dukus/digiCamControl

DSLR camera remote control open source software

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

Thank you. You are so friendly. I'll try my best to apply for some donation for this project.

Preston Ashton

@PrestonAshton

@dukus I was wondering if you could explain how DigiCamControl works down at the level of sending signals through USB, I am wanting to learn this and I cannot find any documentation.

Thanks -Preston

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

@dukus Sorry to trouble you again.I want to know how DigiCamControl works on live view window to select some parameters, e.g. mode, shutter speed, IOS, aperture, exposure comp. Which component code I should read. Thank you.

Duka Istvan

@dukus

@xuewenyuan Depend which camera model do you use. For Nikon works for Canon not always :)

Duka Istvan

@dukus

@PrestonAshton DCC use for USB communication the Windows Portable Device (WPD) protocol this simplify the low level hardware communication . Check this source file https://github.com/dukus/digiCamControl/blob/master/PortableDeviceLib/StillImageDevice.cs

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

@dukus I mainly use Nikon Camera. And now I have two D7000 cameras.

Duka Istvan

@dukus

Then should work fine if the camera support it. If i know right the D7000 not support aperture changing during live view but you can check this on camera without connecting to the software

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

Yeah, it really doesn't support aperture changing during live view. And other sets?How can I implement to select any others?

Duka Istvan

@dukus

Check if the main application can do it if not not too much can be done . But to be sure plese check if manually you can change any other property when live view is on

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

Ok, I'll check it now, and ask you soon :)

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

Hi, @dukus .Now there is a AF 1:1.8D and one D7000. I have checked all those function, include mode, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, exposure comp. All of them can work in live view mode on camera. Could you tell me something about controlling these function on PC? Please.

Duka Istvan

@dukus

For every camera model there is a class where are described how should interact the software with the camera for D7000 https://github.com/dukus/digiCamControl/blob/master/CameraControl.Devices/Nikon/NikonD7000.cs

Change this line https://github.com/dukus/digiCamControl/blob/master/CameraControl.Devices/Nikon/NikonD7000.cs#L37

to this

public class NikonD7000 : NikonD600

Preston Ashton

@PrestonAshton

@Dukus, I'm wanting to do it without using C# would you have any idea how to use PTP for this etc? Thanks -Preston

Duka Istvan

@dukus

Check this link http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wpdblog/ there are lot of info but you need to read a lot for it

Preston Ashton

@PrestonAshton

Thanks, I am wondering if you know about what format PTP returns the current shutterspeed as, is it milliseconds? (ExposureTime)

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

hi, @dukus . How can I binding data to combobox and return the selected value. e.g, I create a device named camera1. And there is a combobox1. If I want have a operation on mode, should I do "this.combobox1.DataSource = camera1.Mode.Values" ?And how can I return the selected mode. Thank you!

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

Oh,it seems I have solve the problem, but I am still confused by returning the selected items. And I don't know why it is shows "?1.8" in the aperture combobox. Can you give me a hand? @dukus .

Duka Istvan

@dukus

@xuewenyuan The string value is ƒ/1.8 but i think if you use xp cant display the ƒ/ letter

Duka Istvan

@dukus

@PrestonAshton no, there are fixed values check this https://github.com/dukus/digiCamControl/blob/master/CameraControl.Devices/Nikon/NikonBase.cs#L153

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

I use win7, which still can't display. But that doesn't matter. Just make sure I can select the correct value from combobox and return it to the camera.

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

Can I just use SetValue function to set mode, ISO, etc without any other operation? If the SetValue function receive a string value, can I turn "?1.8" into "f/1.8" using some string operation. @dukus thank you.

Duka Istvan

@dukus

@xuewenyuan It is enough if you set a value to .Value property but that value should exist in Values property

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

Hi, @dukus .Now, I want to set a "capture" button on a live view window. But it always catches a exception "Error occurred: Invalid status". What should I do to implement this.

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

Another question is how can I implement open two live view windows at the same time when I connect two cameras, and I can switch to any one of them by clicking the windows. Can you give me some advice? By the way, I use winform to do this project.

Thank you!

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

@dukus .I have solved some problem I mentioned before. And now I primaryly complete the requirements. Thank you very much.

Duka Istvan

@dukus

@xuewenyuan Glad to hear you managed to work with it. Sorry for no response i was a lite bit busy .

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

@dukus You are welcome. You have helped me a lot. I just implemented some primary targets. Now I meet some problem again.

Everytime I must run my app first, and turn on the camera second, then the app can connect the camera. If I close my app, and run again, the camera also must turn on again.I just want the app connect the camera automatically when the app run, which just like your example act. But I don’t where is wrong. Can you give me some prompts?

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

@dukus Hi

I have solved the problem. It seems I forgot writing Form1_Load() function.

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

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But there is another problem about it. When I run the app primarily, the program goes to

private void combo_Camera1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e){
DeviceManager.SelectedCameraDevice = (ICameraDevice)combo_Camera1.SelectedItem;
}

DeviceManager.SelectedCameraDevice have only few values(eg. Name, DisplyName). while Mode, ShutterSpeed and others are null.

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

How can I fix it? I just want to binding data to comboBox as I run the program, and there is already a camera connected.

Duka Istvan

@dukus

Why not use in place of winforms wpf ? In case of wpf bindings is more easy to done.

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

I wish I can, but I have not learned about WPF before, while my teacher asks me to complete as soon as possible.

Ironman

@xuewenyuan

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Ironman

@xuewenyuan

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Hi, @dukus . I met a problem again. When I use following code to change the ShutterSpeed value, it seems the camera doesn’t act as the changed value.

DeviceManager1.SelectedCameraDevice.ShutterSpeed.Value = combo_shutterSpeed1.SelectedItem.ToString();

What should I do to solve this? Please help me!

Panagiotis Tsilopoulos

@tsilopoulos

Hey @dukus, thumbs up for v2.0! I wanted to ask, assuming we have 2 cameras connected, is there currently a way to use the Rotate auto export plugin with two different/separate rotate Angle values, one for each of the camera sources? So tl;dr I want to rotate the pics taken by the first camera 90 degrees and the pics taken by the second camera by 270 degrees. Is that currently plausible or perhaps a feature you'd consider to develop somewhere down the development roadmap?

Duka Istvan

@dukus

Hi, not possible yet but i will add option for a execution condition in autoexport plugin config

Panagiotis Tsilopoulos

@tsilopoulos

Thanks a lot @dukus, I'll be on the lookout for the next beta version release notes. Keep up the good work

Sayem Shahrier

@sshahrier

alexjose70

@alexjose70

Hi istvan, hi guys, sorry to bother. I am looking for a way to help you to implement the size of the live view from cameras. I think it is possible.

@dukus

websocketing

@websocketing

But I think digicamcontrol can only work under windows, and there is no way to work under Android or Linux

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