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CamBuddy Pro is the smartest remote/trigger for your DSLR and mirrorless cameras. It is the first all-in-one gadget that integrates fastest WiFi tethering for live-view, remote control and transfer, as well as light/sound/laser/radio sensors for high-speed creative photography or time-lapse photography. The small yet powerful CamBuddy Pro can even let you connect up to 128 cameras to capture stunning "Matrix bullet time" footage!
WHAT IS CAMBUDDY PRO?
CamBuddy Pro is the most powerful and the only "do-it-all" solution to remotely control your cameras from your smartphone. With CamBuddy Pro and the free Joopic app, you will be able to:
Get WiFi-based remote control from up to 100 feet away.
Browse and transfer pictures/videos instantly from your modern digital cameras to your smartphone, no need to copy them to your desktop computer first.
Create time-lapse photography with the built-in intervalometer.
Have a matchbox-sized product packed with light sensor, sound sensor, laser detector, and radio transceiver that make your innovative high-speed photography easier than ever.
Control up to 128 cameras to capture stunning "Matrix bullet time" footage.
Fully control popular DSLR/mirroless cameras from smartphone: live view, parameters adjustment, taking photos and videos.
The following chart shows the main technical features of CamBuddy Pro:
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FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
Long-range full control with live view
The long operating range (up to 100 feet) of CamBuddy Pro allows you to capture the wildest creatures' close-up from a safe distance. You have a real-time view of the image and can adjust the exposure time, aperture, ISO, exposure compensation, shooting delay, and other parameters any time on your smartphone. The app also allows you to auto-focus by tapping anywhere of the image or fine tune with manual-focus.
Time-lapse photography
Through CamBuddy Pro’s intervalometer function you can create time-lapse photography on you smartphone easily. You can set the number of shots, interval, and delay time; Moreover, you can quickly play back the pictures by using our app and create a time-lapse video.
High-speed photography
CamBuddy Pro is equipped with four sensors - sound, lightning, laser, and radio,as well as a built-in radio transmitter. Combined, it unlocks many creative photography modes including sound/light/laser/radio activated shutter or flash, or use sound/light/laser/Joopic app to activate the built-in radio transmitter to set other cameras to go off. You can capture high-speed motion scenes and fleeting moments, creating amazing pictures with ease.
Sound-triggered shooting
Set the trigger to go off at a desired sound level. Capture the clinking of glasses or activate the camera by hand clapping.
Sound triggered shooting
Lightning-triggered shooting
Set the trigger to go off when lightning strikes. You can also synchronize multiple CamBuddy Pros with a flash to shoot an object from different angles simultaneously.
Lightning triggered shooting
Laser-triggered shooting
Set your camera to go off when something breaking a laser beam aimed at CamBuddy Pro. Capture the transient object or wildlife in action. A CamBuddy-specific laser generator is included in the laser bundle.
Laser triggered shooting
Radio-triggered shooting
Set your camera to go off by radio-waves. Radio trigger is immune to harsh environmental conditions and can be used to set off multiple CamBuddy Pros synchronously. CamBuddy Pro has a built-in radio transmitter that can be activated from the app, or by light, sound, and laser. You can also get a handheld CamBuddy-specific radio transmitter by supporting the "radio bundle".
Ultimate selfie from 100 feet away
No need to challenge your arm's strength. Take a selfie from 100 feet away with an easy smile and a simple click. @Ben Stiller could retire his world record long selfie stick of just 28 ft.
Shoot-and-push
Photos taken are automatically pushed to your smartphone through the Shoot-and-Push function. You can also edit, manage, and share the pictures on social media.
One smartphone, 128 cameras
Connecting and controlling multiple cameras to shoot one object from different angles is a key and original innovation of CamBuddy Pro.
Simply, you can setup the cameras connected in synchronized mode, and every camera works under the same trigger function (e.g., sound trigger, lightning trigger or radio trigger). When there is a sound, lightning, or radio signal, all cameras will capture pictures at the same time from different angles. By using Joopic app, you only need to setup one CamBuddy Pro's work mode, others will follow up. Under synchronized mode, you can even setup every camera in the array has an equidifferent delay time.
CamBuddy Pro provides the ability to connect to up 128 cameras to capture stunning Matrix bullet-time footage, as demonstrated in the video.
When you are in a wedding ceremony, you may want to use two or more cameras to shoot bride and groom from different angels. For this situation, we can setup the cameras to work in master-slave mode. You can hold the master camera and capture the close range scene. Meanwhile, the slave cameras, which are fixed in other positions and controlled by CamBuddy Pros, can be triggered by a lightning from your external flash or a radio wave from a handheld radio transmitter.
This scenario can also be used to monitor your home or office. You can set the master CamBuddy Pro to work under laser trigger mode. When someone break the laser, the CamBuddy Pro can be triggered to send a radio wave, which then trigger other cameras to take a picture or start to record a video.
Control multiple cameras simultaneously through WiFi-connection
Control multiple cameras in master-slave mode through CamBuddy Pro build-in radio transceiver
SOFTWARE
Essentially, CamBuddy Pro is an app-controlled smart device. So we spend many efforts to develop the app and the firmware.
The Joopic App is now free to download for iOS and Android:
The next big update of Joopic App will be available before this Christmas Day. In this update, Joopic App will provide a completely new module for CamBuddy Pro. The following picture shows some screens of Joopic App for CamBuddy Pro:
The editions of Joopic app for PC and Mac are also ready now (BETA versions):
The following pictures show some screens of the desktop editions of Joopic App:
SAMPLE PHOTOS
Here are some cool photos from us and our beta testers. Special thanks to Chad and Julie for their creative work! We believe that we will see even better photos from you backers by using your CamBuddy Pro in the near future!
Sound Triggered Shutter (by Joopic Labs)
Sound Triggered Flash (by Joopic Labs)
Laser Triggered Shutter (by Joopic Labs)
The Racer (Laser triggered shutter, by Joopic Labs)
Water Droplet (Laser triggered flash, by Joopic Labs)
Laser Triggered Shutter (by Julie Everhart)
Selfie (by Julie Everhart)
Remote Shoot (by Chad Wildermuth)
The Ducks (Remote shoot, by Joopic Labs)
TECH SPECS
Widely Supported Cameras
By using CamBuddy Pro and Joopic app, you can remotely capture pictures through the shutter release port of your camera. Therefore, if your camera has a shutter release port, you can use CamBuddy Pro with it.
Fortunately, most DSLR cameras and some mirrorless cameras have the shutter release ports. Therefore, you can use the remote shoot, the intervalometer, the smart trigger, the multi-camera control functions of CamBuddy Pro with your DSLR/mirrorless camera, including those from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Hasselblad, and Ricoh.
Especially, the following DSLR cameras are fully supported; CamBuddy Pro provides all features mentioned above for these cameras:
Canon EOS:
1D Mark IV, 1D X, 1D X Mark II, 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III, 5D Mark IV, 5DS, 5DSR, 6D, 7D, 7D Mark II, 50D, 60D, 60Da, 70D, 80D, 100D (Rebel SL1), 550D (Rebel T2i / Kiss X4), 600D (Rebel T3i / Kiss X5), 650D (Rebel T4i / Kiss X6i), 700D (Rebel T5i / Kiss X7i), 750D (Rebel T6i / Kiss X8i), 760D (Rebel T6s), 1200D (Rebel T5), 1300D (Rebel T6)
Almost all modern non-SLR cameras, for example, mirrorless or general digital cameras from Sony, Nikon, Olympus, Samsung, Panasonic, and Fuji, are partially supported by CamBuddy Pro. You can use CamBuddy Pro to browse and transfer the pictures and the videos taken by the camera to your smartphone instantly without copying the files to your desktop computer first.
If you are still wonder whether your camera are supported by CamBuddy Pro, please send a message to @creator or leave a message as a comment. We will answer your question as soon as possible.
The diagrams below illustrate the ports and the cables used to connect a CamBuddy Pro with a camera or other devices.
A) You can use the micro USB cable included in the product package to charge CamBuddy Pro. Note that the cable is for charging only, not a USB data cable.
B) You can use the USB data cable shipped with your camera to connect CamBuddy Pro to your camera's USB port. If you want to use live view or remote shoot, or transfer pictures from your camera, you use this port.
C) You can use a shutter release cable to connect to your camera's shutter release port. When you use the intervalometer or the smart trigger functions, you can choose this port to release the camera's shutter.
D) You can use a standard 3.5mm PC flash cable to connect to an external flash. When you use the intervalometer or the smart trigger functions, you can choose the port to trigger the external flash.
WHAT ARE THE PERKS?
CamBuddy Pro (Silver): Get one CamBuddy Pro (with silver alloy cover) for a discount of up to 32%. Please note a shutter release cable or a flash cable is required for high speed photography and different models of your camera might require different cable. If you don't already have one for your camera, we suggest you to purchase it from adoramahttp://bit.ly/2ddPALz, or other online store.
CamBuddy Pro (Black): Get one CamBuddy Pro (with black alloy cover) for a discount of up to 30%. Please note that the dark alloy cover gives you a cool appearance and of course the manufacturing process is more complex than the silver alloy cover. The picture below shows the differences between them.
Get It All: One CamBuddy Pro (with black alloy cover) + one handheld radio transmitter + one laser generator + one cable set.
Radio trigger is best immune to the environmental factors. CamBuddy Pro has a built-in radio transceiver. You can use one CamBuddy Pro's radio transmitter to trigger another one's radio receiver. The handheld radio transmitter here provide a way to trigger a CamBuddy Pro or multiple CamBuddy Pros manually.
You can use a general laser pointer to trigger CamBuddy Pro, but CamBuddy Pro's built-in laser sensor works best with the laser generator designed specific for CamBuddy Pro. Note that in the package of the laser generator, a portable power bank is also included.
In the cable set, there are 4 different types of shutter release cables and 1 flash cable. The shutter release cables in the set cover all fully supported DSLR cameras listed above. The flash cable is a standard 3.5mm-PC flash cable, which is suitable for most external flashes.
Matrix Pack. Get six units (all with silver alloy covers) and unlock the Matrix bullet-time mode. A handheld radio transmitter, a laser generator, and six cable sets are included in the bundle.
ABOUT US
Our Story
We’ve come a long way to make the best and only all-in-one camera remote. We believed innovative picture taking could be more fun, and photos could be shared more easily and instantly. With these beliefs in mind, our team spent countless nights designing, programming, and prototyping to bring CamBuddy Pro to life. Credits also go to volunteers around the world who helped us during beta testing, making CamBuddy Pro perfect.
The enthusiasm from the community convinced us CamBuddy Pro will be a big success. We already made the investment on all production equipment needed and your support will allow us to start now.
Our Team - Engineers
Our operation in Houston, TX is supported by an amazing engineering team based in Beijing, China. Our engineers have the strongest background and every expertise in hardware design, coding, and manufacturing. We have gone through numerous rounds of prototyping and now present to you the CamBuddy Pro that we are proud of.
Our Team - Beta Testers
We are a small team supported by a big community of photographers. We knew we couldn't build the best product without listening to you. Special thanks go to @Julie Everhart who volunteered to offer us tremendous insights to make CamBuddy Pro more powerful and intuitive to use. We are honored to have her as CamBuddy's first ambassador. Check out her posts about what she can do with CamBuddy:
We are fortunate to have many volunteers like Julie around the world to help us beta test CamBuddy Pro. They have undergone extensive testing to find bugs and help us make improvements until perfection.
Get one CamBuddy Pro (with black alloy cover), one handheld radio transmitter, one laser generator, and a cable set at our special price of $199, save $80 or 30% off the retail price of $279. The cable set includes four different types of shutter release cables and one flash cable.
Estimated Shipping
March 2017
388 out of 1000 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
Cable Set
$15 USD$30 USD(50% off)
In the cable set, there are 4 different types of shutter release cables and 1 flash cable. The shutter release cables in the set cover all fully supported DSLR cameras listed above. The flash cable is a standard 3.5mm-PC flash cable, which is suitable for most external flashes.
Estimated Shipping
March 2017
28 out of 1000 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
Handheld Radio Transmitter
$20 USD$40 USD(50% off)
CamBuddy Pro has a built-in radio transceiver. You can use one CamBuddy Pro's radio transmitter to trigger another one's radio receiver. The handheld radio transmitter provide a way to trigger a CamBuddy Pro or multiple CamBuddy Pros manually.
Estimated Shipping
March 2017
22 out of 1000 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
Laser Generator
$30 USD$60 USD(50% off)
You can use a general laser pointer to trigger CamBuddy Pro, but CamBuddy Pro's built-in laser sensor works best with the laser generator designed specific for CamBuddy Pro. Note that in the package of the laser generator, a portable power bank is also included.
Estimated Shipping
March 2017
23 out of 1000 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
CamBuddy Pro (Silver)
$129 USD
Get one CamBuddy Pro (silver) at Indiegogo special price of $129, save $60 or 32% off the retail price of $189.
Estimated Shipping
March 2017
33 out of 1000 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
CamBuddy Pro (Black)
$139 USD
Get one CamBuddy Pro (Black) at Indiegogo special price of $139, save $60 or 30% off the retail price of $199.
Estimated Shipping
March 2017
45 out of 1000 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
Matrix Pack
$879 USD
Get 6 units (all with silver metal top covers) to make the bullet-dodge effect you see in matrix at our special price of $879, save $460 or 35% off the retail price of $1,339. The package also includes one handheld radio transmitter, one laser generator, and six cable sets.