Tethered to a laptop...

CraigEH · 12-15-2008

I read in another post someone was shooting tethered to a laptop so that the pictures would display on the laptop screen as they were being taken. How do you do this?

Craig

swampler · 12-15-2008

With Canon, you use the Canon Utility that comes on the CD with the camera and a USB cable. I don't know about other brands.

nrottley · 12-15-2008

With Nikon, you use Camera Control Pro which can either use a USB cable or done wirelessly with the WT4a accessory.

CraigEH · 12-15-2008

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Originally Posted by nrottley

With Nikon, you use Camera Control Pro which can either use a USB cable or done wirelessly with the WT4a accessory.

Thanks.

oldugly · 12-15-2008

Craig, I jumped on to ask the same question, only for an Olympus. Sure hope more folks read your post. Canon and Nikon answers don't help me much.

Brooks · 12-15-2008

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Originally Posted by oldugly

Craig, I jumped on to ask the same question, only for an Olympus. Sure hope more folks read your post. Canon and Nikon answers don't help me much.

Apparently the Olympus shooting/editing softwar called Olympus Studio Olympus Imaging Software - Olympus Studio 2.0 allows tethered shooting for some Olympus models. Another raw file editing software called Bibble Pro does also. You'll have to Google that one yourself.

felix.reichardt · 12-16-2008

As long you use the Canon Utility/Driver to get the connection you should be able to use Lightroom, Bridge, etc to monitor the folder where the files are saves to.

oldugly · 12-16-2008

Thanks Brooks. I'll have to give up dounuts with my coffee and give that a try.

swift_wraith · 12-18-2008

i use bibble pro and a long usb lead. photos take about 1 secomd to come up onto the monitor. Theyre then stored on the laptops hard drive instead of the camera memory.

swampler · 12-18-2008

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Originally Posted by swift_wraith

i use bibble pro and a long usb lead. photos take about 1 secomd to come up onto the monitor. Theyre then stored on the laptops hard drive instead of the camera memory.

I thought it would be stored both places?

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oldugly PhotoCamel Supporter Bactrian Location: "The Middle of the Mitten" Posts: 2,322 CamelKarma: 59767 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: Tethered to a laptop... Thanks Brooks. I'll have to give up dounuts with my coffee and give that a try.
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