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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gadgetfl:
If I was testing, I would try these steps:

1) Nandroid backup

2) Full wipe / boot to to Cyanogen

3) Setup only Google Id and Wifi to access Playstore

4) Install and Test DSLRC

If it works, then your issue is your existing config, if not, continue to next step.

5) Download TeamEos Eos 3.0 -- Wingray (ICS) or Eos 4.0 -- Wingray (JB)

6) Steps 3 - 4

If it works, then your issue is your existing ROM, if not, continue to next step.

9) Unroot and Return to Factory (Nandroid backup and Titanium Backup is going to be void until you re-root)

10) Steps 3 - 4

If it works, then your issue is your existing Root, if not, continue to next step.

During any Step, test with Other Camera on the "known working" list.

If it works, then your issue is your existing Camera, if not, continue to next step.

During any Step, test with Other cables and / or OTG cable.

If it works, then your issue is your existing cable, if not, continue to next step.

If none of these steps work, your issue is your Xoom.

If you cannot complete all these steps or require additional help, you may send me your Xoom and I will test it for a minimal $. PM me.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gildamac:
STM Lens - manual Focusing don't seem to work

So, I tried "EOS Utility" with the same function and it don't seems to work...:(

Does somebody have experience with STM lens and manual focusing with DLSR Controller or EOS utility ? Thanks you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amnya:
Chainfire, ur app is absolutely awesome, thanks a lot for developing it. But i was wondering if there are any plans for u to make it compatible with the Bluetooth adapter from http://dslrsystems.com/?page_id=87 because their app is kind of poor and not polished, while urs is purely awesome, but only lacking this compatibility. Please advise :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] num1gever:
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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] happyDave:
Focus problems

Hi Chainfire, First off thank you for the update :good:, it's a great app but I've got a problem that I didn't have. I currently use a canon 60D connected to an ASUS Transformer TF300TG.

Focus Pull is a bit flakey, I set "A & B" points then when I go back to the "A" point it's either over shooting or under shooting the mark depending on the lens, I have tested this with an 35mm f1.4L USM and a 180mm Macro f3.5 USM lens and both have trouble. The 35mm has less as could probably understand, the 180mm overshoots big time.

I don't understand the whole focus bracketing window thing...too many buttons, surly there must be a more elegant way of setting this up. What about incorporating a depth of field calculator, so based on f stop and size of focus step the amount of focus points can be calculated and then if the user wants to tweak this for more points, add a button to double or half this calculation.

Anyway just a thought.

Cheers

happyDave
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
This isn't really possible, as everything differs per lens, and the camera doesn't send any feedback to the app at all. The app is "flying blind" as it were. See http://dslrcontroller.com/guide-rmf_focuspull.php.

EDIT: To clarify, there is *one* thing I can do, and which was actually on my to-do list but didn't make it in this release, and this is adjust the speed of the focus adjustment. As you can read in that article, the camera/lens will only accept X adjustments per second, but will not report failure. As such, if DSLR Controller sends commands too fast, the focus will over/undershoot. I will make this adjustable in the next version.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] happyDave:
Hocus Pocus....by Focus

Thank you for the reply, I do understand the fact that the camera doesn't provide any feedback to the app and a macro lens is very sensitive to the whole focus process, a little bit this way and a bit that way can make a huge difference in focus. I'm really interested in seeing how your idea about the speed of focus adjustment works out.

I have a question about combining HDR/AEB exposure bracketing and focus bracketing, correct me if I'm wrong but I set up my "A" and "B" focus points in the usual way, then I go into the focus bracketing dialog window and select the HDR/AEB button, set up my exposure choice, hit OK to go back to the focus bracketing window and hit OK again to start the process, I get all the shots but the focus doesn't change, is there something I'm missing with this process?

Thanks again

happyDave
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] curmudgeonly:
Hi, results are here. Hope it helps, thanks ahead.

You have to add hypertextmarkuplanguage prefix ;) as it won't let me paste

://db.tt/m49MfmN0

:)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
The adjustment of the speed seems to solve the problem here with most of my lenses (I have it set to 150ms which is slower than the old default but seems to work great). It'll be present in the next update.

You are correct in that being how it is supposed to work. I have just confirmed there's a bug in here. Wait for the update (should be a few days, may even be tomorrow) and try again.

Doesn't really seem to be anything wrong here ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] curmudgeonly:
Since their update I've seen another samsung tab 2 10.1 user say in other forum she was unable to use dslr controller. Is there any way forward? :( so missing it. Thanks ahead
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] happyDave:
the focus issue

This is great news, I'm looking forward to this, thanks for taking the time to look into the problems and finding a solution.

cheers

happyDave
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tsachi:
Any chance you can create a similar shot with explanation for the focus bracketing page? After searching I found how to do it automatically to a memory point, but I'd like to understand the different parameters and options.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Jibz TV:
Solved

Just caught the timer showing up after the update - many thanks indeed!

The only other 'niggle' I'd mention is not having a card full notification on screen - I use this with the camera way up on a camera crane - it's caught me out once or twice when the card has got to full capacity and everything appears to just stop working - proper notification is a luxury that'd be welcome..

Otherwise - top job Chainfire - (I got you a mention on BBC Radio 5 live in their tech programme the other night - hopefully it'll catch you a few more users!)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] buckbullstallion:
question

How do I get my 650D to not take pics in 1080 mode when using app?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] slink138:
problems with Samsung galaxy S3 and Canon 450D

I have a stock (not rooted) Samsung galaxy S3 and a Canon 450D. I have the OTG cable put them all together and it will not detect the camera.

I take my Motorola xoom (rooted to gingerbread) with the otg cable and camera. All works fine. I am i missing something here. I really would like to have my phone work with it just for the size and i always have my phone on me.

Any assistance is appreciated.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I'm not really sure how to continue with this, as I don't know what the problem is, yet.

I don't have the time to make a full guide at the moment. There are three focus step speeds supported by the camera, in two directions:

<<< , << , < , > , >> , >>>

Direction: Closer or Farther, the direction we're moving focus in for bracketing

Step: The number of steps *between* each shot

Step-Size: > , >>, or >>>

Shots: The number of shots

Shot-Type: A normal capture or bracketed exposure

I'm not really sure what more to tell you than this.

Thanks. I've put the card full notification on the to-do list, I'm not sure if that's going to be easily possible though.

Can't really say what the problem is here, what does "USB Host Diagnosticts" app say about your S3 ?

You're going to have to explain the problem in more detail than this.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] buckbullstallion:
figured it out

Figured it out: Please note to all 650D owners who use this app or even when in live view if you notice you are getting 16:9 shots in Camera menu 4th tab or (liveview tab) make sure you change your aspect ratio to 3:2 4:3 16:9 or 1:1 so you will get the desired aspect ratio. I was freaking out why I was continually getting 16:9 shots. But thanks again Chainfire for this great app. It was probably the best application for my Android device I've ever purchased.

You're going to have to explain the problem in more detail than this.[/QUOTE]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tsachi:
That is actually all I need. I was confused between the step and shots. Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] GerritMaarten:
DSLR controller WiFi Canon 6D

Over the weekend I installed the app on Nexus 7 and HuaWei Mediapad.

Both worked as expected hooked up with USB with Canon 6D and 100mm L IS USM. And the tablets also worked fine using the WiFi infrastructure here at home.

The HuaWei Mediapad can be configured as hotspot, that worked also fine.

It is not always straightforward to establish connection after having switched off camera or tablet.

I haven't noticed the bug mentioned in earlier posts as I mainly do in camera HDR and focus bracketing. That works fine, the app waits until the HDR in camera has finished and then proceeds with the next focus step.

For some unknown reason in WiFi mode, after having AF focussed then tapping the histogram button, the screen will block for about 5 to 10 seconds untill the histogram appears (in USB mode there is no such delay). Apart from those details a great job done Chainfire.

I do mainly macro picturing mushrooms. The humid places where they grow often are infested with biting mosquitoes :D. You understand I prefer shooting quickly. Having said that, a more elegant focus bracketing UI would certainly help to reduce mosquito bites.

That brings me to your explanation of how it works. You say the app sends a sequence of speeds to the camera. There are three speeds to be chosen from. The speeds cannot be used mixed. The sequence must be limited to to 10 speed commands per second. You can set speed to 150 ms. This puzzles me. As focusing is a place function, it can only be controlled by speed and time. Where does the time come in? Or what means a speed of 150 ms, which imo is time?

Before I used the G11 for which I wrote a programm for focus bracketing, automatically determining the minimum number focus steps and step size as function of focus distance, aperture and zoom factor. Supposedly access till the focus distance in DSLR hasn't been possible till now.

Once I understand the command structure for controlling the focus I will be pleased to come up with some thoughts about the UI.

Thanks again for the great app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] curmudgeonly:
It's mentioned here. bit.ly/15CyBJb any thoughts/ideas/advice welcome :what:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] slink138:
problem with s3 and canon 450d

Can't really say what the problem is here, what does "USB Host Diagnosticts" app say about your S3 ?

I ran the usb host diagnostics it gave me a number 127655.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I have traced something that might be the cause of this. Please check if the next update fixes the histogram delay, and let me know!

I think you are seeing these limitations as physical limitations of the lens - this is not correct. These limitations are limitations of the camera firmware.

Regarding "three speeds", you should not see them as speed. But rather as a "step size". We have a large, medium, and small focus step. The problem is, on one lens, large may be 10 small steps, on another lens, it is only 3 small steps. As the camera does not tell the app anything about the current focus distance, it is impossible for the app to keep track of focus if you mix these steps. It is by no means technically impossible to mix these steps - it's just that then we don't know what we're doing anymore.

The ms time is how long the app waits between two step commands. It'll tell the camera to change focus a step size (again, either large, medium, or small), then wait X ms, then tell the camera to change focus step again. This time is completely unrelated to the step size. It's simply that if the app sends a focus change command faster to the camera, the camera will just ignore the command. And it won't tell the app it ignored the command, so there's no way for the app to know. This is a changable setting, because on some camera/lens combinations it'll work with a delay of 100ms, on others you need 200ms to be reliable. 150ms seems to work for most.

So that is a pure reliability thing. If you're focus bracketing still images, that 100ms isn't going to bother you and a "slow" setting is safe, but if you're doing video with focus pulling, you'll want the fastest setting that works with your camera, to create the smoothest focus transition in your video.

If you have a bit of tech knowledge, push busybox to your device (no symlinking etc), and see the output of the lsusb command with nothing connected, with a mouse or keyboard connected, and with a camera connected, and let me know those three results. That's more complicated than it sounds - if your'e scratching your head about what I just said, this is probably beyond what you can easily do. Maybe I should expand "USB Host Diagnostics" with this, hmmm ...

According to that report, there's no communication between your S3 and the camera. Make sure you aren't doing something wrong, and that all your cables are good. As last resort, try loading a different firmware. The good news is that the S3 is technically capable of running DSLR Controller, the bad news is that I really can't tell you which part of the setup is wrong. Just that there's no communication, and as such DSLR Controller can't work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Actually, curmudgeonly, contact me through the contact form on the website, so I can send you a test version that *might* shed some light on the issue. No promises though :) ( http://dslrcontroller.com/contact.php )
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tsachi:
Thanks for the detailed explanation on figuring out the settings. That was very useful.

Regarding the last couple of points. First, I think the capital a and b are when you select the memory points. Regarding going from auto focus to manual, if I understand you correctly, that is possible for one point. You click the p (or whatever shooting mode you are in) and it goes from live view to view finder. You do a half press to set the focus, then click the p again to go back to live view and you can press on a to remember that position.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
That's a big difference. I have the 100mm myself as well, I noticed how big the difference is. Those differences are much smaller for most lenses.

Again, this is true for the 100mm, but it is not necessarily true for most lenses - it's often not true on cheap lenses.

This is very interesting stuff, thanks for sharing!

(1) I did not know that. That's rather annoying, I would think !

(2,5) It's a tough one, it's actually already on my to-do list. The problem is, for somebody who doesn't really understand what he's doing, he can do many things that will screw up the internal counters without the app noticing. So I reset the A-B very quickly - that's why it's gone when you go to the focus bracket screen and back. If I relax this, I'm sure I will get many questions saying that A-B no longer works after doing a specific action that changes focus. I'm still thinking about what to do with this one.

(3) That's a bug, already fixed in the dev version.

(4) I don't even understand what you mean

Re autofocus, if your device is capable of focussing without capturing (all DryOS models), you can tap-and-hold the focus-mode button ( Live / :) / Quick, below the AF/MF/R-MF button) to initiate auto-focus, you don't need to leave R-MF or liveview.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MartinS13X:
Not working on HTC One

I've used remote release to verify compatibillity with my brand new HTC One.

Unfortunately it comes up with a warning the USB device (Canon 550D) is not supported

The camera screen says "Busy" and then goes blank. I have to either press the live view button twice or turn it on/off before I see the usual things on the 550D's display again.

I have also tried a Y-cable attached to a external battery capable of delivering 2.1A (A-Solar Xtorm)

USB sticks are mounting properly (although a micro sd card in one of those sandisk micro card readers doesnt work)

........................................................

Some other data which might be useful

HTC One

Android 4.1.2, Sense 5.0

Software #: 1.29.401.12

HTC SDK APi Level 5.12

Kernel Version 3.4.10-gb91aaea

I hope that helps :) Would be cool to be able use the One for DSLR Controller
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I'll consider changing that ...

As for the distance information, yeah, the camera knows - but it doesn't transmit that information over USB.

You can't switch to R-MF from "focussed" mode because the camera is in a special mode, and you cannot use the manual focus adjustments in that mode.

So, switch to R-MF mode first, and then tap-and-hold the AF mode button below that one (live. :) or quick) to auto focus. You don't need to use the arrows to focus manually. Tap-and-hold A to save, use arrows to move to a different focus, tap-and-hold B to save. Then go to settings -> focus bracketing, in the popup select "bracket to A", and the focus bracket screen will be pre-filled with all the information - including stepsize, number of shots, etc.

The only thing missing is going back from the focus bracketing screen and being able to re-shoot (orange A-B)

The turning everything off is by design - when DSLR Controller was first released the Android devices it ran on really didn't have enough memory, so if you switched apps and DSLR Controller would not release it's resources - big problems. Maybe it's slowly becoming time to revisit that strategy, however, a LOT of users are still using those devices, so it's not something I can just change default behavior.

There's also the danger of somebody leaving the app without realizing the background process is still running, draining power of both the Android device and the camera. While generally photographers seem to be fairly technical and understand what they're doing, I also get a lot of questions from people who obviously have no idea how their camera even works. I don't know what the ratio is between those who do know what they're doing and those who don't, so I have to keep in mind this case.

Yes, it can take 30 seconds in Wi-Fi mode to re-initialise. I'm still working on that area.

Run "USB Host Diagnostics" from the Play Store ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] GerritMaarten:
Do u have any idea why that information is available in DIGIC 4 dryos G11 and not in DSLR?

Thanks for explaining, I missed to see that route.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
No idea. Could well be completely arbitrary. Canon engineers are weirdos. Take the EOS M for example - it's perfectly capable of doing all this remote control but most functions are blocked, while it's just a modified 650D core firmware ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] be0ne:
Amazing app !

Hi,

A quick post just to say this app is amazing. Thank you Chainfire !

I've been using it for several months now and I never took the time to say how much it's great, so thanks :D

I have some connection problem but it's probably due to the USB OTG adapter (and the cable) that I'm using so I just ordered new ones.

And while I was ordering stuff for my camera, I added a "grip" for my smartphone and a hotshoe adapter to mount the phone on the DSLR. If some folks here are interested by the result, let me know and I'll post pictures when I receive everything.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tsachi:
Canon uses feature blocking to distinguish between models. For example the new 6D can save HDR only in jpeg as opposed to the 5D Mark 3 that also does raw. Same with eos m, things are blocked since it is considered a lower end.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I know... doesn't mean I'm supposed to like or agree with it ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I've just uploaded a new version to Google Play: v0.98.0 . It will take a few hours to be visible or update on devices. You can find the changelog here: http://dslrcontroller.com/download.php#changelog-098-0

It's mostly just a maintenance release to fix some issues :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MartinS13X:
Done, and results submitted:

Code 128588
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Hmm - there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that at first glance. Does the "Remote Release" app work ? If you contact me through email ( http://dslrcontroller.com/contact.php ) maybe we can do something more to test / figure out what's going on.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tornadolf:
So, I had a chance today to play a bit with v. 0.98, not long though - it took about 10 minutes to drain the battery. No problems connecting at all 5D3 to SG3 or Acer Iconia - just as I did not have them with 7D or T2i, although if before the connection was instant now it spends a few seconds looking for camera. Spent most of the time in file transfer section and I have several comments.

1. Awesome

2. Consider renaming transfer to copy - that's a standard name for the operation and transfer really means move.

3. When I click anywhere on the screen during the transfer it stops

4. When the screen goes out transfer stops

5. Could you copy folder selection option to transfer menu, or at least add an indicator as to where it goes?

6. Sharing multiple files - is it feasible?

That's it for now.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] newpor:
6D on wifi not pairing

First up thanks for the app. I can't get connected, as follows:

- 6D latest firmware, Galaxy Nexus stock 4.2.2 rooted, DSLRC 0.98

- Tried setup both via an access point and via the phone's hotspot. Same symptom.

- Symptom is camera goes into pairing 'waiting for device', DSLR times out with 'no devices found'

Is there anything else I can look at or test that would be helpful for debugging ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bloontz:
Hi Chainfire,

Requested this before but maybe you missed it?

Would it be possible to add a quick focus stack mode for times when the current method would not be practical. I would like to be able to press the shutter release on the camera and have the camera snap a number of shots automatically adjusting the focus to get a quick focus stack for macro shots of live subjects like insects.

Thanks for such a useful app!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Skei:
LiveView Brightness and ISO

Hi,

Thanks for a fantastic product so far. I'm using DSLR Controller on my Nexus 7, with my 60D, and the flexibility and power are amazing.

I had a question regarding the LiveView and changing camera settings. It seems that changing the shutter speed will change how bright LiveView is, as expected - however, changing ISO will not. If it looks like I'll be underexposing a shot, then I can change the shutter speed through my Nexus, and DSLR Controller's LiveView will reflect that change. ISO does not act in the same manner. The shots come out at the correct ISO, so it is being set correctly in-camera, but it's just not reflecting on the DSLR Controller app.

I've confirmed that ISO is correctly used in the on-camera LiveView, changing the exposure on the camera's LCD.

Thanks for any help !

Quentin
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KazeOne:
working great on my Galaxy S3 running Synergy Mod

but on my Galaxy Tab 7.0plus running Paranoid, after the DSLR Controller update, I get Communication Error.