Laser

This laser, which plugs into either of the Sensor ports on the Camera Axe, isn't really a sensor. All it does is create a laser beam of light. It works with the light sensor to create a laser trigger. All you do is hold the light sensor in place with a clamp and then aim this laser at it until it strikes the light sensor and clamp the laser into place. When something breaks the laser beam a change in light levels is detected and the Camera Axe takes a picture. This technique has a wide variety of uses from detecting your dog walking down the hallway to taking pictures of a popping balloon. Any stand alone pen laser will work as a substitute for this device. The only advantage this device has is that you can have the Camera Axe turn off the laser as it's taking a picture so the red dot never ends up in your photographs.

Here's an example images captured with this sensor. The exploding yogurt broke the beam. A microphone would have also worked for this shot, but with the laser we didn't have to experiment to find the correct delay time.



Hare are the Camera Axe settings for this picture:

Camera/Flash1 (Flash)

• Type: Flash
• Trigger by: Sensor1
• Delay (ms): 0
• Cycle: 5

Camera/Flash2 (Nothing)

• Type: Doesn't matter
• Trigger by: None
• Delay (ms): Doesn't matter
• Cycle: Doesn't matter

Sensor1 (Light Sensor)

• Trigger on: Low
• Value: 950
• Power: On

Sensor2 (Laser)

• Trigger on: Doesn't matter
• Value: Doesn't matter
• Power: Off on Sensor1