Shooting to Laptop

[NorthWoods Bill]

I am just curious what software is being used when shooting with a dslr directly to a laptop? I took a class last night and the instructor was shooting directly to a Mac. I asked about the software and he said it was Capture. I have googled it without any luck.

I will be shooting with a Rebel T2i to a Dell Laptop (Windows O/S)

Thanks

[ChadS]

Bill,

The software that came with your Canon allows you to do this - the one called EOS Utility has a remote shooting option (over USB so the image transfer is slow).

[Sheiky]

As Chad said: It's called EOS Utility. It's also a handy piece of software if you want to do multiple shots on an interval. You can just set up the variables and the camera will take a shot every X seconds.

[NorthWoods Bill]

Will it allow some basic manipulation, just to get an idea of how the image looks?
Obviuosly actual editing would occur in lightroom

[jrw]

No editing in EOS Utility. The pictures you take are put in a folder and DPP will automatically startup with that folder open.

[Sheiky]

Will it allow some basic manipulation, just to get an idea of how the image looks?
Obviuosly actual editing would occur in lightroom

I believe you can use it as sort of an extended live-view. Manipulation-wise you could only use the camera-profiles and such I think. But I'm not sure. I haven't used it in a long time.
Now that you're mentioning Lightroom. You can also use tethered shooting in Lightroom itself. I just tried it and you seem to be needing the live-view on camera to focus. You can use Lightroom to apply the settings and your pre-sets. So if you have the preset you want, you can easily use Lightroom. I don't think Lightroom can function as an external live-view however.

[NorthWoods Bill]

Sounds like light room may suite my needs. More looking for immediate feedback on image quality, etc.

[Sheiky]

Good luck and if you run into any problems, just ask.

[jrw]

I realize that there is one important thing worth mentioning that hasn't been. When you are tethered the image you see on screen is the LiveView feed. This is a video stream and does not entirely match the quality of the still shots you'll capture. If you use the exposure simulation setting for liveview it will give you a very good idea of what the final image will look like.

[Sheiky]

You are correct. However this only affects Canon EOS Utility, not Lightroom. In Lightroom you cannot see a live image, you only get a result.