Do you ever shoot tethered? (Particularly Canon EOS)

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Im tempte3d to try shooting with my 30D tethered. Does anyone ever do it?

Have an idea for a couple of shots that I'll be setting up near my computer so the instand feedback would be ace.

Which software would allow me to do it (Never dabbled with the provided software)
 
now it's funny you asked that, I've got something coming up where it would be handy as well, be interested in seeing the answers :)
 
I have done before. Good for studio type shots to check DOF and lighting. V handy for that sort of thing. Would be great for studio portraits. Need to get a longer cable or one of those laptop brackets for my Manfrotto tho ;)
 
Ive used Remote Capture, bundled with Canon software. Great for checking shots instantly.
Dean:)
 
I've tried it before shooting some macro's at the pc, its handy for direct feedback on a big monitor instead of a small lcd.
 
Thanks for the replies everyone. Yes, sorry I didn't make it clearer, it was more of a "How the hell do I do it...lol"
 
Dino f said:
Ive used Remote Capture, bundled with Canon software. Great for checking shots instantly.
Dean:)
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I have done the same. Needed to connect up to enter my name into the camera's default.
 
I've done it with my 20D in a studio and it works a treat, you can actually fire the camera from the PC. Strangely though the 5D is not supported by canon's own software. I find that a bit odd!

Has anyone used lightroom or any other capture software with a 5D?
Ali
 
Tethered ............. another new word in the world of photography to learn. :'( :)

How about a sticky with an A-Z of photography terms?
 
We did have a Glossary richmond, but the software that ran it had a security hole in it, and wasnt updated so we had to disable it :(
 
Thanks for the reply Marcel. I have a 'little black book' that I call my Jargon Buster. It often comes in handy and 'tethered' has been added.
 
Well I did have a dabble after I posted the thread, but I have no idea what I used.

Now with the 365 project underway and in full swing, I'm going to look into this again. Thanks for the bump Ali!
 
Well I dunno about other software but Nikon Capture camera control is the bomb.
Every control available on camera, except actual movement of the thing, is available on screen and controled with the mouse, from focus area (selective if you want) to metering mode, exposure bias...wbalance...flash compensation...everything
This is brilliant for studio/product or whatever where once the camera angle & and proximity is set, you dont need to touch it again, you dont even need to be in the same room, you can shoot away > review a frame fullsize on screen > make adjustments and re-shoot.
I can see it being usefull for the birdtable too...
 
Also check out bible pro http://bibblelabs.com/ makers (?) of noise ninja. I'm going to regret this but did anyone watch Colleen's Real Women, I know OMG, anyways the togs camera was tethered to laptop and he appeared to be tethered to his desk. Don't recall him lifting his a**e of the chair once seemed a little unprofessional but then what do I know.
 
I've used the canon stuff to shoot tethered, works a treat, doesnt use the onboard CF card, goes straight to the lappy, kept tripping on the USB cable though, so you need some strain relief at either end so the ports dont get damaged. use the supplied canon usb into the camera with a long extension, if you trip, the connection in the middle comes apart, and you have to reset the software to continue.
sounds a hassle, but works well. :thumbs:
 
Did a shoot recently running tethered. Worked fine no problem, except the USB cable was to short.


Apparently you can do this in LR , Adobe call it live shooting. Heres a link if anyone is interested. Not tried it myself yet but may give it a go soon

http://adobeforums.com/webx/.3c057601/1
 
Sheep

The software that comes with most Canon cameras will do tethered shoots. ( Don't know about Nikon sorry). That's what I used. Canon call it Remote shooting as you can fire the camera from the computer as well. You'll find details in the manual on the Canon CD mine was section 3 -2 may be different on other manuals.

The resultant images are loaded into the Zoombrowser for viewing.
 
You can only do proper 'Live' shooting with a DSLR if you have one with the Live View facility...like the 40D, or 1dMkIII
 
Sorry to bring this up but Colleen's on ITV2 now, only mention this in the interest of furthering Marcel's knowledge base. Tethered shooting that is.
 
Chappers said:
Sheep

The software that comes with most Canon cameras will do tethered shoots. ( Don't know about Nikon sorry). That's what I used. Canon call it Remote shooting as you can fire the camera from the computer as well. You'll find details in the manual on the Canon CD mine was section 3 -2 may be different on other manuals.

The resultant images are loaded into the Zoombrowser for viewing.
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Goes back to the viewfinder then if i can only do it with my Nikon's after spending out on more software :shrug:
 
Marcel said:
We did have a Glossary richmond, but the software that ran it had a security hole in it, and wasnt updated so we had to disable it :(
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:popcorn: :schtum:

As to Tethered - sounds a really good idea. Might give it a try. What lead do you need, as I never use leads with the camera, just a card reader. It it the lead that might be in my box?
 
All Canon DSLRs should come with a CD of software including the capture program - and a USB cable that isn't long enough for anything useful but you can use a standard USB extention cable. I hadn't tried it until now but it's so simple and I will certainly use it now for product shots in future to save moving the card to the PC to check the quality after every few shots. Thanks for the inspiration Marcel :)
 
Marcel said:
You can only do proper 'Live' shooting with a DSLR if you have one with the Live View facility...like the 40D, or 1dMkIII
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Only the D3, D300 and the 450D do it with af during live view
 
Keltic Ice Man said:
:popcorn: :schtum:

As to Tethered - sounds a really good idea. Might give it a try. What lead do you need, as I never use leads with the camera, just a card reader. It it the lead that might be in my box?
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Not sure if you can do it with a 350D. You'll need to check the CD version of the manual to see.

The cable you'll need is the USB one that connects the camera to the computer, and yes it's probably the one in the box. Should be white with a standard USB at one end and a miniature one at the other. And it will be too short!!!!:lol: You'll need to get an extension cable for it.

Enjoy
 
Yup I think Im sure I had a go when I had my 350....
 
Would be good to be able to go wireless with it.. i know it can be done just how expensive???
 
Can you set fire the camera (and set the f-stop/shutter speed) with just the USB cable in the canon software?
 
i did it when i worked as a tog in the lois tussards waxworks in blackpool :)
 
Amp34 said:
Can you set fire the camera (and set the f-stop/shutter speed) with just the USB cable in the canon software?
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I was able to that with my 20D and the Canon software, I also managed to set it up importing straight into Lightroom, the only probalem I had was that I couldn't work out how to convert it to DNG on import.
 
OK, so what exactly can you do with software supplied with a Nikon then? Live view, even if the camera doesn't support it? I just got a D80, but haven't installed any of the sftware yet.


Texy
 
I have shot quite alot with the 5D and the 1D2 teathered to a PC, and now that I have a Asus EEE PC, I actually do macros teathered.

The best two bits of software to use are:
- DSLR remote pro
- Phase One, Capture One.
Especially with DSLR remote pro, which is quite a small program, and is quite fast on slower PCs. Just press F9 to preview, and F8 to capture. Can set all shooting information from the program.

Camera connection is via USB, or Firewire.
 
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