Tethered shooting

what with?

my 50d does it with the eos utility, some cameras don't support it at all, I think all Nikons with live view do but am uncertain.#

Do you mean with the ability to move the camera remotely as that does require some v specialised kit
 
david1701 said:
what with?

my 50d does it with the eos utility, some cameras don't support it at all, I think all Nikons with live view do but am uncertain.#

Do you mean with the ability to move the camera remotely as that does require some v specialised kit
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Hi David
I have a canon 1000d with live view. I would like to see on the monitor, a larger image of the one i could see looking through the viewfinder, or the live view screen on the camera. Is this possible?
For supposition if i were panning around the room would i get the image on the moniter at the same time?
Many thanks.
DD
 
with the 1000d there should have been a CD in the box which contained the EOS Utility program. Install the software from here if you haven't already. Plug the camera into the computer using the supplied USB cable and fire up the EOS Utility, it'll display a menu. Click the blue square (control camera) followed by Camera Settings/Remote shooting. This application will allow you to view the same image as through the viewfinder (or liveview on the rear display) on the computer screen, far larger and easier to see. You can also zoom in 10x (iirc) to check fine focus. All the controls that you'd change on the camera are available, so if you're in manual mode, you can change aperture, shutter speed/iso/white balance etc. There's even a facility for pulling focus, provided you have a AF lens attached and switched on AF rather than MF.

I use the tethered shooting a fair bit, mainly for product shots/macro work where being able to see a highly detailed screen preview is a great help. As an added bonus, the shots you take go direct to the computers hard disk so you can keep shooting as long as your batteries last without filling the SD card.
 
Many thank's gents for your advice which was much appreciated, with your help i managed to get tethered shooting fixed up and running. Now to experiment lol.
Regards Machiner
 
You'll need to get a USB extension cable, or a longer mini to standard one. The cable that comes with the Canon is really not long enough.

Watch the length, if you go for anything over about 3M you may want to go for a powered one. A bit more expensive but more reliable. I know people who have used standard cables and not had any problems, but others have.
 
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