On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 07:49 AM, Paul Tansley wrote:
The old firewire on the camera debate is one that always has me rolling withThose that don't haven't used a tethered camera with good software. I had no use for tethering a camera either when I bought my first digital... a Kodak DCS410. That camera used SCSI to tether the camera. Once I tried it on a real commercial shoot, I was blown away by how truly useful this feature was. The instant feedback of a large image on a good display is invaluable as a creative tool. Suddenly you find yourself making minute lighting or composition adjustments all in less time that it takes to process a Polaroid. I've owned several other digitals since but a key feature I always look for is how well the system works in tethered mode. Now I easily shoot well over half of my work while tethered to a computer...either a desktop workstation with a large monitor in the studio...or a laptop on location. The key to making this work and making it truly useful is good software. Don't discount the incredible value of this feature. With a camera like one of the Kodak 35mm based digitals, I can shoot fast, handheld shots just as if non-tethered and then glance at a large color managed monitor to confirm what I'm doing. With Firewire and repeaters, the length of the tethering cable is almost never a limitation. I shoot with about 50 ft. of cable between me and the computer. Tethering also frees you from storage media size restrictions. In the studio I can shoot directly to a large hard drive on my server and the images are instantly available on a editing workstation.
laughter on the floor. There are no doubt a couple of photographers in the
world that actually have a need of this, but the other few million of us do
not.
Bob Smith
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