particular phone/tablet):
- time-lapse Mode
- TimeWarp™ Mode
- Sound sensor Mode
- Shock & Vibration sensor Mode
- Metal & magnetism sensor Mode
- Facial recognition Mode
- LE HDR Mode
- LE HDR time-lapse Mode
- DistanceLapse™ Mode
- Motion detection Mode
- Cable Release Mode
- Star trail Mode
- Bulb Ramping Time lapse
- Wi-Fi Slave Mode
- Wi-Fi Master Mode (trigger other devices running Triggertrap Mobile
- Sunset & Sunrise Calculator
- Lag-o-Meter
All those features for only $29.95!!
What Does the Triggertrap Mobile Do?
Let me go over a few of the capabilities of the Triggertrap Mobile. The Triggertrap Mobile can be quickly set up to capture a time-lapse sequence, but if your mobile device has a GPS, it can also be set to trigger the camera based upon distance traveled instead of time that passes. This can produce some amazing non-stop time-lapse sequence out of a car window, etc. Another timelapse feature is called Timewarp which allows the photographer to change the time sequence between capture frames to speed up or slow down the time-lapse sequence as it is being captured. The Triggertrap can also do bulb ramping in order to capture the change of light levels during sunrises and sunsets.
In addition to time-lapse, the Triggertrap Mobile may also be used to trigger the camera based upon external events such as movement of the device (and the sensitivity of movement to trigger the camera is adjustable!), it can also trigger the camera based upon background motion by comparing a captured still image to the live background (assuming your mobile device has a built-in camera!), it can also trigger the camera based upon facial recognition (also assuming a built-in camera). All of these modes are easily set and are have fully adjustable parameters.
The Triggertrap Mobile can be easily set to capture multiple exposure for HDR processing, including HDR time-lapse sequences!
If that wasn’t all, the app now has wi-fi capability that allows two mobile devices to communicate with each other to provide the triggering mechanism to fire your camera remotely. In fact, you don’t need an external camera as Triggertrap Mobile will even work with the camera built into your mobile device!
Haje has been a guest on The Fotobug podcast Episode 41 and Episode 55 which I recommend you listen to! You can download the mobile apps from the Google App Play Store (for Android devices) and from iTunes for Apple IOS devices. The dongle and cables can be ordered directly from www.triggertrap.com and are also available at Amazon.com
Bottom Line…
While the Triggertrap Mobile is not capable of capturing high-speed events such as speeding bullets like its big brother, The Triggertrap, you really can’t beat the flexibility it provides for the small amount of money it costs. Not to mention it currently support over 300 different camera models! Highly recommended!!
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If you get in before April 19, 2013, you can get an even better deal – only $29.95 a month for the first year! If you are a teacher or student, you only pay $19.95 a month.
These prices aren’t per program, or only for a couple of the Adobe products – it covers nearly the entire Adobe suite of products! The creative suite would cost $1899 under the regular purchase plan, or $600 a year under the new plan (paid by the month and only $360 if you get in before April 19th). In addition, you can also stop at any time – no contract or obligation.
Here are some of the programs you get under the Creative Cloud program: Photoshop Extended, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Audition, InDesign, Flash Professional, Fireworks, Acrobat Pro, Prelude – and I would go on, but my fingers are numb!! In addition, you also get 20Gb of Cloud shared space, ProSite and Behence. If that wasn’t enough, you will also get instant access to all new updates, enhancements and bug fixes.
If you only use one or two Adobe products, then the Creative Cloud may not be any financial advantage. However, for someone like me who uses Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, and Audition (for The Fotobug podcast), upgrading the separate programs would cost me a lot more that $600 per year – and I took advantage of the first year special at $29.95 a month!
I highly recommend, if you use two or more Adobe products, that you take a serious look at this new offering. You will not only save yourself some money, but with all those programs, it’s like being a kid in a candy store and you can have all the candy you want!
UPDATE 9/22/13: We just interviewed Mr. Timothy Plumer from Adobe who answers some listener questions about Creative Cloud and discusses the Creative Cloud offerings and program. I recommend you check out The Fotobug Podcast #87!
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