With much advice from members of this forum I have developed several picaxe-based remote controls for various Canon and Pentax cameras. The Canon remotes access the Infrared sensor on the camera and the Pentax remotes plug into the appropriate socket on the camera. I can leave a camera unattended for up to seven hours to photograph timid birds. I am becoming more ambitious. Some camcorders now seem to have true high-definition 1080p resolution and I am tempted to try my hand at setting up an unattended camcorder with a remote control.
Here is where it gets difficult. I cannot find out what sort of remote, if any, these camcorders provide. All I want to do is turn the thing on and turn it off again. I rather hoped the Sony cameras would respond to the Sony codes built in to the Picaxe 08M but the publicity stuff I get with Google doesn't mention it.
Does anyone here know anything about remote controls for Sony camcorders, or indeed for any slightly upmarket camcorder? Can anyone point me to any information that Google has so far denied me?
Here is where it gets difficult. I cannot find out what sort of remote, if any, these camcorders provide. All I want to do is turn the thing on and turn it off again. I rather hoped the Sony cameras would respond to the Sony codes built in to the Picaxe 08M but the publicity stuff I get with Google doesn't mention it.
Does anyone here know anything about remote controls for Sony camcorders, or indeed for any slightly upmarket camcorder? Can anyone point me to any information that Google has so far denied me?