Super Cheap and Easy Wireless Remote Shutter under $10

I was looking for an easy way to trigger my D300 shutter with a wireless remote.

I stumbled upon a VERY simple and easy method that costs less then $10.

Should work with most cameras.


In a dark corner of Radio Shack, I found a Garage Door Opener.

www.skylinkhome.com/us/products/ut/g6mr.html

This was $2.50

This was perfect for what I needed.
It replaces a simple push button switch and triggers it wirelessly.
Two cables come out the top, intended for the garage door motor.
Instead, this can be used as a wireless switch for any electronics.

I used it by connecting its two wires to a 3/32mm audio jack $3 from radio shack.

some cameras allow you to plug a similar plug directly into the camera.
Unfortunately for the D300, it has some stupid special port.
I had to interface with a shutter release cable.
If you have a D300 too, buy one of these
www.amazon.com/Remote-Shutter-Release-Digital-Cameras/dp/B001G9WAF2

and swap out the button for the garage door opener.

Super Cheap and Easy, under $10 wireless remote shutter.

Hope someone can use this too!

Comments

[admin]

This project looks awesome but there isn't enough documentation of you actually making it to be a full Instructable. There are two things which you could do. 1) If you happen to have images of you making your project you can create some more steps, add those additional photos into your Instructable and then republish your Instructable. 2) If you don't have any more pictures of you working on your project, that's ok too. That just means that your project is better suited to be submitted as a slideshow. Your images are already in your library, and you can use the same text that you have already written for your Instructable so it should only take a few minutes to create your slideshow and show the world what you made! Thanks for your submission and let me know if you have any questions along the way.

[Arihant.exe]

It might be too late for this comment, but I don't have access to a Garage Door Opener. Instead, I have this remote on and off switch that I got off eBay that plugs into the wall socket (220v) and the plug to the appliance (rated 220v) goes into it. It cuts off the supply as soon as I press the button on the supplied remote. So it's kind of like:

Wall Outlet <=== The wireless on/off device<==== The appliance to connect.

Now if anyone help me, or just give me a pointer on how to go about making that wireless switch work as the voltage it's rated for is 220v and I believe those two wires coming out from the 3/32" are rated to work on much less electricity than that. Let me know if I made it too confusing. I'm just not good with all the jargon.

[kelseymh]

This is a really gret concept, but the writeup is way too short. 

You need to break out the different stages of the process into separate "Steps", with individual pictures showing progress along the way.  Especially, the mods/assembly of each component should have their own individual steps.  The goal is to provide enough detail that someone else -- without you standing there helping -- could reproduce what you did.

Take a look at some other highly rated I'bles (Phil_B or Kiteman are great candidates) to see what you should be aiming for.

[tailortrik]

 I did not want to make a soldering instruction.

There was no modification to the device at all. except for adding some wires.