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cloaked_wolf
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Can SLRs be controlled by computer?
Just thinking about the meteor shower. I wouldn't be able to tolerate sitting all night trying to take pics.
So....is there some way a camera could be connected to my laptop, and take a series of pics at specific intervals with different settings? eg every thirty seconds take a pic but with say shutter speed changed each time?
Or is still a long way away?
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timark_uk
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Tethered shooting is totally possible, but it depends on your camera model and the software you want to use.
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cloaked_wolf
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Is that what it's called? I don't have an SLR but am in the market for one and am looking at the kind of features I want. Thanks for the help. _________________He fights for the users.
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timark_uk
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Yes. The proper term for controlling a digital camera from the computer is tethered shooting. Once you have the model of camera you're interested in just do a search and see if it's possible to do. I'm not sure all makes/models do it, so if it's something you're serious about you may have to reconsider the camera choice. Mark
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cloaked_wolf
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I've always used dpreview.com for my research before buying cameras. Except this time they don't have tethering as a search feature, which is annoying.
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belchingmatt
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AFAIK Canon provide tethering software with their SLRs. Nikon charge for theirs but I think there is freeware available if you have a mac.
We had a similar thread about 6 months back.
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veato
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Some camera can also take photos at timed intervals
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belchingmatt
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Not the D90 without an intervalometer or tether. 
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paulzolo
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They do. For those who care, there are iPhone apps which let you connect to the tethered computer and control the camera that way too. The sooner I can Bluetooth or WiFi my iPhone directly to my DSLR the better. FYI - it _may_ be possible to control the tethering software with AppleScript (if you are on a Mac) if it lets you. I do know that some remotes for cameras will let you do time lapse shooting without the need for extra software.
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gavomatic57
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There's Sofortbild if you are a Nikon-shooting Mac user...
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