Paul C. Buff, Inc. Technical Forum

Control dual Sony Nex 5 onboard an RC helicopter... I need to synchronize from as far as I can get... 1 mile?

Is this possible... What's the unit I need?

G.

Firstly, our remotes reach 300-400 feet. Even with repeater mode, you would not be able to reach one mile. Pocket Wizard, currently the farthest reaching remote, will only reach a maximum of 1600 feet. Secondly, I do not believe the NEX series has a remote input port. Therefore, I do not know of a solution to work for you, however, I do know we do not have a solution to meet your needs as described.

Not sure about the NEX input compatibility but here is one photog's solution for extremely long-range triggering.

http://robertbenson.com/blog/2008/10/20 ... a-trigger/

This link is not working anymore. You know something that's similar to this?

cheers!
RC Helicopter Simulator

DIY long range triggers are usually based on inexpensive walkie talkies. If you Google, camera trigger long range, you will get several of different resources - some DIY and some you just buy. Here is a pretty good description with pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/majet/sets ... 1167555072. Google should turn up some video too.