Pluto Trigger - Manual (Page 30)

audio cable; Point the infrared emitter of Pluto Trigger to the IR receiving
window of your camera.
3. Open your camera, frame and manual focus onto when the droplet
falls.
4. Set camera to IR remote drive mode. Set camera to Manual exposure
mode and set shutter speed to about 1 second.
5.
Start Pluto Trigger app on your phone; connect to Pluto Trigger; switch
to “Droplet” mode.
6. First take some test shots to make sure Pluto Trigger triggers your camera,
valve and flashgun properly. Adjust the ISO and aperture to get
appropriate exposure. If the flashgun is triggered after the camera has
finished exposure, then you need to slow down the shutter speed a little,
for example to 1.3 second.
7. Now we will start to determine the timings for Droplet mode. For
convenience, we for now set “Drop 2 Size” to 0, so that only one droplet
will be released.
8. Set “Drop 1 Size” as you want, for example 4ms.
9. Calibrate the “Flash Delay” to make Drop 1 bounce back from the
surface of water and to its max height. To use the auto calibration, click
on the button to the right of “Flash Delay” parameter and calibration
dialog appears. Set the “Step” and “Interval” parameters, then click the
auto calibrate button. Pluto trigger will start to release water drops and
trigger flash with incrementing delay. Each time a photo is taken, you
can check the photo on the screen of your camera to see if the delay is
suitable. If yes, stop the auto calibration immediately. The calibrated
value will be saved to the “Flash Delay” parameter.
10. Set “Drop 2 Size” as you want, for example 4ms.