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DSLR Remote Plus (Donate) 1.3.1
This is the donate version of the free appDSLR Remote(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dslrremote). Youmight want to install the free version first to check thateverything works fine with your camera / phone or tabletcombination.Additional features in the donate version:1. Integrated ND calculator2. Home screen widget for shutter release3. Control via the devices volume buttons4. Motion Trigger using the phones/tablets camera5. Exposure end notification6. Video Start/Stop button for Sony NEX camerasStandard functions (among others) are:1. Simple Remote control2. Delayed Shots3. Series of shots with fixed interval (e.g for time lapse)4. Bulb exposures5. Combinations from 2., 3. and 4.6. High-Dynamic-Range-Sequences (HDR)7. Time controlled HDR-Sequences (Combination of Timer andHDR)8. Triggering of shots or start of Timer or HDR sequences by theambient light sensor on your smartphone (keyword: lightbarrier)9. Triggering of shots or start of Timer or HDR sequences by theinternal or an external microphoneIn various models Canon seems to limit the precision of the bulbmode to one second. So HDR exposures below 1 second and/or with afraction of a second (as 1.5 sec) are rounded to the full second.DSLR Remote Plus can't do anything about that! Reported models sofar: 400D, 500D, 550D, 5D II.Using a built-in IR sender:DSLR Remote should work with the built-in IR sender of the followigdevices (don't forget to choose the right camera brand and toswitch your camera into remote mode):Samsung- All Samsung devices with built-in IR senderThere seems to be a bug in some/all Samsung devices: in powersaving mode the IR blaster doesn't work correctly! So, make sure toswitch your device into normal (non-power saving) mode before usingDSLR Remote.HTC- All HTC devices with built-in IR senderLGThe QRemote API Revision 4 should support sending raw IR data(neccessary for DSLR Remote to work) on the followingdevices:- G Flex2, G2, G3, G3 A, G3 Screen, G Pro2(for more details see http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveOverview.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS#supporteddev)The QRemote API Revision 3 only supports sending raw IR data on thefollowing devices:- G3SonyUnfortunately, doesn't the Sony native IR API provide the featureneeded by any remote app like DSLR Remote, as is deploying its ownIR codes as data with the app. The only thing possible in the APIis using codes learned from physical remotes or codes supplied withthe phone/tablet. If your device doesn't run Android 4.4.2 (Kitkat)or Kitkat can not support the built-in IR hardware of your devicefor the above mentioned reason, please use a IR dongle or cablerelease hardware as described on the DSLR Remote website.Other BrandsWith integration of the Android 4.4.2 (Kitkat) IR API DSLR Remoteshould work with all devices with a built-in IR Blaster supportedby the Kitkat IR API.Using DSLR Remote hardware:Caution: a few smartphone types do not output high enough volume ontheir ear phone jack to make the infrared harware work properly. Inaddition a few camera types (e.g. Canon EOS 550D) are still notproperly controlled remotely via the infrared receiver. In thatcase you might want to choose the cable control (transistors)instead.Supported camera brands when using as an infraredremote:Canon, Fuji, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax and SonyIf it doesn't work for you, feel free to contact the author,instead of voting one star. Contact informations are given belowand on the authors website (http://bitshift.bplaced.net).
