Tethered Shooting 40D in the studio

Bend The Light · 1 Apr 2012

I want to have a go at tethered shooting in the studio. I tried at home and it's working fine in EOS Utility. Problem is, the USB cable is quite short...

Any problems with using extensions, or are there proper alternatives out there...longer, curly, or whatever? What do you use?

Cheers

BigJohn · 1 Apr 2012

Wireless transmitter , but a very expensive option .

Bend The Light · 1 Apr 2012

BigJohn said:
Wireless transmitter , but a very expensive option .

Yeah, I wondered about that. Currently I am firing the studio lights with the cable from the camera, so with that and the tether to the computer, there'll be wire everywhere!

Is there a set up for firing the lights AND being tethered wirelessly? On a 40D?

Kemble3 · 1 Apr 2012

I shoot tethered up to 10 meters without any issues, just get yourself 2 x 5 meter USB extension cables (one with a booster) and away you go.

Hope this has helped

Ian

Bend The Light · 1 Apr 2012

Kemble3 said:
I shoot tethered up to 10 meters without any issues, just get yourself 2 x 5 meter USB extension cables (one with a booster) and away you go.

Hope this has helped

Ian

Yes...thanks.

MikeMS · 1 Apr 2012

I have a 12 m USB extension lead that I bought in Maplin. Works fine for tethered shooting, I use it for timelapse shooting using my laptop.

Bend The Light · 1 Apr 2012

MikeMS said:
I have a 12 m USB extension lead that I bought in Maplin. Works fine for tethered shooting, I use it for timelapse shooting using my laptop.

Oh, I'll check out Maplin. I think the idea of shooting the birds in the garden and such would be good, too.

Cheers

EDIT: is it this one?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/usb-2.0-12m-active-repeater-cable-444544

MikeMS · 6 Apr 2012

that's the one.

EspressoJunkie · 6 Apr 2012

We use a 5 metre usb cable for tethered shooting and there's no problem whatsoever. We did have an issue with a cheaper cable before though, so it might be a good idea to get a half decent one though!

Bend The Light · 6 Apr 2012

MikeMS said:
that's the one.

EspressoJunkie said:
We use a 5 metre usb cable for tethered shooting and there's no problem whatsoever. We did have an issue with a cheaper cable before though, so it might be a good idea to get a half decent one though!

Thankd folks...

for the studio I ended up getting a £1.50 cable from FleaBay. It works great!
I think in the next could of weeks I may get a longer, 12m cable, with repeater (active cable) and use it in the garden for birds, etc. Could be good fun.

Cheers