The sound mode has three different parameters. These are Sensitivity, Delay and
Lock. The sensitivity can be set to a value between 1 and 99 using the dial. Setting
the sensitivity to a high value will let you to capture more sound events. If you
want to capture only high level sound events, you need to set the sensitivity to a
lower value. You can try and see which sensitivity level fits your needs. The second
parameter is delay. This parameter is very useful for high speed photography.
Let’s assume you want to take the picture of a bullet flying through an apple.
When the shotgun is fired, it will make a big noise.
The sound event will be captured but it is too early to trigger the flash unit. The
bullet has not reached the apple yet. So, you need to add some delay. The flash
unit will be triggered after the delay you specified and this will allow you to
capture the picture at the exact moment. You can set the delay anywhere
between 0 ms and 999 ms.
The third parameter is lock. This parameter is used if you want to trigger the flash
unit for a single time only. In a dark room setup, there will be usually repeating
sound events, which will cause the flash unit to be fired more than once. As your
camera will be in bulb mode, this will cause blur in the image. In order to avoid
this you can use the lock parameter. If you set the lock parameter to on, the
device will be triggered once only.
5.3.
L
IGHT
M
ODE
Light mode is similar to sound mode, but use ambient light as the signal to trigger
the camera.
5.4.
L
IGHTNING
M
ODE
mode is one of the six basic modes of MIOPS. In this mode, MIOPS will trigger your
camera or flash unit, if it detects any sudden light event like lightning, fireworks,
sparks, flash lights etc. Lightning mode has a single parameter to be adjusted and
it is the sensitivity. You can set the sensitivity anywhere between 1 percent to 99
percent. If you want to capture light events which are not very powerful, you
need to set the sensitivity to a high value. This will help you to capture more events.
If you want to capture the most distinctive events only, you need to set the
sensitivity to a lower value. In this case, MIOPS will not trigger your camera for a
lightning which strikes very far away with little light emission.
