laurent1 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 <p>Hello erveryone,</p><p>I am the happy owner of a Nikon d300s. I think it is quite akward to start the movie recording due to the position of the button that has to be triggered. Is there any way to use a remote trigger to activate this feature ? My intention is to modify an old pistol grip.<br>Thanks for your help.</p><p>Laurent</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_skomial Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 <p>Anything available in the camera, video or not, can be started from the 10 pin control socket on your D300S.<br> Make sure your "old pistol grip" has proper electric switches, a battery operating power supply, and logic circuit to operate the Nikon 10 pin control signals.</p> <p>Rather than your grip, you will have better chance with inexpensive Oriental made remote radio triggers, or brand name trigers like Pocket Wizard.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_skomial Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 <p>Other solutions, and cable trigger are discussed here:<br> <a href="00YH21?unified_p=1">http://www.photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00YH21?unified_p=1</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent1 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 <p>Thank you Frank for your response.<br> Which device would you advise ?<br> I guess that the mc-30 trigger will only shoot a picture. Or is it possible to configure the camera so that another option is activated ?<br> I haven't found any response in the manual.<br> Thanks<br> Laurent</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_skomial Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 <p>I tried my old release cord and there is no way to start the video.<br> Perhaps it is not possible with cords that were designed well before any video was implemented in a DSLR.<br> I think Nikon eventualy could implement video control into the 10 pin control socket, but perhaps not yet.<br> Perhaps looking into Nikon camera control software and the USB port could be last thing to do, but the released software is quite old.<br> Possibly someone knows ?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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