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Sony RX100iii as aerial mapping camera

Posted by Shawn McCracken on February 10, 2015 at 9:02am

I am looking for feedback on using the Sony RX100iii as an aerial mapping camera. Currently we use the Canon SX260 with occasional blurred shots and lower-res/quality than we would like. The RX100iii looks like an excellent replacement but I am hoping for some feedback before making a purchase.

Thanks!

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                • Tagôre > Esben Nielsen April 5, 2015 at 7:56am

                  Hi Esben,

                  Thanks for your reply. I found a video that shows how to trigger Sony Rx100 m2 using an chinese gadget, but I saw in this video that the cable have 6 wires and not 4 wires like mine. So, yes, the problem is my cable, it's a normal USB Micro B cable.

                  I'll try to found an sony multiport cable here in Brazil, but it'll be difficult.

                  Thanks

  • Sylvain.M February 21, 2015 at 8:48am

    Hi,

    I'm very interesting by the answer of @Reuben.

    I have two cameras for my Iris+, one Canon S100 and Sony QX 100.

    My problem is for trigger QX 100, is it really possible to trigger this cam with USB port?

    The camera have a "A/V Remote Terminal: Multi/Micro USB Terminal*6 , Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0)"

    Thanks for your help.

    Regards,

    Sylvain from France

    • Reuben > Sylvain.M February 23, 2015 at 10:46am

      Bonjour ! 

      Yes if you have the multi port on your camera .. you can use my cable to trigger the shutter ..also depending on the camera .. you can also get video out to a screen on the ground .. but this requires two more wires attached to the S2 plug .. 

      Salute 

      Reuben

      • Esben Nielsen > Reuben March 5, 2015 at 2:06pm

        Hi Reuben

        I had the chance to try out a QX100 and I plugged at Sony remote trigger into the multi port. Didn't work unfortunately. Works fine one the RX100. Have you had any luck with this the QX100 camera?

        Best

        Esben

        • Reuben > Esben Nielsen March 5, 2015 at 2:39pm

          Hi ,, I don't think the QX100 has multi port .. just has standard Usb .  I think Shutter is only working with phone app ?

          • Esben Nielsen > Reuben March 5, 2015 at 2:43pm

            I think you are right :-) It could have been a nice camera for aerial work...

            • Reuben > Esben Nielsen March 5, 2015 at 3:08pm

              Why dont you hot wire it ?  attach the remote trigger direct to the shutter button contacts ?

              • Esben Nielsen > Reuben March 6, 2015 at 12:25am

                Yes sure, it's just nice to be able to interface with it the "right" way :-) But I'll bring out the soldering iron..

                Thanks

                Esben

                • Sylvain.M > Esben Nielsen March 6, 2015 at 1:46am

                  Hi,

                  Here the specifications of QX100:

                  https://developer.sony.com/devices/cameras/sony-smartphone-attachab...

                  Apparently, there's a multi port USB.

                  This camera would be perfect for aerial mapping, only 180 gr.

                  It should disassemble the camera and soldering wires, but i'm not an expert for this.

                  Sylvain

                  • Esben Nielsen > Sylvain.M March 6, 2015 at 12:13pm

                    Forgot: The connection is the full 15 pin multi port, so maybe....

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