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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] louiscar:
Some issues

Hi, Firstly thanks for making this fantastic app.

I am having the following issues when testing though:

1) When I switch to LV and focus on something then take the picture it is out of focus. I made sure that the settings do not focus before shooting but even with this on it still seems to fail.

I notice that just before the photo is taken the lens moves to one extreme almost exactly at the time you hear the shutter click. I'm not sure if this is due to the 50mm lens as I did test is with another lens ok yesterday.

2) I find then deleting of images very iffy. when I go to the thumbnails and try to select one image it usually views it so I can't select it. The icon for selecting images seems to select all the images but I can't find out how to select just one image. It either views it or selects all images.

D700 + 50mm f1.8

Asus Transformer TF700

The app is looking promising and the features you've put into this is just amazing. I've been looking for such an app ever since I saw Chainfire's one for the canon.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Hi

1) Is the AF button red? If yes long press it to turn off AF before capture. Is the host mode enabled? Try enabling host mode before you enter LV.

What is the focus mode? Is auto focus after focus point change enabled? Will check the D700 documentation.

2) Long press the selection button to enable single image selection.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Yep, hope in future we will get full Paypal.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] louiscar:
Yes I had AF red and not. There seems to be a little instability. I unplugged and re-plugged it back in and the focus seems to work ok now. Before it was literally going to both extremes whilst taking the photo which seems like a glitch. Now when it works the focus stays still when taking the photo ... strange.

Thanks for the selection info, that works I didn't realise how it worked.

One more question is the focus stacking or rather a suggestion (again I may not have discovered how to use it properly yet).

It would be good if you can set the focus extremes via LV. ie. pick the first point and then the last point. So far I don't see how to do this but I'm still playing with it.

Also the steps are very small even when I set the slider to the right. I appreciate that this is ok for macro photography but a larger step option might be called for when doing other stuff.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Unfortunately there is no way of knowing where the focus is. You can only move the focus ring by a specified amount to closest point or infinity.

Also the steps are not the same, so moving the focus by 50 to infinity and the moving the focus 5 times by 10 to closest point is not the same, that's why I didn't added focus points (maybe will do in one of the future versions). Also the focus step depends on the attached lens.

In focus stacking you can edit the step and you can specify a value in 1 - 32767 range.

So best you experiment with in LV with the manual focus controls to see what focus step would suite your focus stacking.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] louiscar:
This is interesting because Helicon focus seems to be able to do it. I'm not sure how it achieves it though, I think the lens has distance information so can report back where it's focus is at any given time. Helicon does pretty much what I was suggesting. I'll have to load that back up just to confirm that this is the way it does it.

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Also getting confused with the behaviour sometimes.

Like now, I've re-connected to do more tests and I can't get the image saved.

I select sdram, it takes the picture and then the icon switches to sdcard. Shortly before this I had focus a focus stacking test and had to disconnect because it wouldn't take the pictures but each time I fired the camera manually it said 1 of 5 , 2 of 5. Each time nothing saved and the focus ring is going front to back all the way. So once this happened I couldn't get out of the focus bracket mode until I disconnected and re-connected. Now I am having the problem of getting the sdram option to download - it flashes the filename information which is blank, no picture on the sdcard is saved and nothing is downloaded.

I'm stumped for the moment.

Edit: seems that I have to keep disconnecting and reconnecting - it eventually behaves and does what's expected. I think I got it working by taking a photo with the camera button, then it saved and then remote worked from then.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
To have the captured image transfered to your Android device long press the capture button. It will turn red meaning the image is transfered to your Android device. To switch back long press the capture button again.

No there is no way of knowing where the focus ring is, there is a way to make it but, it will be not precise (the version before V0.30 had such a feature). Also if you would use the AF the focus point would change and the application would not know the correct position.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] louiscar:
Ok thanks for the save tip.

I checked the trial version of helicon remote and it does work like I described. You select LV then autofocus on one point. Here you long press button A then you must use manual focus to choose the second point (autofocus can't be used here). Once you have your second point you select button B then it works out the number of shots to take depending on the the stepping you choose.

Would you not be able to do something similar. I think it is selecting one position then counting the step to the next position so this avoids trying to read focus information which as you say might not be available. It works - try Helicon to see it. I think your app is still much better than Helicon and they are charging quite a lot for it just mainly to do focus stacking and I guess to sell their focus stack software which isn't that great.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] louiscar:
Just bought the guide to catch up on the commands and to contribute. Could really do with an update, this doesn't really relate much to the current version.

Is Dimitri still working on this ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] themiskir:
Hello! I am trying to shoot timelapse but i think its kind buggy. I mean that when the timelapse starts it shoots slower than the interval i set.

I set the interval at 1 sec and the camera shoots after 2, 2 and half seconds. The shutter speed is 1/150. Am i doing something wrong?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
The problem is that while the camera is in PTP mode (connected with USB) you can only start a new capture after the current capture is finished.

Depending on camera model and the the speed of the inserted memory card this can take up to 2-5 sec.

So the minimal timelapse interval should be 2-3 sec but as I said it depends on camera model and the inserted memory card speed.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
I hope so, will check with him.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] themiskir:
I am using a nikon d800 with a lexar 32gb 1000x cf card!

Is there any way not to connect in ptp mode?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
No, you can only connect in PTP mode to be able to control the camera
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DJ-Shadow:
Bracketing / HDR

Hello

Would it be possible to add more bracketing to the app instead of the usual 3 shots so I can do HDR better.

Regards Mike Ruff
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
There is already a custom braketing added.

Turn off the built in camera bracketing.

In the top row long press the custom bracketing button (BKT) to enable it (long press again to disable it)

Press the BKT button in top row to change the bracketing params.

After you setup your bracketing press the capture button to start the bracketing
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] knobbyhtccruise:
Just found this app and its really smart, thanks to the developer!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] knobbyhtccruise:
Now if only there was a way to hack Nikon's stupid 30 second bulb limit :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kosmarnik:
After testing it a bit it seems it's not using full speed burst mode for custom bracketing (4.5fps on my D90).

The camera burst does burst mode bracketing, but alas only 3 exposures, but it's fast. Of course, if exposures are sufficiently fast.

Could you please add a hybrid custom bracketing mode that would use multiple brackets using the camera bracket mode?

That way we could keep the burst speed and get custom bracketing.

Say I want to shoot a bracket of 6 shots, 1ev steps (say 1/15 to 1/500). Set exp to 1/15 shoot 3 shot bracket, auto change to 1/125, shoot another.

Any chance of that being implemented?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] knobbyhtccruise:
30 second limit

Does anyone know if any Nikons can go past the 30 second limit ...

Cheers ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Only the new Nikon models (D600, D800, D4, D5200, D7100) support bulb mode while in PTP mode (connected with USB).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Will see but it is a lot of work and not all Nikon dslr have built in bracketing.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kosmarnik:
I'd recon you have everything there already.

You have the bracketing calculator, you have the camera bracketing implemented.

All you need to do is string them together:

calculate the bracket

set up exposure

shoot bracket

set exposure

shoot bracket

...

It would be a boon to HDR photographers as it would eliminate the need for expensive and finicky remotes and expensive bodies.

As to Nikon bracketing support:

MODEL	BRK	EV	BURST RATE
Nikon D1X	3	1	3 fps
Nikon D2H	2 to 9	1	8 fps
Nikon D2X/D2Xs	2 to 9	1	5 fps (8 cropped)
Nikon D3 / D3s	2 to 9	1	9 fps (11 in DX mode)
Nikon D3X	2 to 9	1	5 fps (7 in DX mode)
Nikon D4	2 to 9	1	10 fps
Nikon D50	3	2	2.5 fps
Nikon D70	2 or 3	2	1 fps
Nikon D70s	2 or 3	2	3 fps
Nikon D80	2 or 3	2	3 fps
Nikon D90	2 or 3	2	4.5 fps
Nikon D100	2 to 3	1	3 fps
Nikon D200	2 to 9	1	5 fps
Nikon D300	2 to 9	1	6 or 8 fps
Nikon D300s	2 to 9	1	8 or 9 fps
Nikon D600	3	3	5.5 fps
Nikon D700	2 to 9	1	8 fps
Nikon D800	2 to 9	1	4 fps
Nikon D3000	3	1	7 fps
Nikon D5000	3	2	2 fps
Nikon D5100	3	2	4 fps
Nikon D5200	3	2	5 fps
Nikon D7000	3	2	6 fps
Nikon D7100	5	2	7 fps
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DJ-Shadow:
Thank you

Hello

Many thanks for that was being blind. I find this app very helpful it is excellent build I use it on all three off my Nikons, I have D70, D80 and also D7000 some to get hold of a D2. All my cameras apart from the D7000 were for free.

Regards Mike
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] louiscar:
So far I'm finding the D700 flakey.

It appears that saving the image is intermittent and seems to be something to do with LV. When a picture is taken with LV on, this is where often it doesn't save at all regardless of whether SD card or SRam is chosen.

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If you're talking about bulb I don't see any limit on my D700, I can hold it open indefinitely
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] knobbyhtccruise:
It won't go past 30 seconds while in ptp mode on older Nikon's, mines a D300

Its a Nikon problem, not the app , the app is excellent :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gitan_reel:
So I need a Micro USB to Mini USB to connect my D7000 , ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
You need a USB OTG adapter, like this http://dx.com/p/micro-usb-on-the-go-host-otg-adapter-pair-50774
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
As i wrote many times only the new Nikon models support BULB mode in PTP mode (while connected with USB).

Those are the D600, D800, D7100, D4, D5200.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gitan_reel:
i have to use it with my camera USB cable , ?

Phone >Micro USB > USB Female ,USB male > Mini USB> DSLR
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
You use it with the USB cable that you get with your camera

Android device <-> USB OTG adapter <-> USB cable <-> DSLR
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] amdro:
support for Nikon V1

From what I have gathered, V1 can be controlled via PTP. (e.g., www gphoto org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php : "Nikon V1 - Image Capture, Configuration")

So, I'd like to pitch in and help make dslr dashboard support V1 too. I know ways around .Net and C#, before that, I did Java.

Is an android device necessary, or is it possible to test it out using only a windows based android SDK?

Please advice if I should give it a go. Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] knobbyhtccruise:
Thank you again TheHabos for a great app, I've now got the D7100 and the bulb setting is sweet!

the live view goes very dim after one capture though, still pretty awesome though for astro imaging :thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] chumby:
Olympus

Hi there,

Did you manage to get this working on the Olympus E series?

Cheers

Chumby
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Sorry, only Nikon and Cannon DSLR are supported.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] knobbyhtccruise:
TheHabos, do you get the money if I buy the EBook?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] GonzoG:
It is not made by DSLRDashboard, but by camera. After taking picture shutter is closed to the value used in last picture.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ianovic:
This looks brilliant.

Could you tell me if I can selectively view & copy images please?

Really I would like to just plug in, view, select & copy across. This would enable me to upload to cloud instantly so if I get mugged before I get home I still have my shots!

At this stage it's all I need, although the app has so much I am sure to use more as I go on.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] romperstomper:
I have a D3200 with the WU-1a wireless adapter.

I can get the app to connect to the camera - can changes settings, take/download photos etc, but the one thing I can't get it to do is to show the picture on the screen - it's either blank or shows the start up text (app name/version number etc).

I'm running it on a Nexus 7 (original) with Android version 4.3

Any help would be great - the app seems great - infinitely better than the extremely limited/basic Nikon one.

Thanks,

PS - I also bought the guide from the Amazon Kindle store.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Do you get the list of image thumbs after you enter the DslrDashboard gallery? Do you get the thumbs for camera images after you switch to camera mode in gallery?

Check your image path in settings (on my Nexus7 I must change it to /sdcard/DCIM/DSLR after I upgraded to 4.3 )
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] romperstomper:
Thanks - It was just turning off the internal image viewer in the settings of the app - All working now.

It's really excellent. I was close to returning the wireless adapter because the Nikon software was so poor but this really has made it worth the £50.

I have found that adjusting too many settings too quickly can cause the app to crash but I put that down to it being beta and also the less consistent connection it gets over wireless.

All in all, very happy.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ianovic:
Could you answer my question now please?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Sorry but I'm a bit busy so I missed it.

Yes you can, connect your DSLR to your Android device.

In DslrDashboard enter the image gallery (second button from right in top row).

Switch to camera gallery (button with camera icon in top row).

Download image infos from camera (up/down button in top row).

To download the images to your Android device:

press and hold the second button from right in top row - this will enable image selection

select the images that you want to transfer by clicking on thumbs.

press the down arrow button (third from right in top row) to download the images to your Android device

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ianovic:
This was excellent. Thank you for the reply.

I forgot to ask, is all the Exif data kept intact? I expect it probably is but if you could please confirm that would be great.

Thanks

PS I'm gonna try this anyway :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
After the file is downloaded is the same as the one on the sdcard, so yes the exif data is the kept intact.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ianovic:
Amazing! Downloading now and grabbing my new OTG cable & my Nikon.

Thank you sir!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] romperstomper:
Actually ended up returning the wifi dongle. I was too temperamental - sometimes I'd get only 1 or 2 shots before the app lost connection (event though the wifi was still connected). The proper Nikon app did the same so I don't think it's an issue with DSLRDashboard.

Anyway - now onto a wires USB connection and I've lost LiveView again.......

The error is "The Exposure Program is [Scene Mode] or [User Mode]

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Well as the error says, you are in 'Scene Mode' or in 'User mode' and the camera is not allowing to enable live view.

A camera limitation, turn on 'Host mode' switch to M,A,P,S mode, enter live view and try then to change to 'Scene Mode'
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] romperstomper:
I was in P mode originally which is why I was confused.

Closed app, switched camera off, changed to M, switched back on and opened app and all ok now.

Bit odd but working now.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
A small video demonstrating DslrDashboard with multiple DSLR connections.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lUbGhL8hjA
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jahudi:
will this work on intel x86 tablets like the asus memo 10 fhd?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Yes it would work I just need to make an x86 version, if you interested I can make one in the upcoming days
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jahudi:
that would be so great! thank you!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ksandicka:
Hello, I am sorry for bad English.Your app is splendid.

On mine Nikon D800 it is impossible save RAW max resolution 7360 x 4912, DSLR Dashboard only 6720 x 3776. Where's error?

Thank for answer.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
If your live view switch is set to live view movie recording the camera will only allow 6720x3776 as the maximum resolution.

To be able to capture at 7360 x 4912 you will need to set the LV switch to image capture, and set the capture area to FX.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Here you go. I tested it with a Genymotion x86 virtual image and works. You will need also the x86 OpenCv, you can install it from Google Play or use the attached one.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Uploaded a new version

V0.30.23 changes:

UI changes, the UI is faster now

LRTimelapse help screen, read more about it: LRTimelapse help screen

Internal changes to the device communicators

Not much on paper but I worked lot on it and changed many things under the hood.

Also the UI looks like the old one but I reworked most of it.

Please check out the LRTimelapse help screen, this should be interesant for ppl who are doing timelapses with intervalometer.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MaciejOSW:
live view cooperates with d3100? on my phone does not have this feature
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Nikon does not provide documentation for the D3100 and according the info I get from users with D3100 it does not have the live view function while connected with USB (PTP mode).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
DslrDashboard V0.30.26

V0.30.26 changes:

added support for DslrDashboardServer v0.2 that now support multiple USB connections and multiple client connections

now mov files are also displayed in the image gallery and they can be downloaded (it can take a while if a file is big) and watched (external played is used)

fix for the timelapse and focus dialog crash

histogram switch in LRTimelapse help screen

optimisation and more fixes for errors reported by users
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pozi:
Great Tool.

Hi there.

First I have to congratulate you for this FANTASTIC tool ... awesome, I have no words.

I bought the .epub as a way to contribute, however when I download it, despite of the .epub display name, the actual download is a .zip file and inside there is no .epub. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Pozi.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dmpop:
Hey,

Thank you for buying the guide. Please contact me directly at dmpop@linux.com, and I'll do my best to help you.

Best,

Dmitri
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Uploaded a new version and also Paypal donation should work now

V0.30.27 changes:

Added the live view overlay buttons to new layout

GPS info now also works for Canon JPG and RAW to (only if the image is downloaded to your Android device - capture button is red)

Added BULB mode for custom bracketing (works only on models that support bulb shooting). Works only in M mode and the initial shutter speed must be other then bulb (<= 30 ).

Added battery info icon

Added Image size/format property for Canon (only tested with 650D)

Some fixes and changes for the GPS info handling for images

Stability fixes

Remaining free image count for sdcard (Nikon/Canon). Now if you click it, it will toggle between capture destination : camera sdcard/android device. The old 'capture' button long click still works but will be removed in upcoming versions.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lovefallen:
Bulb on D7000

I can't get Bulb mode to work on my Nikon D7000.. but it should be possible, since dedicated usb remotes can do this? Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
D7000 don't have the bulb mode while connected with USB (PTP mode). Only the models after D7000 have it (D7100, D4, D800, D600, D5200)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] lovefallen:
Oh, I see thanks! So the only way to do this would be via IR \ wireless.. Damn Nikon :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mikedunn:
Lrtimelapse clarification

Hi

I just noticed the new LRtimelapse tab and have been trying to find more information. I have read the help screen but it is not clear in some areas.

I assume it is intended to be used with an external intervalometer. When I start a timelapse within DSLR dsahboard I cannot change to the LRTimelapse tab.

When I use my external intervalometer (MX2 from a Dynamic percteption Stage Zero dolly) on a D800 the LRTimelapse tab works as intended. Very Nice!!!!

I this correct or am I missing something? is it possible to use the DSLR Dashboard timelapse function and the LRTimelapse tab at the same time.

It would seem to me that an amazing function to add to this would be a routine that adjusted the shutter speed when the camera detects light changes of a certain amount. i.e when the light meter reading drops from 0 to -1 DSL Dashboard would change the shutterspeed one stop to compensate (loop till sequence end). This would more or less further automate the "Holy Grail" LRtimelapse technique. Any thoughts?

Once again Thanks for an amazing bit of software.

Cheers

Mike
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Yes, for now the LRTimelapse help screen is for use with an external intervalometer.

In a future version I will try to combine the DD timelapse function with the help screen. The DD timelapse minimum safe interval depends on connected camera model and the sdcard speed. On D5000 the minimum interval that I can use is ~5sec, on D7100 2sec(RAW)/3sec(RAW+JPG) so if you wan't to use faster intervals you need to use an external intervalometer.

Actually we where thinking about such a function, we just need to see how can it be implemented.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dennocro:
work perfect with my Xperia Z and D800e and d90 over hub :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Nice :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Frank Fox:
EOS M

Hello

first I like to say thank's for the great app.

I like to use the app with a EOS M, witch is a great cam to use in multicopters. The control function for the cam seems to work, but I can't get a live view. Is there possibility to use the app with the EOS M for video works? That will be a real great thing!

Thank´s a lot

Frank
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thehabos:
Please press the 'i' button in top row and then the 'Save info' button. That will create a device_info.txt on your Android device in /sdcard/DCIM folder. If you can send me that file or attach to a post.