The original Triggertrap - fresh from the factory
Your Triggertrap v1 is powered by downloadable Arduino source code, making custom projects and adaptations easy!
The Triggertrap is compatible with hundreds of different SLR camera models from lots of different camera manufacturers.
Is your camera supported?
Are you convinced you want one? We don’t blame you, it’s a bloody exciting piece of kit. The Triggertrap v1 is available now!
Buy yours here!If a picture speaks a thousand words, the below video speaks about 2,6 million words. It's a scientifically proven fact.
We are here to help you get the most from your Triggertrap. For starters, check out the FAQ and the User Manual.
If you’re still stuck, we’ve set up a customer service portal (how corporate does that sound?!) to help you along if you get stuck…
Get some help!To use your Triggertrap, you’ll need:
Please note that the Triggertrap will ship with v0.3.31 of the firmware. Before it can be used, it needs to be upgraded to the v0.3.33 of the firmware (which also introduces Bulb Ramping!). Instructions for how to update are available on the firmware update page.
What cable do I need?The Triggertrap v1 is open-source – to find out more, check out our Open Source information page – over there, you’ll find the links to the source code and answers to any other questions you might have!
I want my C++!At Triggertrap, we’re all about the Web 2.0 love… So join the fun on all these mighty fine sites:
Some of our recent writings about the Triggertrap v1 from the blog.
It’s an incredible experience we’ve been through, creating a brand new product from scratch, running a Kickstarter campaign, and subsequently selling every single Triggertrap v1 we’ve made. Now that the Triggertrap v1 is completely sold out, we’ve started getting quite a few e-mails about what our plans are next, and when we’re launching a Triggertrap […]
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Happy birthday to us! Happy birthday to us! Happy birthday, little company! Happy birthday to us! It’s incredible to think that it’s a full two years since we launched the Kickstarter campaign that would eventually turn into Triggertrap as we know it today. It’s been an amazing journey so far – thank you all for […]
Read MoreIt’s been pretty quiet around Triggertrap v1 and our Triggertrap Shield for Arduino – but that doesn’t mean that stuff isn’t happening in the background! Today, we’re announcing that we’ve released a brand new firmware update for both devices, bringing the version number up to version 0.3.36
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We had a bloody great number of you ordering Triggertrap Mobile and other products in November and December. I know, I know, it sounds pretty unlikely, but it turns out that there are still one or two photographers in the world who don’t have a Triggertrap. So we decided to run a mid-January sale!
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If you’ve ever found yourself outdoors, taking photos at night, wishing you were able to give the sky a bit of a ‘kicker’, before giggling at the ludicrousness of that idea, feast your eyes on this photo taken by ‘deuler_b’ on Flickr, posted to our Triggertrap Flickr pool. The photographer used a Triggertrap v1, set […]
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As part of our Kickstarter campaign, we promised that the Triggertrap Shield and Triggertrap v1 would be as ‘open’ as we could make them. In practice, this meant that the source code and the schematics would be completely open source. We’re really sorry it has taken us this long to release the schematics; we meant […]
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