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Sorry, no LiveView — but here is a thought

December 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m afraid I’m probably not going to be able to support Nikon LiveView in DIYPhotobits.com CameraControl. It isn’t available via PTP or WIA but only via the Nikon SDK which I don’t have access to (and probably couldn’t program even if I could).

However here’s an great thought to get a similiar experience - at least in a studio situation.

Basically use the video out of the camera to to send to another monitor, while at the same time also tethering.

I haven’t tried this — nor I suspect has the person suggesting it — but it sounds like it would be good, presuming you have the two monitors required.

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Tags: Ideas · Not mine

Why is there no Bluetooth on DSLRs?

December 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Bluetooth in cameras. - the benefits many and all very useful.

It’s a good point isn’t it? It would open up so many possibilities.

Or is it because the camera makers want to sell expensive WiFi solutions for wireless remote access?

RAW files over a bluetooth connection are not going to be fun though.

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Tags: Images · Not mine

Free Tethered Shooting for Linux

October 10th, 2008 · No Comments

This is not mine and I haven’t tried it but I appreciate the nice simple approach, perhaps because it is like mine, of a script wrapper around some standard functionality.

See this post where appollux explains the scripting necessary to get tethered shooting working on Linux, or probably any similiar *nix system.

It really makes me want to go ahead and implement some more interesting features now that the basics are taken care of for most people.  But first I really have to do that bamboo monopole — I suffer from terrible handshake it seems.

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Controlling a Nikon or Canon camera with a Nintendo DS

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

This one is not mine!  But wow, that’s a great hack.  It’s remote camera control — not tethered viewing — of a Nikon or Canon DSLR using a Nintendo DS.  Check out the details here.  A very impressive piece of work.   [Via zedomax.com and hackszine.com]

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