Kept Light Photography

Photography and Writing by A. Cemal Ekin

Remote Control Canon DSLR with Android Devices

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Back in February 2010 when they introduced the first iPad I wrote a wishful post and speculated on a killer application for iPad. Yesterday on one of the sites I visit I came across the following video that demonstrates the same idea using an Android phone. That is excellent news since I now use an Android phone and have an Android tablet and I intend to try the software as soon as I get my tablet keyboard from repair. Other solutions, strangely enough, allowed the photographers to remotely control their camera using their iPhone so long as the camera was connected to a laptop. If I have the camera connected to a laptop I think I would use that to control it. This is a direct connection to the phone or tablet and promises to be significantly more useful than the multi-device solution. In any case, I will try this solution as soon as possible and report the results.

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  1. Great article Cemal,

    I have had the pleasure of shooting tethered for a few years now with Capture One but this new advancement could prove to be pretty neat as well. Especially for shooting bird and different types of wildlife where you don’t want to spook them. Humming birds would be a excellent choice for this type photography.

  2. This is a very promising tool! I have use a laptop many times to control the camera, which can be a bit bulky and inconvenient! I am looking forward to seeing your results!

    • I will post the results of my use. I expect to have my keyboard docking station when I return to RI. Then I will be in a position to test it. Stay tuned Mike.

  3. I got a Toshiba Thrive specifically to shoot tethered and I’ve used it for that a few times. It works, and has helped me get some low angle shots without myself getting muddy. However I’ve found the quality of the preview is not good. I don’t know if that’s my camera (nikon d7000) or the software I’m using but it is hard to see exactly what you are focusing on, but being able to touch the “exact” focal point is nice. The other issue is I end up with the RAW files in my tablet and that is a bit harder to process when they are in multiple locations.

    • I use the images captured on the card anyway. Because the tethering software just creates a preview and I would like to use the RAW file. The quality on the screen of my Asus Transformer 101 is very good. Are you using this software?