Spark Camera Control

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I love Alpine Labs. I think my Radian is awesome, and I jumped right on the Spark when I was prepping for a trip. And, as a wired or infrared remote, it’s great, although the shutter button is a bit squirrelly at times. But the phone app is frustrating, and it flat out doesn’t work with my Sony A7RII. The time lapse feature acts like it’s working, but the shutter never activates. Even the single frame option doesn’t work—the phone just vibrates without doing anything. There’s no troubleshooting on their website, so there’s little I can do to see what might be wrong. I get that Sony’s stuff is harder to work with than Canon or Nikon, but if you can’t make it work, then you shouldn’t sell the product for that market until it does, flawlessly. I’ve updated firmware on the device, and maybe some day an update will fix the problems, but more likely, the Spark will end up in a drawer, forgotten. As I said, I love what these guys are trying to do, and I’ll keep working with my Radian.

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Using this on a Sony A7riii the timelapse feature doesn’t work. I followed up with support and they stated the engineers are aware and working on a fix that it isn’t specific to that camera but a firmware failure due to the LED on the spark and power management. For me this is a dealbreaker and I would suggest not purchasing a spark until they get the unit working. Timelapse was the only reason I bought this device.

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I have an A7riii and the only functions that work with my camera is the single shot feature and the photo booth. The two lamest ones! I bought this thing because the time laps feature stinks on the this camera. Turns out, this product stinks just as bad. Oh, and it came in pieces in the box. Shipping packaging wasn’t adequate.

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I don’t understand why this app doesn’t have an intervalometer feature. If I can control how the exposure time with my spark why can’t I program how many photos I want to take as well! Very disappointed.

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I still can’t do bulb ramp time lapses even though that was promised. The fastest shutter I can do in HDR mode is 1/10 of a second, so that’s not even useful unless I’m only doing HDR photos at night. I would stay away from this product.