Canon manual clearly says that 1D uses firewire for tethered and USB for direct connection to printers. OP said he has a 1D, so why the USB cable recommendations?
Mike40sw wrote:
I've downloaded all the latest drivers for my 5D, and have firmware 1.1.1. Also have switched "communication" on camera menu to PC. I still can not get my WinXP desktop to see my camera. Any hints? Thanks.
I think this will solve your problem: Go to the Canon website and download the latest WIA USB driver for your version of Windows. It did the trick for me, I had the exact same problem with my 5D not able to connect to my Vista laptop.
Helimat
Thanks Helimat. I did just that, and it seems to be working. Just to confirm it's working corectly, I opened both EOS Utility and DPP, and synchronize the folders. After capturing an image, I have to double-click on it in DPP for it to open in full size. Is that the way it works for you? Thanks again.
Mike40sw wrote:
Thanks Helimat. I did just that, and it seems to be working. Just to confirm it's working corectly, I opened both EOS Utility and DPP, and synchronize the folders. After capturing an image, I have to double-click on it in DPP for it to open in full size. Is that the way it works for you? Thanks again.
Yep, there seems to be no way to have each photo open in full size in DPP automatically. You can do so in Lightroom, by having it monitor a "watch folder" and display each picture automatically in loupe view.
Mike40sw wrote:
Thanks Helimat. I did just that, and it seems to be working. Just to confirm it's working corectly, I opened both EOS Utility and DPP, and synchronize the folders. After capturing an image, I have to double-click on it in DPP for it to open in full size. Is that the way it works for you? Thanks again.
I honestly haven't shot tethered too much, I was just trying to get my name in the camera when I ran into the problem. I did manage to try the live view tethered to my laptop with my 40D, I think it will be a great way to shoot eBay items! It seems like there is no way to have the image pop up full size after capture from what I read however.
Helimat
I had some issues on a mac with the 5D too. If I remember the camera had to be turned off when you connected, then turned on, then menu displayed and then menu turned off before the software would recognize the camera. Somehow the computer thinks the camera is displaying the menu on start up and won't connect until you can turn it off, which you can't do until it is displayed. It's a EOS Utility issue.
FYI -
I'm fairly certain this bug was introduced with Mac OS X 10.5, as it didn't bite me until recently.
My 'hack' workaround to this is so:
Turn on camera, either review image, or fire shutter and get an image on the card then hit the play button to review.
Fire up EOS Utility with it still in review mode. Usually hit the info button while doing it to make sure it doesn't go away.
software says camera is busy
clear the reviewed image, bingo, you're connected.
A newer version of the EOS utility has come out (v2.4, beginning of this month). However when I was ready to use it I ended up not shooting tethered so I've not tried it to see if it cleared that error.
Do a search for FireWire extension cables and you will find several listed. I found one on the 1st page that was 14.5ft for $19.95 + shipping.
On the full size picture on the monitor when shooting teathered I use DSLR Remote and it provides a picture about 80% of full screen with a menu on the left of the screen. If you hit the F11 key it toggles from fullscreen to 80%.
It appears your question has not been answered yet and was thrown off track.
I shoot tethered to a PC. You need a firewire cable. You can find them up to 25ft long. I use a 12ft one although I just picked up a 25 footer to play with because I got it cheap.
One end needs to be 4 pin male and the other end to fit whatever firewire port your computer has. My PC has a 4 pin female port and my Mac has a 6pin female port.
I use the EOS utility to capture on the PC and Capture One on the Mac since OSX 10.5 screwed up EOS Utility.
I know it's not related directly to the OP and I don't want to hijack the thread, but...
Is the point of shooting tethered the ability to review the pics on a large monitor while shooting in a studio? Or is it the ability to download the images instantly without having to worry about the status of the CF card?
If it's the former, why not shoot tethered to a TV/LCD/Plasma screen via the RCA video connection and leave the review after shot set to a long time? I know it means that the images are not necessarily on a calibrated monitor, but it's cheap, you can get long RCA cables and the display can be easily arranged.
Skipper,
I ended up purchasing DSLR Remote Pro. As of this very moment, I can not get my laptop to see my 5D using the USB cable. The 5D does not have a firewire port. My camera menu is set to connect to PC. I tried connecting with DSLR Remote on and off prior to connecting to the cable to the camera, and turning camera on. Still get the red screen of no connection. Went thorugh all the DSLR Remote menu settings. Still can't get it connected. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Inga wrote:
I know it's not related directly to the OP and I don't want to hijack the thread, but...
Is the point of shooting tethered the ability to review the pics on a large monitor while shooting in a studio? Or is it the ability to download the images instantly without having to worry about the status of the CF card?
If it's the former, why not shoot tethered to a TV/LCD/Plasma screen via the RCA video connection and leave the review after shot set to a long time? I know it means that the images are not necessarily on a calibrated monitor, but it's cheap, you can get long RCA cables and the display can be easily arranged.
There may be a number of reasons for tethering, but the main ones today are either for critical review and/or workflow efficiency. Not so much a storage issue, although it can eliminate one image transfer step.
You could certainly use video out to view an image but you would be viewing as a very low res (VGA-SVGA) JPEG file that is greatly compressed. For product photography, as an example, where speed is not as important as critical review, being tethered can be a great advantage when viewing on a high res monitor.
Regarding workflow, being tethered can send images down to a computer where an assistant can edit, file, process and upload images even while the photographer is shooting. Time is money.
Most digital backs required tethering either because of capacity or processing issues. Today these aren't so much an issue as before, but many still use tethering for the same reasons DSLR's users do the above.
For the most part though tethering is neither appropriate or practical for most types of photography, but it can be a tremendous advantage for those that need it.
Also, I shot with my 1Ds3 tethered to my macbook with a USB cable. I was assuming that the OP was using a mk3 camera which uses USB not firewire (or a 5D).
Here was my process:
-Plug camera into computer
-EOS Utility opens, I click on the 3rd button down for "remote shooting"
-Setup my folder to which it imports the photos
-Go to Lightroom and "auto-import" setup
-Specify which folder to "watch" for new images (the same folder where EOS Utility is putting the images into)
-Fire away
USB is definately lethargic, but the process seemed very simple and I was up and running in 5 minutes.
