{"id":650792,"date":"2013-04-05T10:14:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T14:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=792914"},"modified":"2013-04-05T10:14:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T14:14:05","slug":"shutterbox-turns-your-android-phone-into-a-sophisticated-sensor-laden-remote-camera-trigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650792","title":{"rendered":"ShutterBox Turns Your Android Phone Into A Sophisticated, Sensor-Laden Remote Camera Trigger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/shutterbox.jpg?w=100&amp;h=70&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterbox\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/730523460\/shutterbox-wireless-camera-trigger\/widget\/video.html\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A new <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/730523460\/shutterbox-wireless-camera-trigger\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a> from San Antonio-based Ubertronix, Inc. aims to turn your Android smartphone into a wireless trigger for your DSLR. The project follows others that offer similar devices, but this one, the brainchild of Josiah Leverich, who founded Ubertronix a little over a year ago to build camera remote hardware, has some unique elements, including a way to use your smartphone as a\u00a0lightning\u00a0sensor for capturing impressive storm photos.<\/p>\n<p>Ubertronix began as a way for Leverich to build and\u00a0market\u00a0his Strike Finder camera trigger product, which is a dedicated piece of hardware that features built-in sensors to help capturing high-speed photography, and lightning specifically. The ShutterBox is an extension of that tech, which features a hot shoe-mounted receiver box that communicates wirelessly with your Android smartphone via Bluetooth. It uses the phone&#8217;s built-in sensors for triggering automatic shutter\u00a0activation, including light sensors for lightning, as well as motion detection for capturing wildlife or other movement-based events.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/shutterbox.jpg\"><\/a>The ShutterBox can also be used as a standard wireless remote for triggering single shots, time lapse, bursts of exposures and more. It&#8217;s even designed to be able to work with multiple slave units for capture across multiple cameras at once, or for triggering remote flashes in a studio setting.<\/p>\n<p>The idea behind ShutterBox is to leverage the devices already in users&#8217; hands instead of making them invest in and learn new proprietary hardware. The ShutterBox receiver will still cost you $199 as a pre-order (or $249 retail), but since a lot of its features are app-based, there&#8217;s ample potential for later capability improvements and expansion.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/lightning.jpg\"><\/a>Ubertronix has already manufactured hardware in the past, and has already penned an agreement with a Texas-based company to build the PCBs required for the ShutterBox. It&#8217;s got a wide range of camera\u00a0compatibility, and the startup is only seeking $25,000 in\u00a0initial\u00a0funding with an initial target ship date of June 2013. More cameras are coming with Wi-Fi remote functions built-in, like the Canon 6D, but if the ShutterBox can truly leverage smartphone sensors as well as it claims to be able to, that would add considerably to the value of a remote trigger app.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com\/792914\/\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=6iYWmeydnmw:Ea_76LpnF2Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=6iYWmeydnmw:Ea_76LpnF2Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=6iYWmeydnmw:Ea_76LpnF2Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=6iYWmeydnmw:Ea_76LpnF2Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=6iYWmeydnmw:Ea_76LpnF2Y:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Kickstarter campaign from San Antonio-based Ubertronix, Inc. aims to turn your Android smartphone into a wireless trigger for your DSLR. 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