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Quick Start PIR & Camera Settings
If you just wanted to start shooting still photographs without reading this entire
manual then the following settings should work in a wide range of scenarios:
PIR settings:
• Push all six switches to the Off position to select Program 1.
• Set the top dial to somewhere in the middle for medium sensitivity.
• Set the middle dial to somewhere in the middle so that your camera will
take approximately 1 shot every 4 seconds.
• Turn the bottom dial fully anticlockwise.
Connect your camera to the sensor using a camera connecting cable and set
the camera up as follows:
• Manual focus (focus on the spot you expect the animal to be)
• One shot mode rather than continuous drive mode
• Manual exposure mode: shutter speed of 1/250s to ensure no ghosting
and aperture of around f/8 to ensure plenty of depth of field.
• Auto ISO so the camera will adjust the ISO to correctly expose the
image. You may want to limit the maximum ISO setting to 1600 or 3200
to avoid getting excessive noise at night.
• If the lens has image stabilisation/vibration reduction then disable it.
• Check that the menu option is activated that allows the camera to
power down automatically after around 30 seconds.
• Turn off automatic image review after each shot to conserve the
camera battery.
• If you are using a single flash then connect it to the camera via an off-
camera TTL cord and allow the flash output to be set via TTL metering.
• If you are using multiple flashes then you will need to set the power of
each flash manually so the image is correctly exposed in darkness.
• Shoot in RAW to give yourself more flexibility to adjust the image
brightness afterwards.
• Make sure you have a memory card inside the camera and that it has
plenty of free space!
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