Should smart triggers be a part of landscape photographers’ go-to tools? Most experienced landscape photographers would say that it would be prudent to have at least a form of a remote shutter for your camera for landscape photography and the importance of this increases if you are someone who does really long exposures, time-lapse, and interval shooting. There are many uses for remote shutters, camera triggers, and intervalometers, though not an absolute essential for the craft. In the simplest way, remote shutters allow you to trigger the camera without touching it, avoiding any camera shake that may ruin the image if you are shooting with a slow shutter speed. A common work-around for this is using a 2-second timer that is usually built-in with most cameras. However, there are certain shots that would require specific timing. One such example would be a common technique called “wave painting” which is shooting the crashing of waves for a couple of seconds to get a smooth brushed texture when shooting seascapes. This can be done with an on-board timer but would definitely lead to a lot of missed shots. Of course, another common use of remote shutters is for shooting really long […]
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