Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-28 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thanks, Bruce, I will give it a try on my Linux system. Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2012/2/27 Bruce

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Bulent Celasun
Good idea, fine work. Do you think a similar script (plus the hardware) would do the same under Linux? Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Larry Colen
On the basis that the quickest way to get an answer to a question on the internet is to post the wrong answer, my guess is that you could do it with something along the lines of the line below where image_viewing_program is the name of the program you use to look at jpegs and target_dir is the

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 26, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On a related note, if one plugs an HDMI cable into the K-5, and an external monitor, does that mean that the live view display would show up on the external monitor? I.e. for self portraits and the like Quick Googling suggest yes. I

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks for sharing that, Bruce... I'll have to give it a try. Have you ever used PK Tether? (Me neither) To Larry's question about the HDMI Live view... yes. I've hooked up my K-5 via HDMI to a projector in my classes, and projected the live view, as well as everything else you can see on

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-02-27 4:57, Larry Colen wrote: Or picked up an inexpensive monitor that has hdmi inputs? Take a look at the small format TVs, like 23. The trouble can be finding one that's 1080 instead of 720. But the TVs seem to have much better color than similarly priced computer monitors.

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Bulent, yes, absolutely; assuming you have a handle on making the Eye-Fi card work with Linux (that appears to be a solved problem [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye-Fi]). I'd recommend you look at incrond: The incrond (inotify cron daemon) is a daemon which monitors filesystem events (such as

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for this write-up Bruce! Very informative. I always thought that tethered shooting meant more than storing/viewing on a remote computer. I thought it meant having the ability to control the camera from the computer also. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks Christine. I haven't tried PK_Tether, although I am interested in it. A barrier for me is not having a Windows laptop at hand. I wonder how fast it is to transfer images across the USB 2.0 cable? I notice that the Nikon D800 offers a USB 3.0 interface to make that quicker. I also really

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't tried PK_Tether, although I am interested in it. A barrier for me is not having a Windows laptop at hand. I wonder how fast it is to transfer images across the USB 2.0 cable? I notice that the Nikon D800

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Darren. If you are shooting with the camera in your hands, tethering really just means getting images off the camera for display. Eg, in an advertising shoot with an artistic director hovering over the display. But yes, tethering may also involve remote shutter release, etc. If the

Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Bipin Gupta
Tethering a DSLR camera to a TV, iPad, Laptop, Projector is getting pretty confusing, even though it should have been a bit straight forward after this useful article. Reason for this complication/confusion for simpletons:- a) Some Pentax models are supported thru (i) Pentax Remote Assissant or

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Hi Bipin! I should firstly identify myself as the author. :-) You have raised some good points, and it will be worthwhile for me to amend this article or create a follow-up to discuss. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Tethering a DSLR camera to a TV, iPad,

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid)
90% of the world also seems to shoot Canon. Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Tethering a DSLR camera to a TV, iPad, Laptop, Projector is getting pretty confusing, even though it should have been a bit straight forward after this useful article. Reason for this complication/confusion for

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread steve harley
on 2/27/12 2:57 AMLarry Colen wrote On my way to a friend's birthday party tonight I stopped by Fry's to try and get a cable. At Fry's it would have taken a $15 cable and two $15 adapters to get from micro hdmi to DVI. I've poked around a little bit on the net, and on my first pass search all

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread steve harley
on 2/25/12 8:12 PMBruce Walker wrote Here's a blog article I wrote on how to use wireless tethering with Pentax cameras. And for fast previewing, use an Automator script to pop them up the images as they're received. http://goo.gl/OeSsd excellent use of appropriate technology; any Mac with a

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Bruce Walker
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:42 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2/25/12 8:12 PMBruce Walker wrote Here's a blog article I wrote on how to use wireless tethering with Pentax cameras. And for fast previewing, use an Automator script to pop them up the images as they're received.

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 25, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Here's a blog article I wrote on how to use wireless tethering with Pentax cameras. And for fast previewing, use an Automator script to pop them up the images as they're received. http://goo.gl/OeSsd Excellent write up, thanks.

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-26 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Feb 25, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Here's a blog article I wrote on how to use wireless tethering with Pentax cameras. And for fast previewing, use an Automator script to pop them up the images as they're

Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Here's a blog article I wrote on how to use wireless tethering with Pentax cameras. And for fast previewing, use an Automator script to pop them up the images as they're received. http://goo.gl/OeSsd Enjoy! -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net