Sabre Switch TRIGGERSMART Instruction Manual - page 17
17.Setthecameratotherequiredsettingsinrespectofshutterspeed,aperture,etc,
havingregardtodepthoffieldandtheamountofmovementtobeallowedinthe
shot.
18.Considerlockingthecameramirrorinthe‘UP’position,ifpossible,asthiscuts
downevenfurtherthereactiontimeofthecamera.
19.SettheSENSITIVITY-ACTIVE/INHIBITswitchtoACTIVE(GREENLED).Thecamera
willnowbetriggeredatthenextdetectionofanobjectpassingthroughthebeam.
20.Trialanderrorinthesettingsusedinrespectofthecamera,shutterspeed,
aperture,lighting,triggerdelay,etc,willenabletheoperatortofindtheoptimum
settingsfortheresultsrequired.(Therangeofpossiblesettingsconfigurationsis
almostendlesswhencombinedwiththoseofthecamera.)
21.Considerationshouldalsobegiventothedistancebetweenthebeamandthe
camera.Forinstance,anobjectdroppingthroughthebeamwillhaveafinitetravelling
timebeforeitreachesthepointatwhichitentersthecamera’sview.Itmaybe
advantageoustoincreasethedistancebetweenthebeamdetectionandthecamera
andthenutilisethetriggerdelaytoadjustthepointatwhichthecameraactuates.
Severalattemptscouldproduceatime/distancetypecharttooptimisesuccessrates.
SAMPLE SCENARIO 4 – MANUAL TRIGGER
ThecameramayberemotelyoperatedbypressingtheTRIGGERbuttondespiteanyofthe
othersettingsmadeontheMCT-1.ContinuedoperationoftheTRIGGERbuttonwiththecamera
settomultipleexposuresettingswillcausethecameratoshootcontinuallyuntilpressureon
thebuttonisreleased.
SAMPLE SCENARIO 5 – AUXILIARY OUTPUT
TwocamerasmaybeconnecteddirectlytotheMCT-1viathetriggeroutsockets.However,it
mustberememberedthatthecamerapre-focusingfacilityONLYappliestotheoutputmarked
asCAMERA.TheoutputconnectionmarkedAUX.,willactivatethecamerashutterbutnotthe
focus.Therefore,thesecondcameramustbemanuallyfocused.
ThesecondTRIGGEROUTcircuitcanalsobeusedtooperateavarietyofadditionalequipment.
Thiscouldincludeaslaveoranadditionalflashgun.However,onlyoneitemofadditional
equipmentshouldbeconnectedatanyonetime.
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Auxiliaryconnections