Image Capture

"Alan McGrath" <alanm DeleteThis @ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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>I have often watched Photo Pros on TV working in studios and using a laptop
>computer to control a camera during shooting whatever. Can someone tell
>me (i)what software they are likely to be using and (ii) is it possible to
>do this with a digital single lens reflex and (iii) assuming the answer to
>(ii) is "no" what is the best camera to use.
>
> Thanks in advance for any answers.

What you're talking about is called tethered operation. I use a Canon DSLR
(1DSMkII or 5D for this purpose) and shoot tethered to a Dell laptop via a
USB cable. The software I use is from Breeze Systems and is called DSLR
Remote Pro; it's for Canons only. Of course, it doesn't provide live
preview - DSLRs can't do that - but you can tell it to take a pic and it
will display almost immediately on the laptop screen, giving you a very
convenient opportunity to adjust lighting, modelling, etc. You have control
from the laptop of all the shooting parameters of the camera, including ISO,
aperture, shutter speed, white balance, and so on. You can set it up to do
bracketing and time lapse too. The pictures you take are not stored on the
CF card but are sent instantly to the laptop for review, and you can go RAW
or JPEG. It's very good. If you don't want to use a DSLR I see that the
same company also has a product called PSRemote, which can control Canon
Powershots. You can read more at www.breezesys.com

H
(Unconnected with Breeze, by the way)
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Jim Townsend wrote:
> Alan McGrath wrote:
>
> > I have often watched Photo Pros on TV working in studios and using a laptop
> > computer to control a camera during shooting whatever. Can someone tell me
> > (i)what software they are likely to be using and (ii) is it possible to do
> > this with a digital single lens reflex and (iii) assuming the answer to (ii)
> > is "no" what is the best camera to use.
>
> Most Canon cameras come with remote software which allows you to operate
> them from a computer. This applies to the DSLR's as well as the regular
> models.
>
> Bibble Lab's photoediting software has remote control capabilities as
> well for many digital cameras.

Nikon Capture will let you do this, Actually there is a new Nikon
program out for capture control. I used to use Kodak PhotoDesk with
Kodak DCS 460 and 760 cameras.

Tom
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Hi all,

Many thanks to all that replied. I have decided to try the software that
came with my Canon camera, it does not give all the features that some of
the 3rd party software has but at least it will not cost me any money to
use.

Thanks again everyone, I really appreciate the comments.

Alan


"Helen" <gormless.DeleteThis@gormless.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Alan McGrath" <alanm.DeleteThis@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:ebmhcq$paj$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>>I have often watched Photo Pros on TV working in studios and using a
>>laptop computer to control a camera during shooting whatever. Can
>>someone tell me (i)what software they are likely to be using and (ii) is
>>it possible to do this with a digital single lens reflex and (iii)
>>assuming the answer to (ii) is "no" what is the best camera to use.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any answers.
>
> What you're talking about is called tethered operation. I use a Canon
> DSLR (1DSMkII or 5D for this purpose) and shoot tethered to a Dell laptop
> via a USB cable. The software I use is from Breeze Systems and is called
> DSLR Remote Pro; it's for Canons only. Of course, it doesn't provide live
> preview - DSLRs can't do that - but you can tell it to take a pic and it
> will display almost immediately on the laptop screen, giving you a very
> convenient opportunity to adjust lighting, modelling, etc. You have
> control from the laptop of all the shooting parameters of the camera,
> including ISO, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, and so on. You can
> set it up to do bracketing and time lapse too. The pictures you take are
> not stored on the CF card but are sent instantly to the laptop for review,
> and you can go RAW or JPEG. It's very good. If you don't want to use a
> DSLR I see that the same company also has a product called PSRemote, which
> can control Canon Powershots. You can read more at www.breezesys.com
>
> H
> (Unconnected with Breeze, by the way)
>
>
>
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Alan McGrath wrote:

> I have often watched Photo Pros on TV working in studios and using a laptop
> computer to control a camera during shooting whatever. Can someone tell me
> (i)what software they are likely to be using and (ii) is it possible to do
> this with a digital single lens reflex and (iii) assuming the answer to (ii)
> is "no" what is the best camera to use.
>
> Thanks in advance for any answers.
>
>
>

Probably Phase 1's Capture One or Sinar's CaptureShop.

http://www.phaseone.com/Content/Software/ProSoftware/TechSpecs/RawFile...port.as

http://www.sinarbron.com/sinar/digital/software.php

Capture One PRO supports RAW from most DSLRs

I think Sinar's CaptureShop only works with Sinar's digital backs.
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