Comments on: DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 4.1 – Dog Food http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/ A few bits and pieces about photography Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:14:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: raymond http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5524 raymond Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:49:23 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5524 If the correct button has the focus then either the enter key or the space bar should depress it I think. If the correct button has the focus then either the enter key or the space bar should depress it I think.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5519 Jeff Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:41:20 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5519 Raymond, your idea worked great. The last piece of the puzzle is that I think drunk people will have a hard time navigating the mouse and clicking the correct button in the script. Are there any "hot keys" in your script? i.e. hit T for timelapse or S for shutter release? I was considering covering up the keyboard on the laptop with a piece of wood or cardboard, only allowing the guests to hit one button to take a picture. I've considered using an old style mouse with a track ball, positioning the mouse in the correct place, and removing the ball... but the keyboard option would be easier. Raymond, your idea worked great.

The last piece of the puzzle is that I think drunk people will have a hard time navigating the mouse and clicking the correct button in the script. Are there any “hot keys” in your script? i.e. hit T for timelapse or S for shutter release? I was considering covering up the keyboard on the laptop with a piece of wood or cardboard, only allowing the guests to hit one button to take a picture. I’ve considered using an old style mouse with a track ball, positioning the mouse in the correct place, and removing the ball… but the keyboard option would be easier.

]]> By: raymond http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5377 raymond Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:39:19 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5377 Jeff, I would try the time-lapse option in the script, set to take one shot. It lets you specify an initial delay in seconds. Jeff, I would try the time-lapse option in the script, set to take one shot. It lets you specify an initial delay in seconds.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5375 Jeff Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:21:08 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5375 Raymond, I love your camera control script. I am trying to use it for a DIY photobooth for my wedding using a Nikon D3000. I was able to get it to shoot remotely and display big previews using Windows Explorer in "filmstrip" mode. The one thing I need to finish the job is some way to introduce a delay in your script between when you push the shutter release button and when it fires the camera. Don't suppose you know of an easy piece of script I could put in there to accomplish that? Setting the camera to 5 second delay does not accomplish this... Oddly, the 2 second remote delay option works, but this is not quite long enough for how I plan to set things up. Thanks in advance, great little script. Raymond, I love your camera control script. I am trying to use it for a DIY photobooth for my wedding using a Nikon D3000. I was able to get it to shoot remotely and display big previews using Windows Explorer in “filmstrip” mode. The one thing I need to finish the job is some way to introduce a delay in your script between when you push the shutter release button and when it fires the camera. Don’t suppose you know of an easy piece of script I could put in there to accomplish that? Setting the camera to 5 second delay does not accomplish this… Oddly, the 2 second remote delay option works, but this is not quite long enough for how I plan to set things up. Thanks in advance, great little script.

]]> By: Warit http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5363 Warit Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:04:25 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5363 This is a great program. Thanks a lot for your development. I wonder if you can add the bulb timer control option. Some time it's nice to have an exposure longer than 30 seconds. This is a great program. Thanks a lot for your development. I wonder if you can add the bulb timer control option. Some time it’s nice to have an exposure longer than 30 seconds.

]]> By: raymond http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5189 raymond Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:29:45 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5189 Allard, I'm please that you found this interesting and glad you made it work for yourself. However I would appreciate if you did not upload modified versions of my Copyright code to other websites. Thanks. Allard, I’m please that you found this interesting and glad you made it work for yourself. However I would appreciate if you did not upload modified versions of my Copyright code to other websites. Thanks.

]]> By: Rick http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5180 Rick Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:31:36 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5180 First thanks for the program. I downloaded CC4.1 and installed it. Then I setup Lightroom 2.3 to auto import. I set my D70's USB to PTP and plugged it in. All appeared to be working fine, I could control the camera settings with CC4.1 even the shutter release worked. However I got not pictures on the PC. When disconnected the camera from the computer the pictures were on the memory card. Next I tried my D200. All the CC4.1 and Lightroom setting were the same and everything work fine. My pictures were tethered through CC4.1 and auto imported into Lightroom. Any thoughts in why the D70 didn't work? First thanks for the program.

I downloaded CC4.1 and installed it. Then I setup Lightroom 2.3 to auto import. I set my D70’s USB to PTP and plugged it in. All appeared to be working fine, I could control the camera settings with CC4.1 even the shutter release worked. However I got not pictures on the PC. When disconnected the camera from the computer the pictures were on the memory card. Next I tried my D200. All the CC4.1 and Lightroom setting were the same and everything work fine. My pictures were tethered through CC4.1 and auto imported into Lightroom. Any thoughts in why the D70 didn’t work?

]]> By: Allard http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5179 Allard Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:25:46 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5179 I was testing the program with my D3000 and noticed that I can't change the mode setting. So after some more testing I found out that the camera doesn't sync the dev.properties("Exposure Mode").value, back to the pc. Ive added an extra test which actually tries to change the value in the camera (its on r484) Ive also changed what Exposure Mode would dislpay (r322) I also changed the preview size code and added 'None', so that it now works. 'None' could be usefull when using lightroom to show the photo's. (r946 & r829) Here is the link to the code: http://pastebin.com/f45328fa5 Im a coding newb so this was a nice training ;P. I was testing the program with my D3000 and noticed that I can’t change the mode setting. So after some more testing I found out that the camera doesn’t sync the dev.properties(“Exposure Mode”).value, back to the pc.

Ive added an extra test which actually tries to change the value in the camera (its on r484) Ive also changed what Exposure Mode would dislpay (r322)

I also changed the preview size code and added ‘None’, so that it now works. ‘None’ could be usefull when using lightroom to show the photo’s. (r946 & r829)

Here is the link to the code: http://pastebin.com/f45328fa5
Im a coding newb so this was a nice training ;P.

]]> By: Star Trails « Thrillmere http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5154 Star Trails « Thrillmere Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:55:27 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5154 [...] going on. Then we decided to go back to the other side of the fence! To take the 200 shots, I used DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 4.1 which has a handy time lapse feature. I set it to ISO 400, 15 second exposure, f/3.5 and set to 200 [...] [...] going on. Then we decided to go back to the other side of the fence! To take the 200 shots, I used DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 4.1 which has a handy time lapse feature. I set it to ISO 400, 15 second exposure, f/3.5 and set to 200 [...]

]]> By: Greg Bahlhorn http://www.diyphotobits.com/2009/10/02/diyphotobits-com-camera-control-4-1-dog-food/comment-page-1/#comment-5053 Greg Bahlhorn Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:47:39 +0000 http://www.diyphotobits.com/?p=354#comment-5053 Raymond, Yes I can see the camera but the script does nothing when I try to select the camera. What should I set the USB to on the camera? Raymond, Yes I can see the camera but the script does nothing when I try to select the camera. What should I set the USB to on the camera?

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