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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] be0ne:
Need usb OTG

Wooow, amazing app. Kudos M. Chainfire !

Now I need a OTG cable for my Galaxy S2 :D

And I need it fast !

.:EDIT:.

ok, OTG cable ordered :D

Now Android Market says the app isn't compatible with any of my devices and I can't buy it :/

My Galaxy S2 runs an official KG1 firmware but I bought it as a carrier branded phone (2.3.3)... maybe that's the cause of the issue.

I know this is a bit off topic but I would really like to buy the app. Is there a way I can do it through market in these circumstances ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] voyagerdroide:
Eos450d xperia neo

I will use the program I have a Canon EOS450D with a NEO XPERIA 2.3.3 may work?

Greetings.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] faarao:
USB memory sticks works fine. I moved to HC ROM that NI offers, no problems with USB sticks but I can't see the version 0.51 anymore so there is something screwed up in my USB host and I suspect that it is the kernel that it is used in these versions of HC (2.6.32), as the REAL kernel version for HC should be .36.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] be0ne:
Thanks a lot for the super fast answer ! That's indeed the reason.The actual KG1 I use is in 2.3.3. I'll upgrade to KG6 which is in 2.3.4 asap.

Thx again, see you on the CF-Root topic and on the market then :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] m.shafik:
What about us poor people with no access to the paid market or paypal?

I live in Egypt and we can't use paypal, even using "Market Access" to reveal the paid apps doesn't work when it comes to the payment method.

Is there anyway I can buy this app? I am willing to do online money transfer if possible, can you please make it work? Before your app I tried contacting the "RemoteYourCam Pro" developer but I didn't get a response.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] toaom2:
AI can't wait till support for Sony Alpha (700 or A77) is added :).

Looks great, I'd buy it in a heartbeat when my camera system gets supported!

http://alphasight.blogspot.com/2008/09/tethered-shooting-with-your-alpha-dslr.html
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] DjJuvan:
Great work there, I bought the app and it works great on Samsung Galaxy S2 (2.3.4) and EOS 550D. While it has very little basic options, I propose you really start doing on stuff you already have on "to-do" list and here are even more ideas:

- saving images/video to mobile phone

- direct sending images/video over wifi/3g to web hosts (facebook/dropbox...etc) (with an option of only making smaller preview picture)

- live web broadcast through mobile internet/wifi with use of Ustream/others...

- timer

- better video recording support (live view while recording would be nice, and a working button for "start record")

if you like, I could write more ideas ^^

Thx!!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Aymara:
The official 2.3.4 should also be available soon.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] voyagerdroide:
Question

XPERIA NEO this application works on 2.3.3 and CANON EOS450D??
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Not at the moment, sorry. Though I will certainly be looking at other payment methods once the program is fully stable.

All those are already on the to-do list (the list is pretty long, and people add to it daily), however, my first priority right now and for the near future is stability and improving EOS models support. As you can read in this thread, various people are still having some problems with various EOS models. That is the absolute #1 priority.

Saving to mobile is high on the list, so is timer and video. Direct sending to web hosts and live broadcast is significantly lower on the to-do list.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] toaom2:
Sony Alpha support

Should you need a camera to implement Sony support in the future, then you can borrow mine.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] DjJuvan:
Glad to hear... this app is probably the third best thing i bought along 550D and Galaxy S2 :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] msatter:
Great progress and I am using an iPad for now with an Eye-fi SD card and Shuttersnitch.

I have worked with Wireless USB to control the camera from my computer/notebook and that works fine and it transfers the pictures swiftly.

Some speedtests: Transfer programme, Downloader Pro 2.2.7

Wireless USB (WUSB not WiFi)

CF card in Camera --> WUSB --> computer: 3.6 MB/sec

CF card in Lexar card-reader --> WUSB --> computer: 5.9 MB/sec

EyeFi SD Pro X2 8GB

RAW picture 18 MB --> EyeFi --> computer: 1.6 MB/sec

USB cable

CF card in Camera --> computer: 10.1 MB/sec

CF card in Lexar card-reader --> computer: 27 MB/sec

I don't have Android device so I can't test if the Wireless USB dongles will work.

My first post here in almost 4 years since I became Junior Member. ;-)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Nigma2k:
Hi,

I have an S2 (CFRooted + CF3D) and the marketplace is saying that that this app is incompatible with my devices.

Any ideas ?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Interesting, have some informational links for that WUSB hardware?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Again, again, and again, you need a 2.3.4 KG series firmware. You can find them here on XDA or on SamFirmware. These are not officially released yet, though I believe roll out should start this month.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] olm3ca:
For those of us on nook colors, CM7 is now at android 2.3.5 overclocked to 1.2ghz and USB host mode enabled. How can we install this? I would pay even just to test it.

Great work with this app. I've been looking for an android app like this!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Gede:
Very Nice..... (but can't try yet)

You mention "Exposure Compensation and Bracket" as one of the features...

Dou you extend the bracketing features? Or does it mean you can set the standard bracketing?

If your software supports the same type of bracketing as the Promote controller ( http://bit.ly/kxcR1 ) it will be a real winner.... (for HDR)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] manufan4eva:
i think the only thing that is stopping this from being amazing, would be control of magic lantern. If it had that, this would be so epic
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] toes2:
User error: replace user and try again.

I don't know what I was doing the other day that it didn't work, but it's working just fine now. It seems most likely that the mistake was mine.

Nothing to see here...move along! :rolleyes:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dakine:
Has anyone tried this yet with zstupy's usb host kernel for the Galaxy S?

Edit: I see chainfire has tried it and it doesn't work yet.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ShreddinPB:
I updated my xoom to 4.03 ICS custom rom located here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1400958

DSLR Controller seems to work just fine on it!!

Chainfire.. thanks for all your hard work!! Honestly this thing is awesome!

Best part of it... possibly how I rub it in iPad'ers faces ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jabbado:
Wow just discovered this app and can't wait to try it.

Chainfire,

I have an idea for a feature you may be interested in adding. But can I ask, is there any noticeable lag between pressing the shutter button and the shutter signal being sent to the camera?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
It depends... on what the phone is doing, what is coming down the USB cable, which hardware you are using it on.

For example, on the Galaxy Nexus, when liveview is enabled the delay is about 100ms, which is noticable. On the other hand, if liveview is disabled the lag is not noticable (a few ms).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jguerdat:
Galaxy Nexus OTG cable

I'm a bit baffled by the various "cable doesn't work" issues so can anyone suggest a known OTG cable that would work with a Verizon Galaxy Nexus with 4.02? An Amazon link would be great but any suggestions are appreciated...

Edit: Never mind - found the Ebay link from the devices page. If you still wanna post a link, go for it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Migimli:
I have been waiting quitea long time before I was able to stay this app on one of my android devices (getting the otg/usb host converter took some time) after I was able to borrow one froma friend.

Today I had some spare time to test this some more with my 40D.

I an impressed even more now, if needed I would like to test more, hope that all those options which will come in the future will reach this software!

timelapse photography controlled from androidis something telly nice!

thanks for developing this great piece of software!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Hi Chainfire, I postet a few weeks ago (v0.82) regarding that memory size per app confusion. Now I finally updated to 0.83 and everything's fine now. Did you change something? My Note reports now 128mb and works like a charm. Of course the kernel changed too in the meantime.

However, I also wanted to give a feedback, HOW brilliant DSLR Controller works on a Galaxy Note. I run it on RocketROM, basically Android 2.3.6 (LA4) with the Abyss Kernel (v3.3). What's rarely mentioned here is, how well the whole setup works also for filming with a filming DSLR. Filming with a 'naked' cam is only for the tiny display a true pain in the butt. IMHO the Note has just the right size to be with me anyway (it's my current phone really), but still large enough offer enough screen space, let alone the resolution (1280x800). I bought some of these plastic frames from china to hold the phone (like a car holder, but cheaper and 'leaner') and I will work on a few mods to fix it to the camera (once they arrive from there). Either on the flash shoe or with the tripod thread or such. Your app is so usefull, I have no doubt that some photographers would buy a 500 € device just for the dedicated use with DSLR Controller. I'm already conviced, that when the new LTE Note is replacing my Note as a phone, I'll keep the current one for my photo bag!

Now, if I could also make a suggestion I would LOVE to see. No hurry, I won't hold my breath for an ETA :): it would be a dream (and a big value!), if the WiFi capabilities of the device could be used to transfer an image right after the take to any computer on the same network. Canon basically offers such a WiFi thingy for more than most android devices cost :rolleyes:. I personally use sometimes a USB connection to achive that functionality and I like it. Persons love to see their pictures on a larger monitor in the studio right away and for macros it's sometimes also a great feature. Yeah, that would be on my wish list :).

I don't know if we talk about the same problems, but after 'touch-focusing' you offer that little keypad, to shift the focus manually by one or more steps, right? Now, if you take that control - one focus step - and add a menu, where the user could setup a certain number of these steps and the direction between each shot, you'd be nearly there already. Focus stacking is actually no 'focus science' thing, it's anyway estimation. And it's not required to work super quick. Objects have to be steady anyway, mostly it's used for macros. I hope I could make myself clear. Just offer i.e. 10-20 shots with 5 steps in the direction A between each shot - would be a good start :).

Thanks again for such a great app - I'd easily pick it for "Android App of the Year" :).

"Dear user, get the f*ck your lazy a** off the chair, read the f*cking FAQ and then the f*ck root your f*cking phone - thank you very much for your kind cooperation" :D.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jabbado:
I'm not sure but I think Chainfire was saying a focus "step" isn't always the same distance and differs between each lens. I played with the EOS SDK on the pc a couple of years ago to write a tethered stacking app. Each time I made the lens move it would sometimes move a little bit, sometimes a little more or a little less.

Not sure what libs Chainfire is using for this but I think EOS cams can only be commanded to give focus step at 3 different amounts - small, medium and large. There's no info on how many mm this is or anything. And every lens is different so you need to "calibrate" them somehow to get an idea of how far they move so you know how many shots to take. I had the most luck using the finest step done multiple times to get the correct step distance for each shot but it makes the lens sound like it's going to explode, lol. Another problem was the step sizes were smaller at the lowest focal distance and got larger as the lens barrel moved out. Maybe USM lenses may not suffer from this as much. I hope this was what Chainfire meant.

The point is, AFAIK stacking works the best when you can get close to uniform distance between shots. You end up with less ghosting and other artifacts, though that depends on the stacking algorithm. Then again I know of a few people who can pull off pretty amazing hand-held stacks of live insects. LordV is one.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ninj0x:
Just downloaded the app and it works well (I need timelapse!!! :D ). Took me a while to figure out that I shouldn't use the icon to open it. Hah.

Anyway, I'm on a GSM Nexus Galaxy, ICS 4.0.3 and my main buttons (back, home, ect.) disappear when the app launches. The space is still there, it's just completely black. It's not a big deal since the app closes when I pull the usb cord, but I can't get back to live view after I go to the gallery.

No other app does this. Anyone else have this problem?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
This is actually on my todo list already. But I need to fixup some other things first (prerequisites).

I may still build it, but indeed, it will be unreliable and cannot be properly automated. What a lot of people have ask for for example is to save certain focus locations, move to that, smoothly transition to another focal point, etc. That's not possible because the information is unavailable. I have thought about way to perform calibration, but this would be a per-lens thing. It would also be slow and have various issues.

I may still build in something really BASIC based on the current focus control, but it'll lack.

I've tested these controls on a number of lenses, and I call it unreliable because:

- No information is presented to the controller

- The actual size of the 3 different stepsizes may differ per current focal distance

- The actual size of the 3 different stepsizes may differ per direction (for example I have a Tamron that requires about 10 "big" steps to go the full way in one direction, but only requires 2 "big" steps to go the full way in the other direction)

Now, the what and how of this differs greatly per lens. Some lenses only take 5 steps from close to far, others have hundreds of steps and allow microcontrol. With the latter type of lens you could just "rewind" the focus, take a picture each step, and get whatever it is you wanted.

What is not possible however (or at least wildly inaccurate) is using a lens with a small number of steps, autofocussing on your object, then go 5 steps in one direction manually, and automatically capture 5 images at 5 steps going back. This because stepsizes may differ per direction and may not be the same.

You could perform the very same thing of course successfully by starting in-focus, and moving out-of-focus step-by-step, and reversing the order of the images in postproc.

So various things are indeed possible, BUT the user needs to use their head. And most users don't. Or read the manual for that matter. What I know for sure is if I implement it like this, I'm going to get a LOT of support mail about from people who believe it doesn't work correctly.

What build is this? There is no official ICS 4.0.3 build, and it works fine on 4.0.2. The button bar on ICS is supposed to never ever disappear. There is such a thing as nightmode which changes the icons into dots (but they still work), but DSLR Controller does not use this. If your button bar disappears, this is a bug in your ICS build, not in DSLR Controller.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] trakuna:
Hi Chrossfire,

I guess I ran across another bug (or maybe I'm just too stupid for it...).

How can one move the small white zoom box across the picture? I use a capacitive multitouch tablet with a rooted Android 2.3.1 and the DSLR Controller version I got from you by mail. Tapping-and-holding the zoombox (like it says in the opening post in this thread) does not work unfortunately.

Any ideas on this? Every kind of help would be highly appreciated. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] reneph:
Chrossfire? Chainfire!

What kind of camera do you own? It seems, that moving the zoombox is not working on VxWorks-based cameras.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Which camera are you using? I think moving the zoombox doesn't actually work on VxWorks cameras (not completely sure).

Also, which AF mode are you using ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ninj0x:
It's not night mode. The dots aren't there and the buttons don't appear when I try to touch them.

I'm using this ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399238

I thought this may be a DSLR bug since this ROM is essentially just complied from Google's repository. Also, no other apps have disappearing softkeys.

I'm going to ask the ROM dev about this.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] trakuna:
Sorry, I was in a hurry and mistyped your name... :(

I use a Canon EOS 1000D and have tried all the available focus modes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] reneph:
Yeah and the EOS 1000D is a VxWorks-based camera. Don't know if Chainfire can find a solution for VxWorks-cams, but until he can't get it fixed, you will not be able to move the zoombox.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] trakuna:
Thanks for the info... Guess I have to wait for a solution. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jguerdat:
I don't have my cable to fully verify one way or another but my Verizon Nexus with 4.02 starts up fine with the buttons still visible.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] darkshift:
Histogram etc.

Thank you for adding the histogram with clipping warning for image review! This is very usefull.

One thing I noticed though: it seems to me that the histogram graph lacks one pixel on the right edge for the highest value.

This means an image with lot of white don't show the usual highlight "spike" on histogram graph compared to in camera review using same image. Shadow end works like expected for blacks.

Also, there's no exposure information yet visible. I read you added more exif data, but how do I activate it?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jeffp25:
Maybe a tad strong. ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] nsa666:
Still waiting for 0.85 in market (for i9000 usb-host).

GPS-Tagging feature would be cool too. ;-)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] squirreltech:
nikon d3000 support in the future?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
WiFi: Ahh, my hero! I can wait :).

Regarding the focus: I'm not sure whether the lenses are so 'bad'. I know the Canon focus system is tricky, but not unreasonable. It's true they use correction factors considering the lens parameters to drive the focus in the end. So it might not be pure mechanical steps you command, but useful 'shifts in the focus plane'. And that's actually all you want for stacking. Also, it doesn't have to work well for every (cheap) lense. As with devices and cameras there might be incompatible lenses, so what?!

To make a long story short: a friend uses a program on the PC called 'Helicon Remote'. On their website I found out they already are working on an Android version, currently beta in the market (only for 3.1 devices). I don't want to compare the apps, I find your's much more the wonderful swiss army knife we're looking for, but what I want to say is, their PC app is proven to work. My friend says, you simply set up a range of focus from front to back and a number of steps (images) you want in between. That's it and it works like a charm. So is has to be possible somehow.

If it helps, I'll ask a guy on my photo forum who really knows everything about this lens protocoll. Maybe he can't talk about it in detail, but at least he'd know whether there is a way or not and if, a good and a bad way :).

I'm no specialist on focus stacking, but AFAIK and what I've tried so far in that field, the whole stacking thing with the camera is no 'precise science'. In fact these helicon guys also support a motor driven rail for the camera. Obviously to do the job with higher precision when ever it's needed. But most of the photographers do it quite 'manually' so far and there might be a few artists that can do that very precisely, but the rest is for sure not better than a few estimated steps of an AF motor. So I wouldn't worry about the precision in the first place :). The fact, that you don't have to touch the camera or lens between the shots is a great benefit already, specially with real close-up macros.

Well, but only as a manual function. Actually it would be nice to 'tag a project' sometimes. But since you don't run around with a setup like that, the constant tagging of the images would be a waste of power. Apart from that, the data had to go to a sidecar files anyway, since RAWs are (basically) read-only. Of course that's only my 2 cents!

Maybe :D.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dr_chook:
Hi,

Quick question. If the remote release (USB) app doesn't work, says "Device is not compatible with Android's native USB host mode", does that mean the DSLR Controller app won't work either?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 running a stock 2.3.6 KK kernel. Using the USB host cable i have i can plug in a USB stick and detect it. I would appreciate some opinions on whether this will work or not before i purchase the app.

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Re: histogram, not sure what this is about, will look into it. How important is this ?

Re: exposure information, its the leftmost number, top row, below the histogram, if info mode is enabled in image review.

GPS-Tagging would require retrieving the image from the camera, editing it, putting it back, etc. Not very practical. Unless a separate file is used, of course.

Well yes it does differ wildly per lens. The Canon 17-55mm 2.8 USM I have here is near perfect, while the 18-270mm Tamron is all over the place. All I was saying is that it will not be an exact science, and other things have priority for me. And due to it not being an exact science, some really really cool stuff I can imagine doing will not practically be possible. But if you just want to take some shots and move the focus X steps in between, sure, that's not a problem to build.

Since I've shown it's possible and got a lot of PR coverage, everybody and their brother is building a similar app ... :)

Exactly.

If the Remote Release app does not work, neither will DSLR Controller. In this case, you probably either need to root your device, or wait for the official Samsung ICS upgrade.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Forget about most 3rd party lenses. Alot of them don't even work reliable directly with the camera. And if, you can bet next generation of cameras will break it again. Canon is quite evil about that :D. Last thing I tried was an optically wonderful Sigma 50/1.4 which just wouldn't focus right. The same lens on a Nikon is a treat.

Someone with more experience in this field might correct me, but that's what focus stacking is all about. The rest is done by software.

Hehe :) ... though, these guys are really only porting their PC app which is there for quite a while. And they also do a fine software to 'stack' the shots.