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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
There's the big difference - the Shuttersnitch guys are hurting their own wallets by not releasing an Android version, there's nothing at all stopping them (or anyone else for that matter) of developing the same thing for Android. Well there is, if I would release the exact same app with all the same features for Android today, no photography site would cover it because it's not on iOS ... this is a vicious circle by itself.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] 90c4:
This is a great idea. I've often wished that I had an overlay of a Fibonacci spiral to help me with composition. Can't say enough great things about your app.

QUOTE=Chainfire;43542930]What *is* on my list is a custom overlay, so you could make a combined 2.35:1 and 3x3 grid in your own PNG and use that as overlay if you want.[/QUOTE]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BackMoto:
Hi, thanks for a great app!

I am using on Asus Transformer TF700 which got updated to Android version 4.2.1. The update have caused dslr controller to stop working.

When I plug in camera the dslr controller starts but after the couple of seconds Gallery application pops up and ask is I want to access the usb device with it. If I click cancel, the dslr controller shows only black screen or error message that there is communication problem.

I have tried clearing default for gallery and dslr controller so that I get an pop up asking what I want to do with the connected device. I select dslr controller and use always, however the problem stays. I have tried to disable gallery when dslr controller just vanishes from screen. I have tried to uninstall and install it again with no better results.

Hope you can look into it!

Larry
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NeedAMonitor:
Will you ever make it possible(or is it) to blacken out the crop marks?

It's a bit hard to figure out the crop when the crop marks are transparent, especially being AS transparent as they are. Anyway to change them to a solid black is if you were watching a move with the crop marks in place?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Ahh ... I wouldn't be so negative about that :). ShutterSnitch is causing serious photographers to buy an iPad just for that, even if they're Android guys normally (though a lot of photographers are 'connected' to Apple). Only me knows lots of people (i.e. on my forum) that fiddle with crappy apps for Android from eye-fi oder Transcend (even better than the eye-fi app). These WiFi-SDs are quite popular now, but hardly good supported in the Android world - ShutterSnitch just did set a standard. Well, I'm not trying to convince you to do an 'Android ShutterSnitch', I just think it would be well recognized :). Apart from all that, DSLR Controller goes FAR beyond the possibilities of ShutterSnitch.

Would DSLR Controller also be impossible on iOS if it would only connect via WiFi (i.e with the stick on the camera)? I understand that the USB-port might be limited, but wireless?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Have you tried plugging in the camera, *not* starting DSLR Controller, waiting for the Gallery popup, cancelling that, and then manually starting DSLR Controller. If not, please do so, and tell me what happens.

It's not on my to-do list, but I'll think about it. Alternatively, as with my other answer, you could use the "custom" overlay function (hopefully coming next update) for that if you really need it and DSLR Controller doesn't support it.

If you explain to me what is so special about SnutterSnitch ? I've never used it, but to me it looks pretty much just like DSLR Controller's Follow Shot feature, but with support for more connectivity options (Wi-Fi SD, Wi-Fi modules, etc) ? That wouldn't actually be all that hard to implement ... but when will I have the time ? But what I said earlier is true, if it's not an iOS app, photography review sites rarely if ever pay attention to it ...

Again, if you can layout for me what's so great about it, I will consider it. I get it also has alerts, what is the use case for this, just studio work ? How important is the editing feature ? Etc.

As for DSLR Controller on iOS, it could indeed be built for Wi-Fi. Heck, to tell you a little secret, I've had it somewhat running over USB on jailbroken iPad for over a year. I had big plans... but eventually I decided the (paying!) Android users deserve to get something 1.0-ish first, and I'm already spread very thin time-wise. I simply couldn't develop the new codebase *and* keep improving the Android version at the same time. That, and coding for iOS is an absolute nightmare. I still shudder at the thought of it. I might re-visit this once 1.0 is pushed out though, but I'm not that sure about it being a sound business case compared to doing other things I could spend my time on.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] msatter:
Well I bought an iPad (model one) because of Shuttersnitch. :D If there was no Shutternitch anymore I would have thrown the iPad out of the window a long time ago....I just hate to be told every time I want something "computer says no" and that computer that is Apple telling how they like it to be.

I use it as monitor in the modelshoots to check and point out to the model, whats is important and what not. :angel: Outside I can browse the pictures when changing location and the models love to have a look at the just taken pictures and also can rate them in one go.

Yes it is REALLY stupid that the maker of Shuttersnitch did not yet make an Android version.

No editing available and I only use the overlay function and the browse function. The overlay puts my name on the pictures exactly like I have on my published pictures so if a model is sneaky and photographs the screen with her phone to put Facebook etc, then my name is already on the picutere. I read that DSLR controller will get the same option of putting an overlay over the shown pictures.

Tons of other stuff that I don't use. It is more or less an setup and forget App so and just switch on the camera an enable WiFi transmission on the SD card. Start Shuttersnitch and I get a beep if the connection is there and a second later the pictures are comping in.

After you have completed the Android version of DSLR controller then you could develop a client version on the iPad thats connect to the DLSR Controller the stick version. That would give a few people in Cuppertino nightmares. An Android device interoperating with an product by Apple that is not their wish. Maybe in Korea they would rise their eyebrows about that. ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Thanks for the info (though I still also want pspilot's view on how he uses it exactly).

Also please note the overlay feature will be for the liveview image, not for image review.

PS. I assume your note about browsing the pictures is only the pictures that have been transferred by SS to the Pad, or also those still on the camera's card ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] msatter:
Your assumption is correct. The Eye-Fi card was the main development base for Shuttersnitch and that is still one-way transfer and copies of the pictures on the card are send to Shuttersnitch and saved on the iPad.

The new Wifi-SD cards have also a webserver on chip so you can interacting with the content on the SD card, still being in the camera. Transmitting pictures back to the SD card and deleting of pictures is possible.

An other feature request is then to also be able to enable the overlay feature at the review images. ;)

At Shuttersnitch we solved the problem caused by different aspect ratios and orientations of the pictures when using overlays.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] San02:
Hi,

Should a 10m cable repeater work with DSLR Controller without a powered usb hub attached to it? I saw that the Tripp Lite cable was recommended in an earlier post.

I recently bought a 10m repeater cable that worked only with a powered usb hub, but it crashes a lot. So any advice? Before cables are piling up.

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BackMoto:
Hi, I tried your suggestion, the dlsr start in that case, however, it crashes in 60 seconds even without touching anything. One crash was caught by android system and report is submitted via play. the same behavior if I try to re install dslr or disable gallery .
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zloe:
no live view with new version v0.99 on Aquila 097

Hi,

Im using the Aquila 097 tablet with my 450d and my 650d. Until the last Version of DSLR Controller everything worked as expected. The live view image was transmitted to the tablet. Now with the latest Version 0.99 the display does not show the image anymore. I can shoot photos. After the shot the image is transferred to the tablet and it is displayed in the top right corner, but not in the Main screen.

Any hints what i can try?

- zloe
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NeedAMonitor:
How is everyone attatching their tablets to their cameras?

I have a nexus 7 and would like to know some ways to attatch this monitor to a cameras hot shoe or tripod or something. Any ideas?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gadgetfl:
Ram Mount holder / Arm and a 1/4 20 Ball on a Manfrotto mini clamp on tripod. I also modded a Ram Mount holder to fit a Magic Arm with a flash shoe.

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Did you really mean 10m? Isn't that like 33 Feet? I don't remember the actual Usb standard, but it is ~16' / 4.5m before you will start to experance attenuation.

Use a Y-CABLE and a battery to inject power., but at some point you will have to repeat the signal. Also, not all tablets have a highpowered usb port.

I have sucessfully used a 16' passive rep. with a 3' shorty cable with no crash but I have a Xoom which has a pretty robust usb port. Anything longer and I use a Y-cable and a battery, or I go wifi.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
That's why he asked, whether a 10m repeater cable might work :). 10m USB2 without any active help is usually not working, let alone specified.

[MENTION=4944325]San02[/MENTION]: I don't think power is an issue, the camera doesn't need power from the USB. The issue is the timing and a repeater helps, IF it can be powered from the Android device (playing the host). Repeaters without external power input usually try to draw their power from the host. My personal experience with USB repeaters is bad, even on the PC (which usually has enough USB-power). But I've heard there're alot of different qualities on the market. I'm afraid you have to try it with the particular model.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
No worries, it's not like I was planning to release a competitor yesterday :)

This is primarily what has me worried ... it's so very much available from other tools. What exactly is wrong with them ? In my (dozens of years) experience as producer and seller of software, free and crappy usually still owns 90% of the market vs paid and good quality. While this case may be an exception, it sounds like a near-saturated market where it's difficult to make a dent. I think it may be relevant that ShutterSnitch predates those tools, and thus has had large market coverage and has become well known before the competition arrived.

It's often possible to beat the current market leader on quality, but winning marketshare is a long and drawn out battle. It's just so much easier being first.

Have you ever looked at a Nexus 10 ? Not doing any pushing here, just wondering what you think of it's display, if you've ever tried one. As for expensive, I don't consider an iPad that expensive for what you get. But I do consider it expensive if you look at profit margin. On one hand, good on Apple for succeeding in selling an overpriced product (from that point of view) but on the other there's no denying you're getting shafted on a product if the profit margin is 30% or more. But that's academical - as long as the people who buy it are good with it, that's all that matters.

Thanks, useful information. The thing is, if you ask 10 people about such an app, you're probably going to get 8 very similar answers - and that's what you need to implement first. From what I've heard so far, the basics really is just: showing images as they are shot, automatically putting them into a collection. But then nice, shiny, and fast.

I do have an iPad lying around and if I do get around to trying to make something, I will certainly consult it. Also I'm not saying there's no business in the Android world, but getting a photography outlet to mention an Android product is like getting Balmer to demo iTunes. There's certainly a lot of bias in that world.

As for Wi-Fi cards, I only have some very old Eye-Fi's (pre-production units even, I used to work with them on a project), I guess I would need to get a few different models. You seem well versed in this sector - I thought all these cards were using Eye-Fi's tech: Eye-Fi, Sandisk, Transcend - but from what you're saying they're actually different ? Are the Sandisk's also different from the Eye-Fi's, or just the Transcends ?

If I do ever get around to building this, I'm sure I can count on you for beta'ing? :D

I certainly appreciate it!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] msatter:
Sandisk is using cards from Eye-Fi. Eye-Fi is a excellent card and does not have to "call home" any more when the setup has been done. If you want to change something you have to connect to the Eye-Fi server again.

You can compare the working of the firm Eye-Fi with Apple to have control over all things and limit abilities on the oddest locations/options/functionalities.

I like the Transcend cards and those are also the most advanced ones. There are also 4 or 5 other brands that produce these kinds of cards.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] San02:
Ok thanks for the answer. I will have a look.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tholler:
How to store to a external sd-card

hi there,

I use dslr controller 0.99.1 with a host-cable on a samsung note 8 with a external sd card. but I don't find a way to store the file to the external device, just to the lokal storage work. so here is my question: is the a way to store the files of the camera to the external sd card?

regards

TH
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Just select 'External SD card' in the configuration - Storage section.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] suteee:
Hello.

Thank you for providing very useful software.

However, there is uneasiness on using it.

This application accesses a direct camera,

will it be possible to let the software of the camera damage?

In addition, are there the matters that require attention

in the use not to be damaged with a camera?

A poor English sentence apologizes.

Thank you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
DSLR Controller does nothing Canon didn't plan for the camera. Jeez, you're not hacking the camera! You're using a dedicated function, built-in by Canon to be used exactly like that. The original Canon software delivered with the camera does the same. How do you come to the weird idea to damage your camera?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] suteee:
Thank you for Reply.

Not being DSLR Controller by the CANON pure application

The change of various parameters being possible

I thought camera software to be at risk of being damaged from the above-mentioned thing. (because the range that can work does not remain only in a live view and shutter release)

However, the reality is not beyond the range that can operate in EOS Utility; because was not to hack, was able to wipe out these uneasiness.

Thank you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rossyuk1:
Samsung tablet 10.1 note and Canon 7D

Help please !

I have just purchased the apl through the App store and on first opening I had my Canon 7D remotely controlled via my Samsung Note 10.1 however, I switched it off overnight and spent all day yesterday trying to get it to work again. When I place the USB host into my Note it states USB connected, which is good. I then turn on my 7D and use fhe USB cable from the 7D to the host cable then open the dslr remote app. It states that the camera is not found, I switch off and on and open the app again, to no avail !!

Can you help please?

Regards

Simon
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] 90c4:
Note that the app only works with the camera in certain configurations. My 5D3 is typically set for back button focusing, but DSLR Controller doesn't work with that set up so I set up one of my custom modes so that when the shutter is pressed, it focuses. When I connect the phone to camera in this mode it communicates and works perfectly. Perhaps that's your issue.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rossyuk1:
Help from 90c4

Thank you for posting that, I will ensure that I check the camera settings are at factory settings then. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tsachi:
Are you using the same cable as the one that worked? I once spent three days troubleshooting just to realize I'm using a charging cable that doesn't carry data
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] EMJeppe:
Canon EOS 70D

Will DSLR Controller work with the Canon 70D upon release or will we have to wait for an update?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Yeah, if we only had a crystal ball to look into the future ... Seriously, how would anyone know without the 70D beeing released?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KazeOne:
This app isnt built or maintained by Canon so no there is no way until someone gets their hands on it and does some testing and report back what may or may not work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gadgetfl:
Hey Chain,

Congrats on the article on Cnet.

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57595146-285/control-a-dslr-camera-with-your-android-phone-or-tablet/

And you said they would never write about a non-IOS app
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] EMJeppe:
DSLR Controller and 70d

I thought you might know because you speak tech.;) Did you have to make adjustments to the code so it would work on each of the other EOS cameras? Does Canon use the same basic firmware for all of its EOS cameras? I thought they might because their lenses will work with the 70d. I'm not looking for a guarantee, just a probability.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] soern:
Auto-Rotate Images

Hi,

I just wanted to ask this question again, because it seems to be still unanswered...

I'm using an Android-HDMI-Stick attached to a 23" LCD-Screen, which I can physically rotate clockwise, but the pictures I shoot in portrait are rotated anti-clockwise (as the camera with a battery grip must be held that way), so pictures are "standing on their head".

It would be great if DSLRcontroller would allow me to auto-rotate the pictures or to configure the way images are display during a "follow-shot"-session.

Do you have any ideas about implementing this?

Thanks for creating this great software anyway ;)

ciao, Sören
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gpsranger:
i found it so interesting i bought an androidTV stick and a portable power supply was just what i wanted had looked at the apple alternative crazy price and not as good

tried and tested brilliant thankyou :good: :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tornadolf:
Happy to see you were able to work it out :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Aha - there you go :good:!

No, the system is similar, but the hardware is never the same, so the firmware is individual too. Different controllers (DIGIC CPUs), different sensors etc. The probability is good of course, since DSLR Controller works with the 5DIII and the generation of the 70D is about the same. Then again, the AF of the 70D is partly a totally new system (dual pixels). So there might be as well modifications necessary.

[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]: got my stick and basically it works like a charm. I looked into getting a 4.2.2 system right away, perfect, thanks for all the good hints getting the right one. Unfortunately I have no time for more thorough tests until mid of next week, but I have a question right away: is it possible, that I get a FAR longer lag (delay) between the stick (as server) and a tablet, when I use the hot spot mode (stick builds the AP)?

What did I do? First I tested the stick directly with the normal DSRL Controller version and it runs like hell (stick was all the time hooked up to my monitor). Obviously the 4.2.2 or the quad-core CPU do their job, or both. Though, I never had such a fast Android device :). Next I deinstalled DSLR Controller, installed the stick version and set it up right away as AP-mode only. All worked basically well, but the lag was cruel all of a sudden. Not only the refresh rate, also the operations. Like calling the exposure slider took 0,5-1 Sec! until it appeared. I reconfigured 'DSLR stick' then to use my local network and it worked 'normal'. Not as fast as directly connected to the camera, but I figure a direct USB connection has to be faster, than the WiFi passthrough. So is there any issues with AP mode? Or do you have any other clever hints? Thanks (gone til mid next week).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] cdvideo:
Eyefi card instead of an android TV or second Tablet

Is there anyway or thought on using an Eyefi card to be the link between the camera and the tablet instead of a second android device. other words camera with an eyefi card and a tablet using the wifi .

also here is an application I use it for a pole cam for getting those high shots

One more thing in the photo I use a D2 tablet but the google play store will not let me download DSLR controller for it. I have paid for it and use it on my Asus transformer.

It does work on the D2 as seen in the photo How can I update it as it is still version 0.96 I had to serch for a non google location to get it for the D2

Tks

Dan C
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] moconnell623:
Liveview question

I'm really digging the current version of the app, but am also trying to get the reverse of some functionality, in a sense. I have a 7d being controlled by a Nexus7 successfully, but am also looking for the functionality to have full control of my camera as I take pictures, but see the picture review on my tablet. In other words, its the Canon tethering utility, but for Android. I don't thinkg DSLR Controller has this capability, but could be wrong. Essentially, I'm looking to "chimp" on my Nexus 7 instead of the on camera LCD.

Until Lightroom comes out with an android version, or Canon supports Android tethering, does anyone have suggestions for hardware/software combinations that can do this?

Much appreciated
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] cdvideo:
OK I have the new version had to root the D2 install google play store unistall the .96 version then installed from google store now it is version .99 :o

Now for part 2 is it possible to use the eyefi card as a source without 2 android devices ?:confused:

Dan C
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] msatter:
No, yes, manual, no.

Have a look at this page and then you can use your Asus for controlling the camera.

http://dslrcontroller.com/news-wifi_stick.php

The manual part, when your D2 is compatible you can install it manually. More interesting is the stick solution.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] cdvideo:
I rooted the D2 used Titanium to add google play store and now have an updated DSLR controller on the D2

yes the tv card is wifi is good but needs a 12 volt battery etc just more hardware to have to setup now if the stick could get power from the camera would be nice lets see there must be 5 volts around there some where to operate the stick.

Dan C