Wireless tethered shooting

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I'm playing around with sofortbild on a Powerbook at the moment.

It looks a good piece of software and I've got it working via a USB cable to my camera. In a studio situation, this might be fine but I want to use this outdoors. In the help section, they make mention of wireless LAN connectivity. Has anyone tried this and what hardware would I need?
 
aligibbs said:
Eye Fi cards are expensive memory cards that have wireless built in.
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I'm not 100% certain the Eye-fi card is the right thing here.

It appears that they're designed to send pictures from your camera to your computer. Unless I'm missing a trick here, this is very different to controlling your camera from your laptop, which what I need to do.
 
zoom said:
I'm not 100% certain the Eye-fi card is the right thing here.

It appears that they're designed to send pictures from your camera to your computer. Unless I'm missing a trick here, this is very different to controlling your camera from your laptop, which what I need to do.
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Yea, that's not what you want. For as I know (feel free to prove me wrong)- I don't think you can control your camera wirelessly using any software. Even using the "wfts" (for canon), they only send the images wirelessly via ftp etc.
 
aligibbs said:
Yea, that's not what you want. For as I know (feel free to prove me wrong)- I don't think you can control your camera wirelessly using any software. Even using the "wfts" (for canon), they only send the images wirelessly via ftp etc.
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According to the Soforbild site it should be possible:

Quote: Control your camera remotely from your Mac via USB or through wired or wireless LAN using a wireless transmitter.

http://www.sofortbildapp.com/
 
zoom said:
I'm not 100% certain the Eye-fi card is the right thing here.

It appears that they're designed to send pictures from your camera to your computer. Unless I'm missing a trick here, this is very different to controlling your camera from your laptop, which what I need to do.
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you need the nikon file transmitter then, they do offer full control (on canon at least) but add up to like 500 quid (again for canon)
 
david1701 said:
you need the nikon file transmitter then, they do offer full control (on canon at least) but add up to like 500 quid (again for canon)
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Blimey. I've just taken a looksee and they're over the 500 quid mark. I might be in the market for a very long usb cable at this rate.
 
Be careful using sofortbild or Lightroom Studio Tether, both can be a bit of an ant hill when your camera's buffer is under pressure.

If your shooting frames above a steady pace, this can provoke a crash and as far as I know, when shooting tethered, the files do not go to CF card, so any frames queued up or in transit are banished into the ether.
 
fabs said:
You should be able to use a standarsd USB extesion cable

Edit: Darn, too slow
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Gone down that route already, yeah it works but everytime you move the end drops out, standard USB isn't the most secure connection type. That adapter thingy looks the bees knees, as CAT5 cables have that locking tab thingumy don't they?
 
Ste Manns said:
Gone down that route already, yeah it works but everytime you move the end drops out, standard USB isn't the most secure connection type. That adapter thingy looks the bees knees, as CAT5 cables have that locking tab thingumy don't they?
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Hopefully, the movement thing wouldn't be too much of an issue for me as I'm planning on fixing a camera to a commentary box roof or a tree and working it from a laptop from the ground. The cable could be well anchored on the camera end and the Powerbook would be on a solid surface.
 
Ste Manns said:
Gone down that route already, yeah it works but everytime you move the end drops out, standard USB isn't the most secure connection type. That adapter thingy looks the bees knees, as CAT5 cables have that locking tab thingumy don't they?
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Fair enough, I've only used it with the camera on a tripod although the connection seemed pretty solid to me.
 
I've been down this road. the problem with super long usb cable extenders even with amps fitted, is voltage drop. Too long and the canon software would not work.

I now have a WFT-E2
 
So long as neither 'end' moves about much you're fine, but I like to use tethered shooting for portraiture, it's handy to see the full sized image on the laptop instead of using the rear lcd screen on the camera. I suppose I could always tape the ends together but I'd prefer a nicer, more professional looking solution. The pukka wireless sender is the beastie of choice but it's just too pricey. That cat5 adapter wotsit looks dandy though, so I'll be trying that out. A nice long red cat5 cable is more hard wearing and better looking than a skinny USB anyhow. :)
 
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