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Canon 5d mkII. Anyone tried shooting remotely? I recently did and at first thought, all I need is a remote switch cable release and monitor. Well that worked until I actually tried it...as soon as you turn on live view you find out you can't focus using the shutter release! Ugh.
So the next best thing I did was scrap my first idea. Instead, I used a netbook with the EOS utility installed and tried out the remote control software canon provides. Works great, I had the camera where I could not reach it and using live view I could focus using the keyboard and view the results. Pretty cool. However, I still miss having a remote switch that allows me to walk around and get close to the subject for example.
I also tried doing a self portrait using the same method and found it really hard to focus on myself and trigger the shutter with my computer on une side of the room and me on the other. All my photos have one arm missing!
So, here's what I did to get "remote switch working in live view". Its a hack, but it works pretty well. I took an old USB keyboard, opened it up and soldered a stereo jack to where the spacebar goes and to the alt-F key. I them plugged in my remote switch and ran a windows macro program to move the mouse and control the canon software. I can now use the remote switch just as if it were plugged on the camera (its on the computer usb port instad) with shutter relase and focus and I have the added bonus of seeing my image on the computer using live view! Pretty neat!
Has anyone else tried this?
So the next best thing I did was scrap my first idea. Instead, I used a netbook with the EOS utility installed and tried out the remote control software canon provides. Works great, I had the camera where I could not reach it and using live view I could focus using the keyboard and view the results. Pretty cool. However, I still miss having a remote switch that allows me to walk around and get close to the subject for example.
I also tried doing a self portrait using the same method and found it really hard to focus on myself and trigger the shutter with my computer on une side of the room and me on the other. All my photos have one arm missing!
So, here's what I did to get "remote switch working in live view". Its a hack, but it works pretty well. I took an old USB keyboard, opened it up and soldered a stereo jack to where the spacebar goes and to the alt-F key. I them plugged in my remote switch and ran a windows macro program to move the mouse and control the canon software. I can now use the remote switch just as if it were plugged on the camera (its on the computer usb port instad) with shutter relase and focus and I have the added bonus of seeing my image on the computer using live view! Pretty neat!
Has anyone else tried this?
