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trigger. The 2nd would be about a half second later with a 2 second shutter trigger, the 3rd would

have a 4 second shutter trigger and the 4th would have an 8 second shutter trigger. The 5th through

8th shots would start at 1 minute 5 seconds from activation and would have shutter trigger times of

1,2,4,8 seconds respectively. This menu is really only used for taking shots in the dark or with heavy

neutral density filters on the lens because the shortest shutter times that can be done (for a 4 shot

HDR sequence would be 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8 seconds). The reason the minimum granularity 1/10th

of a second is because many cameras don't allow a bulb time of less than this. Even 1/10th of a

second may be too quick for some cameras. If you're have trouble with your camera not triggering

reliably try increasing this. One second should be a safe value for all cameras.

General Settings Menu

The general settings menu allows the backlight to be turned on or off or set to stay on for 10 seconds

after the last button press. When the unit is set to turn off the backlight after 10 seconds, pressing

the Activate button to enter photo mode will also turn off the backlight. The backlight is the largest

contributing factor to power usage on the Camera Axe so turning it off greatly extends battery life.

This menu lets you control the startup mode and switch between preset groups as described below.

The menu also shows the current version of the software.

Parameter

Options

Backlight

Off

10 sec

Startup Mode

Photo

Preset Group

Preset_1

Preset_2

Preset_3

Preset_4

PROGRAM NOTE: The countdown timer for turning off the backlight is initially set in the Setup

Comment

If On, the backlight stays on all the time, if set to Off, the

backlight will be off. If set to 10 sec, the backlight will turn

off after 10 seconds with no button press or when the

Activate button is pressed.

By default the Camera Axe always starts up into Menu

mode. This can be changed into starting on Photo mode

if you just want to turn on the Camera Axe and have it be

ready to take photos without hitting the activate button.

The four group presets can be used to store commonly

used menu settings and then switch between them so you

don't need to remember all the individual settings.