I thought so, and that's what I'm suggesting: a possible way to
interface a PC via USB to any Pentax camera that has a cable release
socket. It would be a DIY project as I don't think anyone has done this
to date (Googling turned up zip).
Here, for example, is a USB i/f lighting some LEDs:
http://www.dlpdesign.com/images/bit-bang-usb.pdf
Just hook this thing up to close a cable release circuit and *click*.
-bmw
On 11-02-03 12:44 PM, Robert Blakely wrote:
I will be shooting ~32 shots, each a multisecond exposure, thru each of 4
filters, perhaps up to ~128 in total. Automated computer control is almost
necessary to keep me from going nuts.
Bob...
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Subject: Re: K5
On 11-02-02 1:43 PM, Robert Blakely wrote:
Tnx. Well, guess I'll wait for the "K1" and see it's tether capable...
Robert, have you considered using the shutter cable release? The remote
shutter cable is just a single 2-wire circuit that you close to actuate.
If you are at all handy with a soldering iron you should be able to
interface a K-7 or K-5 (or K20, etc) to a PC using an external interface
(eg optocoupler and one of those USB prototyping kits).
-bmw
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