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shardsta
26-10-2009, 10:43
Hi, just wondering if theres a recommended piece of software that allows you to view images taken from a canon 40d on your p.c. monitor as you take them?

Cheers :)
AliB
26-10-2009, 10:45
It's included with the camera :)
shardsta
26-10-2009, 10:48
well i never! (me goes off to hunt for the box) :)
admirable
26-10-2009, 10:49
If all else fails, read the instructions! :lol::lol::lol:
ecniv
26-10-2009, 10:58
Hi, just wondering if theres a recommended piece of software that allows you to view images taken from a canon 40d on your p.c. monitor as you take them?

Cheers :)

as you take them. Didn't think you could. Perhaps copying immediately?
at least I didn't think you could with nikon. Might be the same with canon, or some setting somewhere on the camera?
RicherSea
26-10-2009, 11:10
EOS utility, on the cd that came with the camera. Tether camera with USB cable, tell utility where to save the photos and then open that folder. Photos appear as fast as USB can move them.
coldpenguin
26-10-2009, 11:23
With the 50d and 7d, there is a live-view software, which allows you to view the sensor data from the camera, before the picture is taken (monitor is as the live-view would be on the camera).
This didn't exist with the 400d (as no live-view), I don't know whether it exists with the 40d, but it would be on the CD/website if it is. It is initiated from the EOS utility (needs an up-to-date version)
Ross2
26-10-2009, 11:53
as you take them. Didn't think you could. Perhaps copying immediately?
at least I didn't think you could with nikon. Might be the same with canon, or some setting somewhere on the camera?

U can with a nikon :) Have seen it in action. have to buy the software a £130 and use adobe bridge to view them.:thumbs:
jontucker
26-10-2009, 11:59
U can with a nikon :) Have seen it in action. have to buy the software a £130 and use adobe bridge to view them.:thumbs:

:lol::sulk:
Dogfish_magnet
26-10-2009, 12:00
U can with a nikon :) Have seen it in action. have to buy the software a £130 and use adobe bridge to view them.:thumbs:

Nikon Camera Control Pro works as a standalone package
Scarecrow
26-10-2009, 12:14
....I don't know whether it exists with the 40d, but it would be on the CD/website if it is. It is initiated from the EOS utility (needs an up-to-date version)

Yes you can do tethered shooting with the 40D and use your PC to control the camera - change settings, use the monitor as a live view, and actually take the photograph.
mattyh
26-10-2009, 12:31
There are also free alternatives for Nikon:

http://thephotogeek.com/choosing-nikon-dslr-camera-tethered-shooting-software/

I used to use sofortbild on a mac, excellent little program :)
Dogfish_magnet
26-10-2009, 12:41
There are also free alternatives for Nikon:

http://thephotogeek.com/choosing-nikon-dslr-camera-tethered-shooting-software/

I used to use sofortbild on a mac, excellent little program :)

If you're feeling board you can download he SDK from Nikon and 30mins of Visual studio later you can have you own basic application controlling you camera.
mattyh
26-10-2009, 12:51
Wouldn't know where to begin :D

I think I looked at the SDK a while back. May as well have been written in Chinese for all I could understand!
p1tse
26-10-2009, 13:21
that's pretty neat

i wonder if this can be done for the nikon d90 ;-)
Venomator
26-10-2009, 13:34
There are also free alternatives for Nikon:
I used to use sofortbild on a mac, excellent little program :)

Hey thanx Matty... :thumbs: ...great timing as I was just looking for tethering software earlier today... :eek: ...have downloaded and trying it out now... :D







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Venomator
26-10-2009, 13:35
that's pretty neat
i wonder if this can be done for the nikon d90 ;-)

Yes... :thumbs: ...Sofortbild supports all latest incarnations of Nikon DSLR... :D






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Flashman
26-10-2009, 15:17
I just use Lightroom. A wireless transmitter on the camera sends the image to a watched folder on the laptop, as soon as the image appears in the watched folder, Lightroom auto imports and displays it.
mattyh
26-10-2009, 19:52
Hey thanx Matty... :thumbs: ...great timing as I was just looking for tethering software earlier today... :eek: ...have downloaded and trying it out now... :D




No probs :thumbs:
p1tse
26-10-2009, 20:19
There are also free alternatives for Nikon:

http://thephotogeek.com/choosing-nikon-dslr-camera-tethered-shooting-software/

I used to use sofortbild on a mac, excellent little program :)

sweet

might try this one day when i get a better computer LOL
Merovingian
26-10-2009, 20:23
goes off to hunt for the box) :)
All the software is available from the Canon site if you've misplaced that box!
alpina
23-11-2009, 18:44
Hey thanx Matty... :thumbs: ...great timing as I was just looking for tethering software earlier today... :eek: ...have downloaded and trying it out now... :D


And a big thankyou from me too Matty, so so easy:thumbs::thumbs:




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