Thread: N800 remote control for EOS Camera !
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2008-03-20 , 20:40
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Hi !

I followed the thread regarding the port of gphoto. Unfortunately gphoto never got me further than list the photos in the camera and then hang and reboot.

Well then I noticed Eostimesync

a nice utility that syncs the time of your camera to the time of the n800. Well eostimesync never "worked as advertised for me" BUT:

I wanted to know how it works. To make a long story short eostimesync uses a command line program named s10sh which is an userspace usb driver for canon cameras (many of them if I'm corect).

First thing linux taught me in 1998 was command --help

So as root s10sh has the ability to:
  • Get ALL/ALL NEW images
  • List ALL/ALL NEW images
  • Set camera to computer time

and many more. The above are non interactive and are the one useful for me. If you run simply s10sh it will give you an interactive shell similar to a DOS prompt. Of course your camera has to be connected by usb and your tablet in HOST mode. Oh and my camera has two usb modes "normal" - which is the canon proprietary format and the one that works with all the above and PTP which is only for image download. On your camera the modes could be labeled differently.

Oh and did I mentioned that running:

Code:
s10sh -c
does, according to the --help:

capture an image with the current camera settings

get it

Code:
#s10sh -c (capture)
#s10sh -n (get all new images, non-interactive)
#quiver (see what you shot on the big screen)
See why I'm so excited about?

Oh and the camera is completely functional even when connected. I can shoot, change settings anything. I do landscapes a lot so I could imagine myself leaving the camera on the tripod and the n800 connected to use as trigger or big screen for more detail. also it would be helpful when doing macro. And of course it's a LOT of FUN !

I also think you can change camera settings but I didn't explore that.

I hope you're not bored...

Let me know what you think.
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