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 <[email protected]> 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 simpletons:- > a) Some Pentax models are supported thru (i) Pentax Remote Assissant > or (ii) 3rd Party software like PK Teteher / Lightroom etc. Some are > not? Normally the supplied USB cable is used. There's no official Pentax support for recent bodies for tethering. That's largely why PK_Tether came to be. The Remote Assistant software works up until the K20D then not after, as far as I know. Even then, I don't think that Remote Assistant pulls images off, though I could be wrong on that. Sadly, Lightroom doesn't support tethering *any* Pentax body, which is what led me to investigate other solutions in the first place. USB tethering seems to be pretty slow, judging by some other comments. I've not tested to compare USB vs WiFi so I can't say if there's a clear speed winner there. > b) All Pentax models are supported by connecting the supplied Video > cabble - RCA or HDMI - to a TV or any gadget with these connectors. Yes, but only for seeing real-time Live View images. Not useful to me, as I need to see actual shots. Also not good for video apparently. > c) Some Pentax DSLR models can connect thru WiFi cards. But generally > slow transfer rates experienced by many people? That's why I suggest using the lowest quality and smallest pixel dimensions JPEGs, and *not* send RAW files. It's still a little sluggish -- I'd not call it real time -- but I find it usable and useful. Sending RAWs via WiFi? Oh. My. Gawd. Forget it, it's absolutely dreadful. I could copy them directly off an SDHC card and retouch them before they arrived via WiFi. > d) The WiFi method leaves Windows users in the doldrums - the author > says sorry, you are on your own. Sorry to put you in the doldrums, Bipin. Be sure and take some snapshots while you are visiting. :-) > NOTE: If only the author, an IT Expert, had told us what is an > Automator Application for the Windows Operating System, so that we > could have Googled for a Shareware or Open Source program. > e) Other tethering methods if any. > Request an IT + Photographer Expert to educate and help us on all > aspects of tethering using Microsoft Windows, as this is what 90% of > the world uses. A bit of Googling and some experimentation should solve this. I found a Linux solution in about ten minutes. Windows is so awesome it should take even less than that. :-) > Thank. Bipin - from a far away enchanting land You're welcome, and thanks for reading it and commenting! -- -bmw -- 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.
