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Control Your Canon DSLR With Your iPhone
- Remotely fire your Canon EOS DSLR camera
with your iPhone or iPod Touch
- Remotely control the camera settings like
shutter-speed, aperture, white-balance and more - View images saved on the camera from your iPhone or iPod Touch
- Look through your camera's viewfinder remotely
- Great for remote-firing at weddings, sporting events, for kids, and for self-portraits
A Must-Have iPhone Application for Canon Digital Photographers
iPhone remotely controlling a Canon camera that's mounted on a basketball backboard
DSLR
Camera Remote is the next-generation cable release for your Canon EOS
DSLR camera. Just connect your camera to a WiFi enabled computer and
the DSLR Camera Remote software enables you to use your Apple iPhone or
iPod touch to wirelessly adjust cameras settings, fire the shutter,
review images, even get a live viewfinder preview. DSLR Camera Remote
is a must-have for remote shooting applications like high or low
angles, self portraits and children. With its advanced timers it makes
remote monitoring a snap. No internet connection required!
Here's what you need:
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You
get full control over common camera controls including white balance,
image quality, shutter speed, aperture, intervalometer, and more.
Key Features
Remote Firing
DSLR
Camera Remote's key feature is the ability to remotely trigger the
shutter, or fire the camera. This seemingly basic feature is very
powerful. You can now trigger a camera in a difficult position, such as
in a church balcony or behind a basketball backboard. Or you can use it
to give yourself another set of hands in the studio - to interact with
your subject better or hold a reflector. There are all sorts of unique
shooting situations where you would like to trigger your camera from a
distance. With DSLR Camera Remote you can now do this with the
equipment you already have, no need for expensive radio transmitters or
open frequencies.
Remote Adjustments
DSLR
Camera Remote Professional Edition gives you full control over common
camera controls including shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance,
and more.
Image Review
Better
than a simple release, the DSLR Camera Remote lets you see the image
you just photographed to confirm you got the shot you wanted. With the
Professional Edition you can even zoom to 1:1 to check focus and
important details.
Live View
When
you combine the DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition with a current
generation Canon EOS DSLR you can access the LiveView mode, which
allows you to see through the camera's viewfinder in near real-time.
This allows you to see your composition before you trigger the shutter.
This feature is great for self-portraits or when you can't see your
subject from your position. See a list of Canon cameras that are known to be compatible with LiveView mode.
Intervalometer
The
Professional Edition features an advanced intervalometer, or timer. The
intervalometer can be used as a custom self-timer or can take a series
of images at a given time interval. This is great for creating
stop-action animation. You can take a picture anywhere from 1 second to
1 day apart and take up to 1,000 frames.
Zero Configuration
DSLR
Camera Remote is a no-brainer to use with its zero-configuration
Bonjour® networking. Just plug your camera into a network-capable host
computer, launch the DSLR Camera Remote Server software, and bam! -
your iPhone or iPod Touch will discover your camera automatically. Your
host computer can be attached to a wired or wireless network, or it can
be the host in an ad-hoc, or device-to-device network. No active
internet connection is required!
Real-World Applications for DSLR Camera Remote
Self Portraits
If
you've ever experimented with self portraits, you know how hard it can
be using self-timers and running back and forth to the camera to see if
you've got the shot. Now with DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition
you can see yourself through the viewfinder of the camera to make sure
you are positioned correctly, then take and review multiple shots at
your own pace rather than racing against the timer.
Free to Move
Stop
hiding behind the camera. If you photograph children or pets you know
how valuable it can be to keep eye contact with your subject and to
interact with them to get the right expression. Being stuck behind the
camera is often the worst place to be. With DSLR Camera Remote you can
move freely to interact with your subject, hold a reflector, you name
it. You can fire the camera easily and even review the shot without
having to return to the camera.
Event Remote Cameras
Sometimes
you just can't be behind the camera. If you've placed a camera in a
church balcony or behind a basketball backboard you need to be able to
fire your camera remotely. Today you have to use expensive radio
transmitters that can only fire the camera. With DSLR Camera Remote you
can fire, control and review your shots with the iPhone or iPod Touch
and the laptop you already own.
DSLR Product Line Description
DSLR Camera Remote Server
This
software runs on a host computer (desktop, laptop or netbook) and
controls the communication between the USB tethered Canon EOS DSLR and
the iPhone/iPod Touch client software. It is a free download.
DSLR Camera Remote Lite
This
is the client software for the Apple iPhone & iPod Touch. The Lite
version supports the remote firing of a camera as well as the ability
to review images after they are taken. Buy DSLR Camera Remote Lite from the Apple iTunes store for only $1.99.
DSLR Camera Remote Professional
This
is the client software for the Apple iPhone & iPod Touch. The
Professional Edition supports the remote adjustment of camera controls,
remote shutter release, LiveView preview through the camera viewfinder,
intervalometer as well as the ability to review and zoom to 1:1 on
images after they are taken. Buy DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition from the Apple iTunes store for only $9.99 introductory price for a limited time (reg $19.99).
DSLR Professional & Lite Editions Compared
DSLR
Camera Remote is available in two versions, Professional Edition and
Lite. The Professional edition gives you full control over most camera
settings while the Lite version gives you basic control only. Refer to
the table below for details.
| Feature |
Professional Edition |
Lite |
| Connect to host computer |
 |
|
| Fire Camera |
|
|
| See post-view image |
|
|
| Battery Status |
|
|
| Images Remaining |
|
|
| Zoom-in on post-view image |
|
|
| LiveView |
|
|
| Adjust Shutter Speed |
|
|
| Adjust Aperture |
|
|
| Adjust Exposure Compensation |
|
|
| Adjust ISO |
|
|
| Adjust White-Balance |
|
|
| Quality Setting |
|
|
| Interval Shooting (self timer, intervalometer) |
|
|
Canon Camera Compatibility
DSLR Camera Remote supports most current and previous generation Canon EOS digital SLR cameras.
Supported Canon cameras (as of June 5, 2009) and connection types:
Firewire Connection:
- 1D Mark II
- 1Ds Mark II
- 1D Mark II N
USB Connection - Camera Must Be Set to PC Connection, Firmware must be up-to-date:
- Rebel XT/350D/Kiss Digital N
- 20D
- 5D
USB Connection - Camera Must Be Set to Print/PC (PTP):
- Rebel XTi/400D/Kiss Digital X
- Rebel Xsi*/450D*/Kiss X2*
- Rebel XS*/1000D*/Kiss F*
- 30D
- 40D*
- 50D*
- 5D Mark II*
- 1D Mark III*
- 1Ds Mark III*
- 20D, 30D, 40D*, 50D*
- 5D, 5D Mark II*
- 1D Mark II, Mark IIn, Mark III*
- 1Ds Mark II, Mark III*
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* Indicates camera support for LiveView preview mode.