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<blockquote data-quote="ianmoff" data-source="post: 2616" data-attributes="member: 964">Hi allIf you look at my gallery you'll see some photos of Blue Tits in my garden. I've cranked iso to 1600 and shutter to 1/1000 to freeze wing beat but in my opinion the pix are too dull, dark and noisy. They wont take cropping without becoming unusable. The camera, a D40 with 55-200 f4.5 VR, was set on a tripod and fired remotely. My new project is more light. I have an SB-25 that I can set remotely with a wireless trigger and onboard flash or SB-400 on the camera. But I'll still have to sit there and trust to reflexes. I'd like a remote trigger for all this so I don't have to sit there with my finger on the button, possibly scaring away subjects!So looking around the net I was surprised when I could only find a Shutterbeam system. Perfect for what I want but £500 (yes pounds not dollars!) too expensive.Is there a cheaper alternative?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ianmoff, post: 2616, member: 964"] Hi all If you look at my gallery you'll see some photos of Blue Tits in my garden. I've cranked iso to 1600 and shutter to 1/1000 to freeze wing beat but in my opinion the pix are too dull, dark and noisy. They wont take cropping without becoming unusable. The camera, a D40 with 55-200 f4.5 VR, was set on a tripod and fired remotely. My new project is more light. I have an SB-25 that I can set remotely with a wireless trigger and onboard flash or SB-400 on the camera. But I'll still have to sit there and trust to reflexes. I'd like a remote trigger for all this so I don't have to sit there with my finger on the button, possibly scaring away subjects! So looking around the net I was surprised when I could only find a Shutterbeam system. Perfect for what I want but £500 (yes pounds not dollars!) too expensive. Is there a cheaper alternative? [/QUOTE]

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