Instant monitoring of shots on my iMAC

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Ok, I know I've been hounding you all in such a short space of time but hopefully this is the last post I'll make,...at least before Monday morning! :). Further to my anticipated portrait setup, I was wondering if I could shoot from my Canon 20D and have the photos pop up instantly on my iMAC so I can check the focus immediately and make sure that its all sharp...I have all the usual Canon software that came with the 20D (or at least I think I do..I bought it second hand) and I have photoshop CS3 with Bridge.

I'm trying to get this all straight in my mind before I begin because I'm wondering where all the connections are going to go to and from my 20D body. If I buy the Elinchrom D-Lites 2 kit, presumably I will have a sync cable coming out of the flash sync socket and going to the master head? Am i right in then saying that the cable (whatever cable that is) going to the iMAC will come out of the socket marked "digital" on the 20D body? Then, do I need a cable for the flash light meter going to the master head so I can fire the flash and take a reading myself or do I use the same cable that I will use from the camera to the master head and just swap it around? I'm a freelance sound recordist so I'm used to messing about with all sorts of connections but help here would be very much appreciated.

If anyone can point me in the direction of what these cables are called and where I can get them from (assuming they don't come with any bits of kit already) that would be great.

Cheerio

Paul
 
Hi ya.

yes the canon does have what you describe, it's called remote shooting, accessed via Zoom Browser, it is supposed to trigger your camera remotely, the space bar actuates the shutter, but it works both ways, you take the shot and it appears on screen seconds later.
the supplied USB cable is barely a meter long, I use a 4m extension with no problems.
It's also known as shooting tethered. Hope this helps.:thumbs:

edit; welcome aboard Shipmate !
 
thanks people, after much of the Canon literiture confusing me and banging on about a utility viewer or capture program, I have discovered that the EOS capture runs 'from within' Canon Digital Photo Professional package...It didn't mention that in the manual and I certainly haven't got Utility viewer that it seems to plug all the time. Anyway, I've got the remote capture working through Digital Photo Professional but I was wondering if this package alters the image in any way because I wouldn't want that? Does anyone know?

I've had a look at the usual settings and am not sure if they refer to the monitoring of images within the package or to actual adjustments it makes?

Cheerio

Paul
 
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