Nikon Remotes

[Alpha_7]

I've been wanting a remote for sometime now, haven't bitten the bullet yet, but I find more and more the need for one with some of the shots I've been trying to capture.

Anways, I was wondering how the cameras and remotes work when you have a lot of them together ? As in, on the night shoot with like 10-15 cameras, can remotes interfer with each other ?

Or could you get it so that the one remote triggers all the cameras ? I was thinking you could do some really cool things if you could remotely trigger a whole bank of them ?

If you could then you could essentially freeze a moment in time from mulitple angles, or all angles?

But as I don't have a remote yet I have no idea if you can set it up like that or not. Is it possible ? Or am I dreaming ?

[Glen]

Craig, I don't think the nikon remotes have a broad enough beam to activate a fleet of cameras. There is a remote called Pocket Wizard pro use for that. Somewhere floating around the net is a shot of the Olympics and a bank of about 30 cameras at the finishing line so that one acheives the good shot. Maybe I should carry a bank of 30 cameras to acheive that good shot?

[Alpha_7]

Thanks Glen, I guess I need to think about it a little more.... and I wasn't suggesting any of us should have 10-30 camera's of our own, just thinking on a group shoot you could do some interesting things if you sync'ed the firing of all the cameras.

[Glen]

I agree. This shot of the Olympics is amazing, you realise how much higher the odds would be with 30 cameras firing at once

[sirhc55]

It’s easier with a movie camera

[DaveB]

A movie camera gives you high-speed sequential shooting from a single viewpoint. A bank of cameras gives you lots of different perspectives (including backgrounds) to choose from.

[birddog114]

Thanks Glen, I guess I need to think about it a little more.... and I wasn't suggesting any of us should have 10-30 camera's of our own, just thinking on a group shoot you could do some interesting things if you sync'ed the firing of all the cameras.

Craig,
It's true! you can buy a group of 10 or 30 cameras say D70s or D200, with a group pf Pocket Wizards and hanving fun in shooting 3D with 15 pairs of cameras and stereography.