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Triggertrap open-sources mobile app code

07 Jun

Following the demise of the company, Triggertrap has first open-sourced the mobile dongle hardware of its innovative remote camera control system. Now it has also published the source code of the accompanying Android and iOS apps on Github. This means there is a good chance the apps will be updated to work with future mobile OS versions and current owners of the Triggertrap hardware will be able to use it for a lot longer.

Triggertrap founder Haje Jan Kamps said “I am so excited that even if the company doesn’t continue, that the software we made has a chance to live on and survive future iOS updates and changes in Android. Between that, and open-sourcing the hardware component of Triggertrap, I hope that the app is able to continue to help photographers for many years to come.”

You can read Triggertrap’s full announcement on Medium and download the app code for iOS and Android from Github now.

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Unable to recover from failed Kickstarter project, Triggertrap announces it will close shop

01 Feb

Triggertrap, one of the pioneers in the area of smart camera triggers, has today announced that it will cease operations within approximately a month. Triggertrap was founded in 2011, following a successful Kickstarter campaign. The initial product offered a wide range of trigger options, including, sound and motion sensors and an intervalometer.

In 2013 the company launched another Kickstarter campaign, this time for the Triggertrap Ada, a modular and expandable follow-up version to the original product line. Despite the campaign being very successful, raising more than $ 500,000, trouble started when the cost of components was higher than originally quoted by some suppliers and in May 2015 Triggertrap had to admit the project had failed and the Ada could not be delivered. 

The company has never been able to recover from this failure and today one of the founders, CEO Haje Jan Kamps, has posted an article on medium, announcing the closure of the company. 

“Triggertrap, like any startup, had some big highs and lows. At one point, we employed 15 staff; a team of photographers, coders, support, marketing, logistics, and operations. Ever since we announced that our Triggertrap Ada Kickstarter project failed, we’ve been in a downward spiral. For the past 18 months, we’ve been operating with just a few team members, who have been working their asses off to keep the lights on. But ultimately, we weren’t able to claw our way out of the hole, and the company now owes the company’s founders around $ 60k. With no realistic hope of ever paying that money back, and after ten months in a row of struggling to make payroll for our remaining staff members, we decided it was time to give up.”

Technical support for Triggertrap products will end with immediate effect. Apps will remain available for download in the respective app stores but are sooner or later likely to run into incompatibility issues with updated operating system . If you are happy to keep using your current mobile OS and rely just on the Reddit-forum for support, you can still buy a Triggertrap device at a hefty discount in the online store.

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Foolography and Triggertrap bring sensor-based triggering to the Unleashed camera controller

28 Sep

Foolography has announced a partnership with Triggertrap to bring new functionality to its tiny Unleashed Bluetooth camera controller that we covered at Photokina. The Unleashed works with many Canon and Nikon DSLRs and allows photographers to wirelessly control camera settings, such as aperture, shutter speed or ISO, and trigger the shutter or video using a smartphone app. You can also control multiple cameras, capture time-lapses and geotag your images. 

Triggertrap is a wired solution that is also controlled via a smartphone app. It focuses on offering creative ways of triggering a camera, such as vibration, facial recognition or motion sensors among others. A future version of the Triggertrap app will now be compatible with the Unleashed hardware dongle, allowing for wireless triggering with the Triggertrap modes. 

“We are often asked whether it’s possible to have a wireless version of Triggertrap Mobile,” says Mat Rodger, Managing Director of Triggertrap, “But so far, we have been focusing on our wired solutions. We are very excited to team up with the foolography team to deliver more options to our users, and to help foolography’s users trigger their cameras using our app.” 

foolography partners with Triggertrap to bring sensor-based triggering to Unleashed

Berlin 26 September 2016 — Berlin-based foolography (foolography.com) today announced that it is partnering with London-based Triggertrap (Triggertrap.com) to add additional functionality to its popular Kickstarter-backed Unleashed product.

foolography’s Unleashed (http://kck.st/2c8lxlu) is primarily a camera remote app. It helps Canon and Nikon users take full control of their cameras from their phones. From their app users can change all the important settings (aperture, shutter speed, ISO etc.) of their DSLR, take photos, start and stop video recording, control multiple cameras, take exposure-ramped-timelapses, geotag the images in-camera and preview thumbnails.

Triggertrap Mobile doesn’t offer as much control over the camera’s settings, but adds interesting and creative ways of triggering a camera to the mix, including sound, vibration, facial recognition, motion sensors, and much more.

Today, the two companies announced that Triggertrap will be including foolography’s Unleashed compatibility in a future version of the app. Instead of having to connect to the camera using the company’s Triggertrap Mobile Dongle, users will be able to use foolography Unleashed to trigger their cameras wirelessly based on a the triggering modes available in Triggertrap’s app.

“We are often asked whether it’s possible to have a wireless version of Triggertrap Mobile,” says Mat Rodger, Managing Director of Triggertrap, “But so far, we have been focusing on our wired solutions. We are very excited to team up with the foolography team to deliver more options to our users, and to help foolography’s users trigger their cameras using our app.”

“We have been huge fans of Triggertrap for a long time,” says Oliver Perialis, CEO at foolography, “and are very glad to announce this partnership. We always planned to open up our triggering API to other developers and couldn’t be happier that Triggertrap’s app is the first one out of the gates. This is just the beginning, and we hope developers will develop creative apps compatible with the Unleashed.”

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Triggertrap expands compatibility to Apple Watch and Pebble smartwatches

13 Jun

Triggertrap has updated its Triggertrap Mobile app to make it compatible with the new Apple Watch and Pebble range of smartwatches. The app now allows these smart watch devices to be used to trip a DSLR’s shutter via the wireless connection between the watch and the iPhone or Android smartphone. Read more

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Triggertrap introduces pauses and delays for timelapse sequences with Timelapse Pro app

03 Apr

Triggertrap has released a new app that allows photographers to take more control of timelapse sessions by introducing the ability to add delays into a sequence. Timelapse Pro is available for iOS devices running iOS 8 and, with the appropriate dedicated cable, can control over 300 models of camera. Read more

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As Triggertrap pulls plug on Ada kickstarter, CEO Haje Jan Kamps responds to comments from unhappy backers

04 Mar

Despite a successful round of funding through Kickstarter, Triggertrap has run into difficulties developing its Ada prototype and has announced that it will not be continuing with the project. As of November last year the company had raised nearly £300,000 in crowdfunding for its latest innovation, Ada – a high-speed shutter and flash trigger. Triggertrap CEO Haje Jan Kamps spoke with us about the response he’s heard from disappointed project backers. Read more

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Triggertrap shows off new Redsnap modular camera triggering system

22 Oct

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Triggertrap, maker of several camera triggering tools, is seeking support via Kickstarter for another product aimed at trigger-happy photographers. Redsnap is a modular triggering system that starts with the Redsnap base block to which you can add sensor blocks, each designed for a different kind of photography. Four sensor blocks are currently in the works, including a high-speed laser sensor, high-speed sound sensor, high-speed light sensor and a Passive Infrared Sensor. Learn more on connect.dpreview.com.

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Say ‘ello To The Cambridge Camera Bagand Its Best Mate The Triggertrap

22 Jul

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Are those British school children taking photos by simply yelling spells at their cameras? Is that…?

Yup! The latest craze at Photojojo!

We’re sportin’ the British bookbag inspired Cambridge Camera Bag. It’s stylish and comfortable. Featuring extra soft padding (even on the top!) to keep your camera snug, and ultra-lightweight materials that won’t weigh you down.

We’re also using the Triggertrap. It turns your phone, pad, or pod into an intelligent remote trigger for your camera. Use an app to fire your shutter with voice/motion/face detection! Set custom HDR settings, time-lapses, distance-lapses and much more.

The Cambridge Camera Bag
$ 110.00 at the Photojojo Store

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The Triggertrap
$ 30.00 at the Photojojo Store

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Triggertrap Flash Adapter harnesses smartphones for high-speed digital photography

29 Jun

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Triggertrap’s new flash adapter activates any hot shoe-equipped flash from an iPhone using a specialized mobile dongleflash adapter and iOS app – ideal for freezing high-speed action using your off-camera flash. If you’re trying to catch a bullet mid-flight, it is very difficult if the flash is connected to your camera, but Triggertrap’s sound-activated system makes it a little easier. Learn more about how it works on connect.dpreview.com.

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Triggertrap Mobile app available free until the end of the year

27 Nov

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Triggertrap Mobile, the camera triggering app, is available for free between now and the New Year. The idea is to make it easier to give the mobile dongle (that costs $ 24.99) as a gift, without the recipient then having to buy the associated app. The app is available for both iOS and Android and allows a smartphone to perform as series of sophisticated camera triggering actions, when connected to the camera using the mobile dongle.

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