There are different types of 'tethered operation'. One implies watching what the camera is doing but controlling the shoot with the camera, then automatically capturing what the camera recorded. Another implies full camera control and live view of what it's seeing. Another implies only that what the camera acquired is automatically received by the computer.
This third is what I've tested using an Eye-Fi card and my otherwise non-tetherable cameras (Panasonic L1 and G1). I set up the Eye-Fi card to connect to my laptop over an 802.11g wi-fi link and place whatever is recorded to the card into a particular folder on the laptop. I also configure Lightroom to "watch" that folder and auto-import whatever shows up there, moving it to the correct place in my file repository. It works pretty well ... transfers both JPEG and raw files in a reasonable time (I haven't timed it but about 20-30 seconds seems right), which is then picked up by Lightroom and displayed a few seconds later. With the E-1, I have used Olympus Studio 2 which allows both the first and second tethering operations with a FireWire or USB connection cable. The E-1 is old and doesn't move data particularly quickly ... it's about the same speed as the wireless above. This is similar if not identical to what the Pentax capture application did for the *ist D and K10D. For these, again you can set Lightroom to watch whatever folder the control software will push the camera output to and import it automagically. The wireless tethering without full camera control is slower but more convenient ... no tripping over cables or pulling a setup to the ground by accident. ;-) There are a few tricks to getting it set up and working right depending on what camera you've got (mostly having to do with being sure the camera doesn't auto-sleep so the flow of data isn't interrupted, and making sure you have enough battery power to keep things running...). Godfrey On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Tanya Love <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you used one of these Bruce? Wondering if they would be "instant" > enough? > > Very cool idea btw, I've never seen these before! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 14/06/2010, at 12:20 PM, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How lame...answering my own post. Here is one of the sources of wifi: >> http://www.eye.fi/ >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Sunday, June 13, 2010, 7:17:11 PM, you wrote: >> >> BD> Have you considered one of the wifi memory cards? Seems like that >> BD> might accomplish what you are wanting to do. >> >> BD> -- >> BD> Best regards, >> BD> Bruce >> >> >> BD> Sunday, June 13, 2010, 6:17:45 PM, you wrote: >> >> ps>> Yeah, it would be helpful under those circumstances. I haven't >> ps>> tried it with my K7, so I can't help you there.. >> ps>> Paul >> >> >> ps>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 9:07 PM, Tanya Love wrote: >> >>>>> Paul I wouldn't use it for standard shooting - but I am teaching to >>>>> audiences of 50-100 so it would be a great advantage to be able to >>>>> demonstrate and project the results on a big screen - particularly as it >>>>> is >>>>> product photography that I am showing, iykwim? Tan. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On 14/06/2010, at 10:34 AM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> FWIW, I've found tethered shooting to be relatively useless. It just >>>>>> slows things down. And the histogram is more accurate than any image. I >>>>>> played with it for a while but haven't used it in a couple of years. >>>>>> Paul >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Tanya Love wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hmmm. I have cr Kennedy looking into it. I reaaally need it to >>>>>>> demonstrate at the workshops I'm teaching. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I was hoping that one of you guys would be able to share a hacked way >>>>>>> around it - Mark, can u add to this discussion? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tan. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 14/06/2010, at 9:36 AM, David Parsons <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From what I've read, it's not doable. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Supposedly, Pentax removed the capability for the K7 to use remote >>>>>>>> control software. You can try downloading Pentax Remote Assistant >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> see if you can get one of the versions to work with it (The K100DS >>>>>>>> isn't supported, but I can get it to work with V1 of Remote >>>>>>>> Assistant. >>>>>>>> It's flaky, but usable. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> After that, you tell LR where to look for the files by going to the >>>>>>>> File | Auto Import. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I tried using LR with the Tethered Capture option, but it doesn't >>>>>>>> recognize my camera. Try it out with your camera. If LR recognizes >>>>>>>> your camera, you should be good to go. If not, you'll need to try >>>>>>>> Remote Assistant and Auto Import. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hey guys, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have a question for you tech heads. Has anyone worked out how to >>>>>>>>> shoot tethered yet with Lightroom and the K7? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I KNOW that one of you hacks have worked out how to do it! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Tan.x. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>>>>>> and follow the directions. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Aloha Photographer Photoblog >>>>>>>> http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>>>>> and follow the directions. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>>>> and follow the directions. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
