Camera Remote Control through a PC

[Don Hoey]

Stephen,

I cannot find anything for use of mirror lock unless you are able to set that in a ' Shooting settings bank '. Something I cannot try I'm afraid.

If I set Anti Mirror Shock mode it works so that may be a way round it.

Don

[Canis Vulpes]

Originally Posted by Don Hoey

Stephen,

Screen shot attached. The little black arrow on the left is the key.

Don

Hmmm, I get 50% of that status window. Very odd, after I saw your last post I figured something needs clicking to access. Unfortunately it will be end of this week until I can test again.

[Jon Sharp]

Originally Posted by Saphire

Thanks Rob. I don't have it on the computer so will find the disk.

Look for the Canon Utilities in programs menu and then camera window. It isn't obvious from this that it manages the camera remotely.

I tried it with a 350d and it was fine.

Jon

[Saphire]

Found it Thanks Jon never would have dreamed that was the right program.

[Jon Sharp]

Originally Posted by Saphire

Found it Thanks Jon never would have dreamed that was the right program.

Took me a while to find it - I looked at it briefly over a month ago and last night I had cause to play with it again and I struggled to remembe how to access it!

[Canis Vulpes]

Originally Posted by Stephen Fox

Hmmm, I get 50% of that status window. Very odd, after I saw your last post I figured something needs clicking to access. Unfortunately it will be end of this week until I can test again.

I have taken a new look at this and found the histogram, it was the arrow (black triangle) on the LHS bottom of original window. Below shows window with and without histogram. I did not notice before but highlights flash as in highlight menu of camera 'playback'.

[Don Hoey]

Stephen,

Now this one has been cracked, its just the mirror up one to look at. Afraid I cannot try this.

You could probably save me some time looking at the D2X manual I have downloaded if you use shooting banks. I don't, but have discovered that you can set these up for specific types of photography. If you only use bank one, I think another can possible be set up to use mirror up facility.

Don

[wolfie]

Originally Posted by Jon Sharp

Took me a while to find it - I looked at it briefly over a month ago and last night I had cause to play with it again and I struggled to remembe how to access it!

Christine and Jon, you will find that Pro-DLSR from Breeze systems is far better, you can download it on a trial basis http://www.breezesys.com/DSLRRemotePro/index.htm

I'm not sure about the 350D, but Canons remote capture does not allow save to flashcard for the 10D & 300D.
This being the main reason I started using wireless to send my images from laptop to desktop, whereas DSLR-Pro will allow either or.

Harry

[Canis Vulpes]

Mirror lock up is a mode off the shooting mode dial on camera. Normally set to Ch (Constant high speed) I select M-up and try capture control only to receive the message below. I guess Nikon want to sell a shutter release cable to photographers who wish to use this feature with capture control. A workaround is to manually operate shutter in M-up mode and wait 30s for timeout then image is transferred to PC instead of CF card.

[wolfie]

Originally Posted by Stephen Fox

Mirror lock up is a mode off the shooting mode dial on camera. Normally set to Ch (Constant high speed) I select M-up and try capture control only to receive the message below. I guess Nikon want to sell a shutter release cable to photographers who wish to use this feature with capture control. A workaround is to manually operate shutter in M-up mode and wait 30s for timeout then image is transferred to PC instead of CF card.

MLU is quite simple with the Canon, but does have to be selected first in menu.


Harry