So I put the MIOPS in Lightning Mode, connected the cable to my Canon 6D, and manually popped a flash into the camera lens. With no lightning in January in Meridian, Idaho I knew I couldn’t actually test this mode. MIOPS in Lightning Mode, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, f/5, 1 second, ISO 200, 140mm. LIGHTNING MODE Lightning over the Savannah, Georgia City Hall. Let’s look at each mode, how I tested it, and the results I did and sometimes didn’t, achieve. The MIOPS supports several different modes: Lightning, Sound, Timelapse, Laser, HDR, DIY, Scenario, and Cable Release. It takes out the “fast hands and timing luck” element I mentioned in my first article. What it can do is capture the “moment”, doing it with lightning-fast response and repeatability. You will still need to do what good photographers do – Conceive, compose, light, and otherwise craft a good photo. It does not control camera settings, flash output, exposure, light or compose your photo. Responding to an external event, it trips the shutter or fires the flash(es). Instead, I intend to write about my experiences with the device, what worked well and not as well, and where I see it fitting into my photography.įirst, you should understand what a trigger does and doesn’t do. The MIOPS Smart manual is one of the best I’ve seen and can be downloaded. Many such reviews have already done, there are video reviews on Youtube, and the MIOPS site itself is a wealth of information. My intent here is not to write a full description of the MIOPS Smart with a description of each feature and photos of the device itself. A few days later a DHL package arrived from Istanbul. A few weeks later I had a message with an invitation to try the MIOPS Smart. A lucky choice as it turned out! As Improve Photography has an international following, around the world in Istanbul, Turkey, MIOPS CEO, Onur Celik read my article and noted my mention of his product. I learned of the MIOPS trigger only by Googling the web with the search phrase, “camera trigger.” Reading about what it could do, I linked to it as an example of what I was talking about. I’d never used a camera trigger and only had a passing acquaintance with them. The MIOPS Smart Trigger has multiple modes for sound, laser, lightning triggering as well as Time Lapse and HDR modes. Some of these use sound to trigger the shutter and flash, others may use laser beams so that when the beam is broken by the moving object, the shutter and flash are triggered. When you're ready to start shooting even faster-moving objects or find that the “fast hands and timing luck method” isn't sufficient to capture your moving object, you may want to look into a shutter trigger. ![]() ![]() But I also acknowledged that my method had limitations and wrote – My first article for Improve Photography was called “A Beginner’s Guide to High-Speed Photography.” In it, I showed shots where using a high-speed shutter or the blazingly fast speed of a flash, allowed freezing of high-speed action. ![]() But how fast are you? When the difference between getting and missing the shot is measured in milliseconds, are your reflexes and trigger finger up to the task? You consider yourself a pretty good photographer. Photo by Rick Ohnsman You know how to compose, light, and operate your camera. ![]() Canon 6D, Canon 24-105 lens, ISO 200, f/16, Bulb mode, Manual Focus, MIOPS in Sound Mode, Sensitivity 96, Delay 8ms, Lock Off. The speed of a flash at 1/14,000 of a second triggered with the MIOPS trigger in Sound Mode captures this ornament as it breaks on a hammer.
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