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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Aussieroo:
Thanks firstly for a great App. Even in Beta stage it is worth the $8.01

Downloading and installing on my Acer A500 was a bit tricky at first. It just sat at the "preparing to install" for ages. I stopped that and restarted the download. It remembered I had paid for it so no duplicate charges and then it installed fine.

Works great without hitches with my Canon 50D.

A couple of suggestions seeming it is still in Beta mode. A preview mode of what you have shot without having to leave the program would be great.

A small help file with the program would be good and save time experimenting. Having said that it is pretty straight forward to work out with the exception of the focus system. "tap the screen" who would have thought of that! :-) All in all 8 out of 10 so far. I am sure it will get better.

I wanted to add, that I couldn't find a cable. Being away from home at the moment all my camera connection cables are there. As luck would have it my multi card reader cable did the job just fine. Its a Sandisc reader.

Aussieroo
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Well, I'm back from vacation.

I have read back a number of pages until before I left, but I feel all questions have already been answered. If not, ask again ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Quiet in this thread all of a sudden, hehe.

Anyways, image review is getting along nicely. It's a real pain to deal with on Android due to memory usage limitations and whatnot, but I believe it now works fast and nice.

Both JPG and CR2 are supported, though for CR2 the embedded JPG is used for review (1/4th the quality of an "L" JPG). Full RAW decoding is pretty complex and something for the (far) future. Pinch to zoom, scrolling around zoomed, etc, the obvious stuff is supported at the highest possible resolution the image could be decoded (due to memory restrictions). Usually this is the full image, but sometimes it is only half the resolution. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about that at the moment.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] daveid:
If we shoot raw+jpeg will it use the separate jpeg instead of the embedded version?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Yes, the separate JPEG will take priority over the raw. As long as the separate JPEG is L or M, its quality should be better than the embedded one.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jaoropez:
can't wait for the update!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gualandd:
Hi to everyone, I've a question.

I've the Galaxy S2 from a couple of days and I need this App for my job (if possible), but my phone mounts Androis 2.3.3 in KE7.

Is the application usable on my device with my Eos 450D?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
You need a newer firmware version on your SGS2.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I'm not sure when the v0.70 will be out. I have implemented various things, but it needs a lot of cleanup before it is ready to go out. Background code is easy, but I probably have to make some UI changes - which are hard.

Aside from the image review, I've also fixed a number of threading issues (hopefully reduces crashes), implemented new grid overlays for 4:3, 16:9 and 2.35:1, and implemented some basic color filters.

These color filters allow various things. Showing only one color channel (R, G, or B), showing the image in grayscale (optionally converted to R, G, or B, for example to use at night), contrast mode (R, G, B or gray) and a basic attempt at peaking (with R, G or B highlighting).

(Attached: green contrast mode, red peaking mode... both horribly scaled, but hopefully you get the idea)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Scorchiooo:
Excellent work. Looking forwards to trying out the new features. The extra grid overlays are going to come in very handy, saves me having to stick a mask over my LCD. The contrast mode is a nice touch.

Out of interest, what sort of battery life are you getting from a full charge on the SGS2? I realise that will probably improve as the app matures.

What are you planning on adding next?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Re: battery life, not so much. A few hours with liveview turned on. (Note that you can turn liveview off by tapping the auto exposure mode button, top-left... - M, Av, Tv ...).

Re: upcoming features, after I finish up this batch of features and bugfixes, there will be an update. After that I think HDR imaging and intervalometer/bramper are up next.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] itsskin:
Woooohooo!!!

Welcome back! Can not wait for updates!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Scorchiooo:
A few hours is cool. Most of the daylight timelapses I do are around 20 minutes to a couple of hours. A lot of the time I am aiming for <20 seconds of video, unless it something particularly different and interesting. People tend to get distracted if a clip goes on for to long.

I wasn't sure if you were going to try and implement bulb ramping. I will be really pleased if it is able to be added. astronomerroyal over on the Timescapes forum might be a good person to converse with on this. He's a really nice guy and would probably be able to give you some advice if you need it. His Bramper is one of my favorite bits of kit.

Good luck.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Well, that "few hours" really depends on what you do. Scripted stuff (that includes timelapse, ramping, etc) will run in a dedicated script mode. This mode will not have liveview enabled (so no 90% CPU power just to decode the liveview), screen can be off, etc. Combined with airplaine mode, an SGS2 could well last an entire day, and a tablet even longer. I don't know - we're not there yet, I haven't tried.

While not shooting, both devices' CPUs need to remain awake, but neither of them needs to be doing much. Unfortunately (so far) it seems I cannot let either of the two devices go to actual sleep mode, even if they do need to wait for 30 minutes (or 20 hours) for anything to happen. If that wasn't a limitation, a phone in airplane mode and correctly configured could last much longer - don't know about the camera, though! I'm afraid that will not happen, though.

Bulb ramping is indeed planned as part of the timelapse function. I'm still at the drawing board for that functionality though. It seems to me like scripting, bulb ramping, intervalometer, timelapse, x-bracket-HDR, 3rd party control -- it will all run on the same base. How exactly to implement that base to support all these things, I'm still thinking about.

For example, I could imagine, as a pretty extreme example, you want to take a picture every 5 minutes for 10 days (assuming both your camera and Android device have a separate power supply). The bulb time would be far from linear, and if done perfectly, would be tailored to the exact time, coordinates, and direction of the shot. I'm not imagining to build that part myself any time soon, but if someone wants to make that shot happen, I want it to somehow be possible. Either through scripting, 3rd party control, or genuine magic.

One thing that will be different than from little bramper and possibly problematic, is that we have a higher latency than a normal remote release controller. Depending on the situation, a 10ms one-way latency I think is fair to expect as minimum (I have not actually verified this number in any way, guesstimate), not counting processing and scheduling delays. Bulb times of under 1/5 (again, guesstimate) will probably be significantly off in actual timing.

Now, on cameras that can do bulb shooting in M mode, this is not a problem, just substitute with a 1/X shutter time value supported directly by the camera without bulb. However, I'm not sure I'm even going to attempt that, as various models have a dedicated bulb mode (only) and thus you cannot combine both of these methods into a single session without user interaction.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Hmm, well, I had planned to release the new update today, but I'm afraid it is going to be next week. Just FYI.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] HuMa892:
Just bought that nice Piece of Software!

Got a Transformer and my beloved 7D working like a charm!

Just one Question and one Suggestion:

The Timelapse feature is the reason why i bought this software.

Is it possible to use the light sensor of our Android devices to adjust the exposure times when doing intervals during sunset/sunrises?

And what about a nice Photobooth app to trigger our dslr´s?

something like the DSLR Remote pro from Breeze for our Tablets!?

Otherwise it´s a fine piece of Software!

Looking forward to the announced Updates!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I doubt the light sensor can be used for this. As far as I've played with the light sensors on Android devices in the past, the information you get back has a much too low resolution to be useful for this.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spideric:
@Chainfire

Do you think I can use this app on the Haipad Tablet 107-R? Android 2.3.1
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
@all

Regarding auto focus issues, we've figured that for one specific user this solved the problem of the app not focusing.

Under custom button controls, make sure both the shutter button as well as the AF-ON button are set to the "AF" function.

Will try to automate.

@Spideric

No.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dbaechli:
Xoom + 3.1

I did cross-read and maybe I did miss something, but it still does not work for me:

Motorola Xoom, Android 3.1, USB Host cable (does work with mouse) and Canon 7D.

Does anyone use this combo? Does it work? Or will I have to wait for / root for installing 3.2?

Sorry if the answer is "out there" but I have been searching for some hints but.. maybe I don't get it and I can't spend hours and hours to getting the App to work -(I would of course spend hours with the App if I could make it work *g*)..

thx
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
You need 3.2. Motorola messed up something in 3.1 which causes it not to work, but does show up on Market. Very unfortunate, that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dbaechli:
Cool - I think that's the answer I was looking for ,-) I already thought I was too stupid *g*.. So.. thinking about rooting or wait for 3.2.. Hmhm.

Thanks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zpeverman:
Burst Shot Glitch

I thought I saw this way earlier in a different post but I don't remember ever seeing a response to it.

I have been playing with it on my T2i and Galaxy Tap 10.1 and have consistently had the shutter get locked if I try to shoot a burst shot. The only way that I can stop the camera from taking photos is to turn the camera off.

It did the same thing when I had my Toshiba Thrive as well.

Has anyone else had this issue. Is there something I am doing wrong on my end. Thanks for any help.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Have you tried tapping the shutter button again ? Burst shooting is on/off, not hold.

If that doesn't help, check your camera's settings. Specifically C.Fn. Resetting those to defaults may help, there are various settings under C.Fn that can break DSLR Controller operation.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jell3d:
FYI... App crashes on Sprint Epic 4g Touch (Galaxy SII)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I have been told before... but so far nobody has provided a crash log (logcat) so there is nothing I can do. If you can provide a logcat, that would be great.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Scorchiooo:
Sorry it took so long to reply.

Regarding the bulb ramping... Am I correct in assuming that we will have to preplan the shot in the script using shutter speed, iso and aperture? If that is the case, it would be great if we could make small adjustments on the fly. While it is possible to predict a light curve for a given shot, it is rarely going to be an exact fit. With the BRamper, we are just following the information the histogram gives us, then making small adjustments to the speed of the ramp. While in the scripting mode, will the cameras LCD still be able to display the last shot preview?

What about the front/rear facing camera on the phone? Would it be possible to use information from that to automate exposure in bulb mode? As the DSLRC will be using less resources in scripting mode, would that free up enough to be able to use the phone cameras? It would be cool if we could use the phones camera as a light meter to ramp the exposure.

Good luck.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] comnam90:
Chainfire my friend, firstly, thanks for making this app!

Secondly, I have a samsung galaxy s2 running darkyrom2 xxkh3 base with supercore 1.7 and a cannon eos 400D camera. I have a usb host cable already that i have been using for connecting my flashdrives and keyboards to my phone.

However, I brought this app and plugged in my camera (not in sleep) and was not prompted to open the app nor did my camera show up anywhere, so i manually opened the app and was told my USB host not compatible?

Can you please advise where i have gone wrong?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
You're not running a compatible ROM or kernel, I'm pretty sure. Try a stock 2.3.4 firmware for the SGS2.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
There may be some disconnect between what's in my head and how you will be using this in reality.

Can you please describe to me in great detail how you would normally set up such a shot ? The more words you use... the better :)

Aside from that... I see you mention histogram... Can the histogram from liveview be used for this purpose ?

Regarding preview, you can probably press the play button on the camera, but be aware, when in "play" mode the Android device cannot control any aspect of the camera, it is locked out. On the other hand, you could just view the image on the Android device instead... :)

It might, I'm not sure yet how that'll work.

@all

Sorry for the delay with this update, but I'm still fighting Android on memory issues, I hope I will be able to release this week, though !
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] comnam90:
stock kh3? or do your recommend kg6/5?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I think I'm running KH4 myself at the moment, but I have used several KG revisions too... As far as I know, all stock SGS2 firmwares that are 2.3.4 work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] comnam90:
Ok downloading KH4 now, will report back soon
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheZuneLune:
This might be easier to demonstrate with a video....just a thought.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Scorchiooo:
And one that didn't occur to me. Here are 3 I found in a fraction of the time it took to write the last post :(

Bramper interface:

http://vimeo.com/12590632

Basic BRamping:

http://vimeo.com/12590412

BRamper Shoot:

http://vimeo.com/7663437
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jell3d:
I'm not sure what all you need, but here's a log capture using "dslr" as a filter.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Thanks a lot for both the explanation and the videos. You might think the written part was a waste of your time - don't, without it, my understanding would be much less than it is now. The combination explains a lot.

Some things are still not completely clear to me, I will ask for elaboration when the time comes. As I have stated before, I'm running into a few technical issues that are taking me longer to fix than expected, pushing everything further into the future. Just saying that it will be longer than initially expected - and I'm working on this stuff like 10 hours a day.

I have no extensive experience with intervalometers either, but would you feel it is fair to say that a bramper is a really advanced intervalometer ?

One thing that is news to me is that you would constantly be "working" with your camera while bramping, instead of looking at it now and then (like fishing). That significantly changes things - the bramper needs to become a fully interactive interface.

I can imagine some things that can be automated away from your description. For example, a button to go to the next ISO would reduce bulb time appropriately.

I'm not sure to what extend I can get histograms to display on the phone/tablet instead of the camera, that is something to be looked at.

Also, I have just played with it a bit, you have to do the rotate lens trick. Aperture cannot be locked usefully through the software, while maintaining the capability to take pictures.

It might be interesting for you guys to think about how you would envision the interface. I have a few ideas of my own (like the obvious point above to have a button to increase/decrease ISO and reduce/increase bulb time appropriately) but I'd really like to hear how you would see it yourselves.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I've never used aLogCat, but try filtering on "Exception" or "AndroidRuntime"... The screeny you posted earlier isn't helpful - though the effort is of course appreciated !
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zehro:
Tested this earlier today and can confirm that it is working nicely with GalaxySII and 550D. Compared with the amount of time it would take me to make android application which does half of what this one already does, $8 is nothing.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] frankawesome:
this looks incredible. unfortunately, my use for dslr is video recording. but it'd be a great asset to use with my nook color, which has USB host. which would also mean it would need to lag just a little bit less to be more applicable, but i DO plan on purchasing when video becomes available! Great Job! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kodakeos:
bummer about the 1DsM2 being firewire only :(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Well, that went around the globe a lot quicker than expected, lol.

Glad to hear this version is working better for you. Still baffled why auto-focus doesn't work for you, but I've seen others report similar things in this thread. Really need to figure that out :)

Tap-and-hold on the screen (over 1 second) should move the focus/zoom rectangle in live mode, and the zoom rectangle in quick mode.

Interesting. I will be releasing a free app to help test compatibility ASAP. It will give some more info about your setup. It could be related to the custom ROM... I do believe the Adam can read USB memory sticks and such, right ?

Various entries in the FAQ (post #4) answer this question.

I suspect so, but I'm not sure. Perhaps you should wait until I release a USB host compatibility checker program. Or you could simply get it now, run it, and it will complain if it cannot find the USB host Android parts. In which case you can refund (and let us know!)

Various entries in the FAQ (post #4) answer this question.

This is still an unknown :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheZuneLune:
Did you see it hit Gizmodo today, too? I kept saying whoever developed this app first was going to revolutionize DSLR/App life. Our photog friends who always rave about their IOS stuff can stick this in their ipad and smoke it!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rainabba:
Because it's good software and the developer deserves to get paid. Beta doesn't mean it's not valuable, it means that the software isn't very mature or well tested. if you want it now, you pay. If you want to pay once it's well tested and proven then wait.

Either way, quit your sniveling people. This is an AMAZING deal at that price. If you can afford a DSLR and know how to use it, you can afford 10 times this and would gladly pay it. If you think otherwise, you likely don't need this software to begin with and have nothing to complain about.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Bracket mode currently works exactly the same as on the camera. It actually sets it on the camera.

When I get around to scripting and timelapse support, I suspect you will be easily able to do what you want, which as I understand it is as follows:

- Set Exposure Compensation to X

- Take a picture

- Wait for some time

- Set Exposure Compensation to Y

- Take a picture

- Wait for some time

.... etc ...

You can replace Exposure Compensation with whatever, Aperture, Shutter Speed, etc if needed.

I'm not a pro photographer (hardly even an amateur) so if you want specific features, explain them in as much detail as possible to make sure I understand.

That is an odd issue, which I suspect is related to TheZuneLune's problems with focus. I believe somehow something goes wrong which puts the camera in the "waiting" state. When in this state, some commands work, others do not. If you actually take a picture, does it work again (once) ?

It is currently locked to landscape mode and it should remain so, however I will be looking into doing a 180 degrees flip (which would have the effect you are looking for, I think).

As added to the FAQ, a demo version may be released after the app is fairly stable.

See my responses above.

Maybe the Nook Color is not running Android 2.3.4 yet ? In either case, I'm not sure the Nook Color is even fast enough. Does anybody know which chipset it runs on ? A dual-core is a must have for DSLR Controller.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kodakeos:
should be on engadet soon too ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I may be looking into basic Pentax support in the future. Someone in my family happens to have one, so I may just look at it.

Future!

Nope, this is 100% homegrown code.

There may be a very limited demo version after we reach stable. It is highly unlikely to happen before that time, though.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Aymara:
Think of this:

If you bring up a demo in Beta phase, you get more beta testers, which not only test the app for bugs, but also bring in new ideas and feature request. And more features mean a higher price and more profit ;)

I remember, that the photographers at dpreview.com demand for pro Android photo apps for over a year now, be it RAW converter, remote control or photo editing.

So keep up the good work ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcazes:
This might be an ignorant question, but where can I buy a USB Host cable for my Samsung Epic (Sprint version of Galaxy S)? I could not find many hints despite googling, and I don't want to buy this app unless I know I have the right cable for my T2i (550d).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] wngmv:
He's gonna release an app to test the compatibility of your phone. I'm waiting for the app before purchasing the app too. It's way too amazing but would be useless if there's no USB host on my phone.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheZuneLune:
I use this one from Amazon (Motorola.)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcazes:
You use that cable for a Samsung phone, or a Motorola phone? I can't find anything specifically for the samsung epic.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rawat:
Nook has a single core 800 Mhz ARM Cortex-A8-based TI OMAP3621 / PowerVR 530. Decent for the price, but won't work with the app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rawat:
Epic 4G doesn't have USB OTG support
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] beebrox:
HD2 with Android 2.3.5 - How to buy from market

Would like to try out this app, but Android market wouldn't let me buy this - saying my HD2 is incompatible with this app.

Any workarounds ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] photoframd:
Epic 4G?

I would love to try this app on my Epic 4G. I am currently running ViperRom Synergy 2 which is at 2.2. Is there any way that I can run this App?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kinubic:
this would be ncei if it worked on the canon g12 or so xD lol!