14 DAY TRIAL // It really seems that the number of applications enabled by the iOS platform, together with a couple of external accessories, really knows no boundaries, the latest example of a very clever use of Apple's portable gadgets being the blueSLR from XEquals, a solution that allows the iOS-running products to become remote controls for your DSLR camera.
Similar to other iOS-oriented products out there, the blueSLR consists of a combo between a hardware add-on featuring Bluetooth technology for connecting to the Apple device and an app running on the respective iPad, iPhone or iPod.
Despite being quite small and easy to carry around (roughly the same size as 2 x AA batteries), the blueSLR hardware add-on (that, by the way, connects to the DSLR' USB port) offers a very good range (namely, around 300 feet), while the app enables plenty of control options.
For example, one can easily adjust the focus, shutter speed and timer along with GPS update frequency (yeah, the device also embedds GPS data into photos) and easily tell the camera to take a certain number of pictures within a given timeframe.
The GPS information embedded in the RAW or JPEG file is compatible with iPhoto's places along with Flickr and Picasa's geo-tagging technology.
Now, one of the biggest problems faced by the blueSLR solution is the fact that the number of DSLR it supports is still rather limited, since we're talking about D3100, D5000, D90, D7000, D2Xs, D3, D3s, D3x, D200, D300, D300S and D700 models from Nikon, with support for Canon DSLRs also being promised for the near future.
Unfortunately, there's no word here about the other DSLR manufacturers out there (Pentax, Sony, Olympus, etc.), but we really hope that the XEquals will manage to convince them to adopt this interesting technology as well.
The blueSLR from XEquals is available for $149, while the app is available for free, and although just iOS users can benefit from it for the time being, it seems that Android and Blackberry versions are also coming our way.