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The Unleashed – Barcode Edition will mainly be sold in bundle with a compatible, pre-programmed and pre-paired Bluetooth® barcode scanner, such as the small and handy CipherLab 1660 BT.

All the photographer needs to do is to plug the Unleashed – Barcode Edition into the 10-pin-port of his Nikon DSLR and to turn on his barcode scanner and camera. The Unleashed will immediately connect itself with the barcode scanner. After the barcode is scanned, the camera will write it into the EXIF data of each photo, until the next barcode is scanned. This means, that the photographer can give each client a card with a barcode on it and scan it in before taking photos of this client. The barcode will be embedded in each photo of this client and can therefore automatically be matched to the client, without anyone having to look at the photo in post production. This saves a lot of time for volume photographers such as school photographers. As an additional feature, a special barcode can be scanned to remotely release the shutter of the camera.

Until now, barcode scanning was only possible with the discontinued Fuji S5, using a complex, tethered setup. With the Unleashed – Barcode Edition, it is now possible to use any of the pro/prosumer Nikon DSRLs from the D200 and up. And as an additional bonus, the whole setup is completely wireless!