I was quite proud of myself and very impressed with the MIOPS trigger. Within ten seconds I saw a large bolt of lightning light up the sky and heard the sound of my camera’s shutter.
Smart shooter multi camera manual#
I switched to manual focus, focusing on the horizon and crossed my fingers. I set my camera to a low ISO (100) and a fairly small aperture (f/11) in aperture priority. I stacked our cooler on top of a coffee table and balanced the camera and MIOPS unit on the top. That’s when I realized that in the haste to unpack the night before, I had left my tripod in the car. I went to grab my tripod to set up on the balcony. Remember I’m not a morning person, and I hadn’t even had a cup of coffee yet, so simplicity was paramount. So far, so good! When I turned the unit on, I discovered a very easy to use menu interface. I grabbed the camera to MIOPS connection cable and hooked it up to my Nikon D800. It turns out that the MIOPS comes shipped with the battery approximately 80% charged! I was thrilled.
Smart shooter multi camera install#
I decided to install the battery and take my chances. I was beginning to regret dragging myself out of bed. I also discovered that the MIOPS does not ship with any instructions, which would mean downloading them first! No time for that. The battery would take longer to charge than the storm would last. Oh well, I have an engineering degree, so how hard can this be?Īs I opened the box and found the battery I realized that I should have done a bit more preparation. I hadn’t even opened the MIOPS box yet, let alone read the instructions. Now I’m not a morning person, but I dragged myself out of bed and found my camera. Our first night I woke up around 5:30 in the morning to the sound of thunder. I was very interested to see if this device would increase my strike capture rate. I had successfully captured lightning before, but it was a hit and miss type of capture. Living on the Gulf of Mexico, we get a lot of electrical storms, and this was the main reason I wanted to try the trigger. The weather forecast called for some storms, so I threw the MIOPS into my bag.
I received my MIOPS Smart camera trigger just before we left for a weekend trip to Destin, Florida.
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