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Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 1:48 am**

I need a simple remote so I can use my D200 in bulb mode over the weekend

and not having any spare money this week I made Simple remote out of an old serial mouse

Right click to focus/meter... hold....then left click for shutter release
in bulb shutter stays open till you release the the right button not the left one

I have taken a series of photos during the build and will write up a howto over the weekend

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 1:53 am**

What a great idea. :up:

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 2:03 am**

Lol awesome stuff

Can't do that with an apple mouse (one button)

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 4:47 am**

PiroStitch wrote:Lol awesome stuff Can't do that with an apple mouse (one button)

Shame too. It'd have put those damned hockey puck mice to good use.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 7:28 am**

Great idea Keith :wink:

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 7:31 am**

Keith,
You can use the PTT handset & GPS tracking device on your truck to work with your D200 :roll:

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:12 am**

Ha! Can I get one with a scroll whell to zoom with?

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 12:40 pm**

Awesome! Ghetto, creative and something we can all make with parts around the house

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 12:56 pm**

Keith
Brilliant!
Neccessity is the mother of all invention?

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 1:34 pm**

Great work Keith. looking forward to reading your writeup on how you made it.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 2:00 pm**

Very impressive work there. I too am looking forward to the "how to" of this.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 2:15 pm**

Aussie ingenuity at its best. Macgeyver (sp?) may have been able to construct a working thermo-nuclear device out of a paddle pop stick and a bit of string, but could he have done this? I think not. Well done Keith.

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 7:34 pm**

Damn clever Keith

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:08 pm**

handy.

will be interested in what you used for the connector which connects to the camera.

If you can id the pinouts on the camera it will come in handy if I wanted to construct a remote with something other than a mouse.
will stay tuned.

Steve

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:10 pm**

avkomp wrote:handy.

will be interested in what you used for the connector which connects to the camera.

If you can id the pinouts on the camera it will come in handy if I wanted to construct a remote with something other than a mouse.
will stay tuned.

Steve

Steve, I have an old keyboard if you want it :wink:

Posted: **Fri May 19, 2006 8:13 pm**

thanks glen, but no thanks.

have plenty of them laying around here.

The pinout info and what he used to make the connections would be handy.

I made a contraption to fire my f3 out of a bunch of junk ages ago.
a remote for the d2x would come in handy. :lol:

Steve

Posted: **Sat May 20, 2006 12:18 am**

Hey, this got me thinking that if you can convert a mouse to a remote for your camera you must be able to convert your camera remote to be a mouse for a computer.

So I pulled out the old D2X remote, stuck the plug on the end in the vice and tightened it until it was flat (like a USB plug). Stuck it in the USB port on the back of the MAC and HEY PRESTO.........fortunately I have a MAC as the remote is a one button remote.....can't right click!!

Posted: **Sat May 20, 2006 6:36 am**

Does this work with cordless mice?

Posted: **Sat May 20, 2006 7:19 am**

firsty & smac,
Great deal! Nikon R&D Dept. wants you! :lol:

Posted: **Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:57 am**

I have taken a series of photos during the build and will write up a howto over the weekend

Keen to see this when possible... interesting

Posted: **Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:18 pm**

Creativity at its best - well done.

I work my Mac with scroll and right click

Posted: **Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:34 am**

And so much cheaper! Reminds me of using an old palm pilot to control my CP5700 with a home bodged serial cable, worked a treat though!

Can't wait for the pin outs!

Posted: **Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:52 am**

Well done

DIY at it's best.

Posted: **Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:09 pm**

Thats awesome, Top design.
Does anyone know how to do anything similar with the D70s?

Posted: **Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:47 pm**

Well done!
Looking forward to the HowTo...

Posted: **Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:19 pm**

Has anything more come of this?

Would really like to find out how!

Posted: **Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:05 pm**

How about a miceless cord?

Posted: **Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:27 pm**

Someone sent me this link a while back.
http://www.schneordesign.com/Avi/F100/diy_04.htm

Adam.

Posted: **Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:32 pm**

Thanks...

I'm starting to think an MC-30 or Mc-36 is looking pretty cheap time wise!

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Simple Cheap remote for D200 / D2x etc.

Simple Cheap remote for D200 / D2x etc.

Re: Simple Cheap remote for D200 / D2x etc.

Awesome