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MK Controls Lightning Bug Plus Camera Lightning Trigger

MFR# LIGHTNINGBUGPL

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The Lightning Bug is based upon the science of lightning. There are two components of lightning; the bright white flash everyone wants to capture and the unseen infrared light that always precedes it. The Lightning Bug uses a high-speed photodiode sensor optimized to the infrared burst that occurs just before a lightning strike. This infrared light comes from the vaporization of air and particles in the air. The Lightning Bug acts as a lookout for your camera, watching for a change in infrared light. When a significant change of infra-red light over a very short period of time is detected, it directs the camera shutter to trip and capture the lightning in action.

Being photographers first and an engineering company second, we give you the ability to adjust the sensitivity of the Lightning Bug. The exclusive sensitivity adjustment circuitry allows the photographer to customize the Lightning Bug's operation to any shooting situation. This gives the photographer full control over when to take the picture. If you only wanted to capture the brightest and boldest lightning bolts you would decrease the sensitivity. Or if you wanted to capture lightning over the city or mountains from a long distance, you would increase the sensitivity. Only the Lightning Bug gives you this level of control.

While others in the field point to the simplicity of their unit's ability to automatically 'adjust' for all conditions, we are of the mindset that the user knows better than our device ever could. At MK Controls we believe that you, the photographer, should be able to make the decision about an image. That is why we include features that put you in control for less money.

We also include premium features not found in simpler lightning detectors on the market. The Lightning Bug allows the user to limit the number of possible exposures per second to between 1 and 10. This feature allows you to capture repeated lightning strikes successfully

When trying to capture weather events, your photography gear can get wet, we've designed the Lightning Bug to withstand exposure to rain. The design incorporates weather resistant soft touch buttons.

A PC port is included on the hot shoe mount. This allows the use of external flash units to be used as fill flash. When the Lightning Bug senses a strike, the shutter is released, the camera will then fire the attached flash when it captures the image. The possibilities of using fill flash with the Lightning Bug are endless.

The Lightning Bug – Engineered for your imagination.

Canon E3 #210 Plug (2.5mm TRS, also fits some Pentax / Fuji / Oly)

Canon: 1000D, 100D, 1100D, 1200D, 1300D, 1500D, 2000D, 200D, 250D, 300D, 350D, 400D, 450D, 500D, 550D, 600D, 60D, 60Da, 650D, 700D, 70D, 750D, 760D, 77D, 8000D, 800D, 80D, 850D, 90D, Digital Rebel, Digital Rebel XT, Digital Rebel XTi, Elan 7/7E, Elan 7NE, Elan II/IIE, EOS M5, EOS M6, EOS M6 MK II, EOS R, EOS R10, EOS R100, EOS R6, EOS R6 MK II, EOS R7, EOS R8, EOS RP, G10, G11, G12, G15, G16, G1X, G1X II, G1X III, G3X, G5X, IX Lite, Kiss Digital, Kiss Digital F, Kiss Digital N, Kiss Digital X, Kiss X2, Kiss X3, Kiss X4, Kiss X5, Kiss X50, Kiss X6i, Kiss X70, Kiss X7i, Kiss X8i, Rebel , Rebel 2000, Rebel GII, Rebel SL1, Rebel SL2, Rebel SL3, Rebel T1i, Rebel T2, Rebel T2i, Rebel T3, Rebel T3i, Rebel T4i, Rebel T5, Rebel T5i, Rebel T6, Rebel T6i, Rebel T6s, Rebel T7, Rebel T7i, Rebel T8i, Rebel Ti, Rebel XS, Rebel XSi, Rebel XT, Rebel XTi, SX50 HS, SX60 HS, SX70 HS, XSi

Pentax: *ist D, *ist DL, *ist DL2, *ist DS, *ist DS2, 645D, 645Z, D20D, Grand Prix, ist D, ist DL, ist DL2, ist DS, ist DS2, K1, K1 II, K10 , K10 Grand Prix, K100D, K100D Super, K10D, K110D, K200D, K20D, K3, K-3, K3 II, K30, K-30, K3-II, K5, K-5, K-5 II, K-5 IIs, K-5 IIt, K50, K-50, K500, K-500, K5-II, K5-IIS, K7, K-7, MZ-6, MZ-L, ZX-L

Fujifilm: GFX100, GFX100S, GFX50R, GFX50S, X100F, X100T, X100V, X70, X-E1, X-E2, X-E3, X-H1, X-H2, X-Pro2, X-Pro3, X-T1, X-T10, X-T100, X-T2, X-T20, X-T3, X-T30, X-T4, X-T5

NOTE: For the Fujifilm X-E1, X-E2, X-T1, X-T2 and X-T3 models, you must provide a 3.5mm Male to 2.5mm Female adaptor, and you must specifiy the microphone port to be used as a remote shutter release in the menu options.

Samsung: GX-1L, GX-1S, GX-20, NX-10, NX-100, NX-11, NX-5

OM Systems/Olympus: OM-1, OM-D E-M1 MK II, OM-D E-M1 MK III, OM-D E-M1X, OM-D E-M5 MK III

Sigma: SD1, SD1 Merrill, SD15

Hasselblad: H, H3D, H4D-200MS, H4D-31, H4D-40, H4D-50, H4D-50MS, H4D-60, H5D, H6D

Contax: 645, N, N Digital, N1, NX

Lytro: Illum

Canon N3 #218 Plug

Canon: 10D, 1D, 1D C, 1D MK II, 1D MK II N, 1D MK III, 1D MK IV, 1D X, 1D X MK II, 1D X MK III, 1DC, 1Ds, 1Ds ASTRO, 1Ds MK II, 1Ds MK III, 1DX, 1Dx MK II, 1V, 1v HS, 20D, 20Da, 30D, 40D, 50D, 5D, 5D MK II, 5D MK III, 5D MK IV, 5DR, 5Ds, 5Ds R, 6D, 6D MK II, 7D, 7D MK II, D2000, D30, D60, EOS 3, EOS R3, EOS R5

Kodak: DCS-560

Nikon DC1 #234 Plug

Nikon: D80

Nikon DC2 #236 Plug

Nikon: 100WQD, 110S, 130ED, 140ED, 150ED, 70Ws, Coolpix A, Coolpix P1000, Coolpix P7700, Coolpix P7800, Coolpix P900, Coolpix P950, CP8400, CP8800, D3100, D3200, D3300, D40, D40X, D50, D5000, D5100, D5200, D5300, D5500, D5600, D60, D600, D610, D7000, D70S, D7100, D7200, D750, D7500, D780, D90, Df, F65, F75, J1, J2, P7000, P7100, P7700, U, U2, V1, V2, Z5, Z6, Z6II, Z7, Z7II

Nikon MC30 #221 10-pin Plug

Nikon: D1, D100, D100(w/MB-D100 grip), D1H, D1X, D2, D200, D2H, D2HS, D2X, D2XH, D2XS, D3, D300, D300S, D3s, D3X, D4, D4S, D5, D500, D6, D700, D800, D800 E, D800E, D810, D810 A, D810A, D810E, D850, F100, F5, F6, F90, F90X, Z8, Z9

Fujifilm: IS Pro, S3-Pro, S5-Pro

Kodak: DCS Pro 14n

Olympus CB1 #230 3 Pin Plug

Olympus: C2500L, C5050, C7070, C8080, E-1, E-10, E-100RS, E-20, E-200, E-20N, E-3, E300, E-5

Olympus UC1 #232 USB Port Plug

Olympus: E-100 RS, E-30, E-400, E-410, E-420, E-450, E-510, E-520, E-600, E-620, E-PL3, Evolt E-410, Evolt E-510, M-D E-M5 II, OMD E-M1, OM-D E-M1, OM-D E-M10, OM-D E-M10 Mark II, OM-D E-M10 Mark III, OM-D E-M10 MK II, OM-D E-M5, OM-D E-M5 II, OM-D E-M5 Mark II, PEN , PEN E-P1, PEN E-P2, PEN E-P2 SE, PEN E-P3, PEN E-P5, PEN E-PL2, PEN E-PL3, PEN E-PL5, PEN E-PL6, PEN E-PL7, PEN E-PM1, PEN E-PM2, PEN-F, SP-510 UZ, SP-510UZ, SP-550, SP-550 UZ, SP-560, SP-570, SP-590UZ, SP-810UZ, Stylus 1, Stylus 1s, Stylus SH-2, SZ-11, SZ-20, SZ-300MR, XZ-1, XZ-2, XZ-2iHS

Sony S1 #238 Plug

Sony: DSLR-A100, DSLR-A100H, DSLR-A100K, DSLR-A200, DSLR-A200K, DSLR-A200W, DSLR-A300, DSLR-A300/N, DSLR-A300K, DSLR-A300K/N, DSLR-A350, DSLR-A350K, DSLR-A350X, DSLR-A400, DSLR-A450, DSLR-A500, DSLR-A500H, DSLR-A500L, DSLR-A550, DSLR-A550L, DSLR-A550V, DSLR-A560, DSLR-A560L, DSLR-A580, DSLR-A580L, DSLR-A700, DSLR-A700H, DSLR-A700K, DSLR-A700P, DSLR-A850, DSLR-A900, SLT-A33, SLT-A33L, SLT-A35, SLT-A35K, SLT-A37, SLT-A37K, SLT-A37M, SLT-A55, SLT-A55V, SLT-A55VL, SLT-A57, SLT-A57K, SLT-A57M, SLT-A65, SLT-A65V, SLT-A65VK, SLT-A65VM, SLT-A77, SLT-A77 II, SLT-A77M2, SLT-A77V, SLT-A77VM, SLT-A77VQ, SLT-A99, SLT-A99 II, SLT-A99V

Minolta: DiMAGE 5, DiMAGE 7, DiMAGE 7Hi, DiMAGE 7i, DiMAGE A1, DiMAGE A2, DiMAGE A200, Dynax 3, Dynax 4, Dynax 5000, Dynax 500si, Dynax 505si, Dynax 5D, Dynax 7000, Dynax 7D, Dynax 9, Dynax 9000, Dynax Sweets, Dynax7, Maxxum 3, Maxxum 4, Maxxum 5000, Maxxum 500si, Maxxum 505si, Maxxum 5D, Maxxum 600si, Maxxum 7, Maxxum 7000, Maxxum 700si, Maxxum 7D, Maxxum 807si, Maxxum 9, Maxxum 9000

Hasselblad: HV

Sony S2 #239 Plug

Sony: A1, A3000, A3500, A5000, A5000L, A5100, A58, A6000, A6300, A6400, A6500, A68, A7, A7 II, A7 III, A7 IV, A7II, A7R, A7R , A7R II, A7R III, A7R IV, A7R V, A7RII, A7RIII, A7S, A7S II, A7S III, A9, A9 II, HX300, HX400, HX50V, HX60, HX80, HX90, HX90V, III, IV, NEX 3N, NEX-3NL, NEX-3NL , RX10, RX10 , RX10 II, RX10 III, RX10 IV, RX100 II, RX100 III, RX100 IV, RX100 Platinum, RX100 V, RX100 VI, RX100 VII