Visit http://www.photoremote.de if you can underderstand German to read about another WIA based remote control software, targetting Nikon specifically.
Speak German? Remote control your Nikon DSLR
February 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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Bracketmeister: Hardware exposure bracketing from Joergen Geerds
February 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Here is a great invention by Joergen Geerds, a hardware based platform for doing exposure bracketing. Just when I released a software approach targetted at Nikon cameras Joergen releases a hardware approach targetting Canon!
Actually I suspect that both ways will work with both Canon and Nikon, but that is untested. Where as I’m using USB and WIA and PTP to control the camera from Windows Joergen is using a microcontroller and a cable release to the camera which is in Bulb mode to do variable length exposures.
Tags: Not mine
DIYPhotobits.Com Camera Control 4.0 – Basic Bracketing
February 3rd, 2009 · 96 Comments
It is here, it is basic, but it works (somewhat) — Bracketing. Once again I find myself either spending an hour I have available to work on the code, or publishing what I already have working, limited though it may be.
So here we have 4.0 – the Basic Bracketing version.
Expect bugs — that’s why the version is a .0 one! However it should do you for some basic HDR or timelapse uses.
Update:
- Only works in P, A or S modes as the bracketing is controlled by adjusting the exposure compensation. I’ll do M mode support later.
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DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 3.0 – Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2009 · 17 Comments
I’m please to be able to say that you can now download
the latest release of DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control. This is release 3.0 – the Happy New Year! release.
Upgrading to this version will get you:
- Time Lapse!
Yes, at last, I’ve implemented — admittedly very very basic and boring — but still functional — time lapse. If you have a D300 or other camera with time lapse built in then this is boring, but for those of you with D40 and similiar then this gets you what you need to do all those fun time lapse videos.
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Want Voice Activated Shutter Release for a Nikon?
December 28th, 2008 · No Comments
The software you need is:
Then to get voice activated shutter release:
- Install both.
- Turn on the Language Bar (in control panel, regional and language, languages, details, language bar)
- (Optional) Train Microsoft Voice recognition (in control panel, speech)
- Turn on the microphone (click the mic icon in the language bar)
- Run DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.1
- Say “Voice command”
- (optional) Say “What can I say” then scroll down to the bottom of the list where it says “Menus and Buttons” and expand that list, ensure that “Shutter release” is one of the listed commands
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Demo Video for DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.1
December 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I thought it was well past time that I did some more explanation of how to use the new features in DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.1.
Turns out my video skills need a bit of work though as I ended up putting together a 10 minute video, the YouTube limit, and only covered half the features. Still, I hope this is helpful both to see what sort of thing the script is useful for — in this case I’m covering self-portrait balancing flash vs ambient ala Strobist.
(Click through and view the high quality version if you want to read the text!)
Tags: Video
DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.1 – Greens
November 28th, 2008 · 64 Comments
UPDATE: Download latest here.
You know when you are a kid you have to eat your green vegetables before you are allowed to eat your chips (fries) and all that before you get dessert? It is a sequence in life — first good-but-nasty, then ok stuff, and finally fun things you really want.
Well for programmers the sequence is:
- Fix the bugs (Greens)
- Implement obvious useful but boring features (Chips)
- Add the fantastic new ideas you just had in the shower (Ice Cream)
So welcome to DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.1 – the Greens release!
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DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.0 : Embarrassment
October 29th, 2008 · 24 Comments
Update, try the
Camera Control 2.1 instead which fixes some bugs.
Ok so here is DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.0 — the Embarrassment release. I’ve named it that because I’ve had no time to work on it recently and so it still is a) very rough with major holes and b) fails to have all the obvious fixes and enhancements that I have discussed with people.
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DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 1.0
October 16th, 2008 · 22 Comments
Update; Now try version 2.
Ok here’s something new — I’ve taken the various little scripts for tethered shooting and remote control and wrapped them up in a nicer interface. This is the first time I’ve tried writing a “hypertext application” or .HTA file and it’s quite an interesting mix of HTML and scripting. I think I can do quite a few interesting things with this. But for now here I have produced:
DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 1.0
DOWNLOAD (200K installer)
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RAW : in remote shutter release script
September 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Two of my scripts let you press a key on the keyboard, or click with the mouse, and remotely release the shutter. But just like the built in Windows Explorer technique for doing these they both only are able to trigger JPG, even if the camera is set to RAW.
Until today. It turns out this is not that hard to fix. But the programatic technique is a bit of a laugh; because Windows Image Automation does not officially support RAW the NEF files on my Nikon D300 are typed as being of “undefined” type. Unlike JPG files which WIA does know are JPG files and are typed appropriately.
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