Turning ordinary moments into extraordinary pictures Owner’s Manual Revision 1.10 Copyright 2013 Cognisys, Inc. 1 Table of Contents 1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .................................................................................................................................. 5 2. GETTING STARTED ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 THE STOPSHOT CONTROLLER .............................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 GETTING FAMILIAR WITH STOPSHOT ..................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 CONNECTING STOPSHOT - BEAM SENSOR - (LASER OR IR)......................................................................................... 9 2.4 CONNECTING STOPSHOT – MULTIPLE FLASHES ..................................................................................................... 10 2.5 CONNECTING STOPSHOT – SHUTTER INTERFACE SWITCH ........................................................................................ 12 2.6 NAVIGATING STOPSHOT ................................................................................................................................... 13 3. DETAILED OPERATION ................................................................................................................................. 14 3.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 GAIN CONTROL ............................................................................................................................................... 15 3.3 GLOBAL CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................. 16 3.3.1 Global Trigger Mode Overview .............................................................................................................. 16 3.3.2 Loading/Saving configurations .............................................................................................................. 17 3.3.3 Load Defaults ......................................................................................................................................... 18 3.3.4 Backlighting ........................................................................................................................................... 18 3.3.5 Sensor Power Off ................................................................................................................................... 19 3.3.6 Power Off Duration ................................................................................................................................ 19 3.3.7 Sequential Timeout ................................................................................................................................ 20 3.4 OUTPUT CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................. 21 3.5 INDEPENDENT TRIGGERING ............................................................................................................................... 22 3.5.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 22 3.5.2 Manual ................................................................................................................................................... 22 3.5.3 Trigger .................................................................................................................................................... 23 3.5.4 Cross-Beam sensor modes ..................................................................................................................... 26 3.5.5 Ballistics ................................................................................................................................................. 28 3.6 SEQUENTIAL TRIGGERING.................................................................................................................................. 31 3.6.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 31 3.6.2 Manual Trigger ...................................................................................................................................... 33 3.6.3 Input Trigger .......................................................................................................................................... 33 3.6.4 Delayed Trigger ...................................................................................................................................... 33 3.7 TIME-LAPSE ................................................................................................................................................... 36 3.8 SHUTTER LAG MEASUREMENT ........................................................................................................................... 38 4. WIRING EXTERNAL DEVICES ........................................................................................................................ 40 4.1 SENSOR/MIC INPUTS ....................................................................................................................................... 40 4.2 TRIGGER OUTPUTS .......................................................................................................................................... 41 4.3 ACTIVATING RELAYS......................................................................................................................................... 42 4.4 CROSS-BEAM SENSOR ...................................................................................................................................... 42 2 5. SETUP EXAMPLES ........................................................................................................................................ 45 5.1 THE STOPSHOT WATER DROP KIT ...................................................................................................................... 45 5.1.1 The Big Picture ....................................................................................................................................... 46 5.1.2 Water Drop Kit Assembly ....................................................................................................................... 47 5.1.3 Water Drop Kit Electrical Connections ................................................................................................... 49 5.1.4 Configure StopShot ................................................................................................................................ 50 5.2 WATER DROP KIT QUICK-START ......................................................................................................................... 55 5.3 BALLISTICS – TIPS AND TRICKS ........................................................................................................................... 56 5.4 WILDLIFE ....................................................................................................................................................... 57 5.4.1 Lions, Tigers, and Bear ........................................................................................................................... 57 5.4.2 The Catch-All .......................................................................................................................................... 58 6. ANIMATED TIME-LAPSE MOVIES ................................................................................................................. 61 7. TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................................................... 62 8. SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 63 9. ACCESSORIES ............................................................................................................................................... 64 10. WARRANTY ............................................................................................................................................. 74 11. GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................... 75 12. REVISION HISTORY .................................................................................................................................. 77 3 Table of Figures Figure 1 - StopShot Controller ...................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 2 – Connecting the Beam Sensor ..................................................................................................... 10 Figure 3 - Connecting two flashes to a single output ................................................................................. 11 Figure 4 - Connecting multiple flashes with the Flash Splitter ................................................................... 11 Figure 5 - Shutter Interface Switch (Canon) ...............................................................................................