Tim Armes
June 15th, 2007, 07:05 AM
Hi all,
I'm really not sure where I should be posting this. It belongs in a "Studio" or "Still life" forum, but we don't have either of those. Since I'm currently taking photos of a poppy, this place seemed as good as any to describe my discovery...
This is a useful technique for Mac-owning-Canon-still-life-shooters who what to be able to take their photos using the Apple remote control from across the room from their Mac and still have the picture pop up on the screen via a tethered link. This may therefore not interest everyone :)
Here's the technique for those who wish to do so:
1) Enable Auto-Import in Lightroom and choose a Watched folder
2) Install Canon's EOS Utility so as to be able to remotely control the camera
3) Configure EOS Utility to place photos taken into the folder chosen above
At this stage, you should now be able to take a shot via EOS Utility and see it pop up in LR.
4) Download and install the freeware Proxi (http://proxi.griffintechnology.com/) to allow "programmation" of the Apple remote control
5) Download the Apple Remote BluePrint (http://6v8.gamboni.org/Remote-Control-EOS-Capture.html) (not the AirClick one)
6) Drag the BluePrint into Proxi's trigger pane
There are 2 Canon control applications, EOS Control and EOS Utility. The BluePrint doesn't know this. If you're using EOS Utility then do the following:
7) Open the new trigger and click in the tasks pane. In the filters section, either change the name to EOS Utility or add a new filter so that either EOS Control or EOS Utility can be used.
You can now activate EOS Utility and press the play button on the remote to take a photo.
I've gone even further and created a blueprint that will work when Lightroom is the active application. Pressing play will activate EOS Utility, take the shot, then return to Lightroom. This allows me to use Lightroom in full screen mode and still remotely control the camera.
Hopefully this'll be interesting for someone...
Tim
I'm really not sure where I should be posting this. It belongs in a "Studio" or "Still life" forum, but we don't have either of those. Since I'm currently taking photos of a poppy, this place seemed as good as any to describe my discovery...
This is a useful technique for Mac-owning-Canon-still-life-shooters who what to be able to take their photos using the Apple remote control from across the room from their Mac and still have the picture pop up on the screen via a tethered link. This may therefore not interest everyone :)
Here's the technique for those who wish to do so:
1) Enable Auto-Import in Lightroom and choose a Watched folder
2) Install Canon's EOS Utility so as to be able to remotely control the camera
3) Configure EOS Utility to place photos taken into the folder chosen above
At this stage, you should now be able to take a shot via EOS Utility and see it pop up in LR.
4) Download and install the freeware Proxi (http://proxi.griffintechnology.com/) to allow "programmation" of the Apple remote control
5) Download the Apple Remote BluePrint (http://6v8.gamboni.org/Remote-Control-EOS-Capture.html) (not the AirClick one)
6) Drag the BluePrint into Proxi's trigger pane
There are 2 Canon control applications, EOS Control and EOS Utility. The BluePrint doesn't know this. If you're using EOS Utility then do the following:
7) Open the new trigger and click in the tasks pane. In the filters section, either change the name to EOS Utility or add a new filter so that either EOS Control or EOS Utility can be used.
You can now activate EOS Utility and press the play button on the remote to take a photo.
I've gone even further and created a blueprint that will work when Lightroom is the active application. Pressing play will activate EOS Utility, take the shot, then return to Lightroom. This allows me to use Lightroom in full screen mode and still remotely control the camera.
Hopefully this'll be interesting for someone...
Tim