TPB #45 – Automated Finish Line Photos using the Camera Axe

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In this week’s video I talk about using a motion/distance sensor with the Camera Axe to automatically take photos of people running a race. The sensor will detect a person running past and then trigger the camera. In this video I go over the Camera Axe setting, camera Settings, and then do an example run (pun intended).

I found this use of the motion sensor to work very well. I expect it would be easy to adapt it to work with wildlife photography. Whatever your use case make sure you test ahead of time for things like battery life and weather resistance. These are areas I didn’t cover in this video and will probably do future episodes about them.

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  1. Ric  April 14, 2012

    Great idea, neat sensor use.
    I think it is really cool that you could set up two cameras with one sensor and consider taking simultaneous side view with one and a “face shot” with the other, or capture the agony of thee feet! Also the fact that the Camera Axe is capable enough to have two motion sensors, each one independently associated with a separate camera and be able to capture two different motion based events only limited by cable lengths.
    …Ric

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