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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / January 200730D - Image review via PDA ?
I've had a couple of times recently when I really could have done with reviewing a shot on a bigger screen than that on the back of the camera. I have no desire to lug a laptop around with me. does anyone know of/have experience of remote working with dSLRs, specifically the 30D via a PDA ? ( of course a virtual reality headset would be much better but I'm trying to keep it real ;-) ) Cheers Chris > I've had a couple of times recently when I really could > have done with reviewing a shot on a bigger screen than > that on the back of the camera. I have no desire to lug > a laptop around with me. does anyone know of/have > experience of remote working with dSLRs, specifically > the 30D via a PDA ? The 30D does have a video out, so it would have to be a PDA that can accept a video signal. Other than that, a PDA that has a CF slot would work (don't think there are any current models now), except of course for raw images. Mark > The 30D does have a video out, so it would have to be a PDA that can > accept a video signal. There also a USB conversion cable available. I know that you can work the 1DS remotely from a laptop and I was thinking in terms a port of such an app to a PDA. There's a few very close things on the net. > Other than that, a PDA that has a CF slot would work (don't think there > are any current models now), except of course for raw images. Phojo works on this principle, as far as I can tell. Chris >> The 30D does have a video out, so it would have to be a PDA that can >> accept a video signal. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Phojo works on this principle, as far as I can tell. I have a Creative Zen Vision MP3/video player that has a CF slot. You can review photos from it. It also has a 30GB drive so that you can offload your photos and reuse your card in the field. > Creative Zen Vision Has the same size screen as the 30D so unfortunately no gain there. This might be going in the right direction ... http://www.nokia.co.uk/770?kwc=KNC-JT4466188562&CMP=KNC-google&HBX_PK=palm+compu ters&HBX_OU=50 Probably doesn't run any software, however :-D Chris >> Creative Zen Vision > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Chris I have an older Palm Handspring Visor that will take CF cards with a MemPlug adapter. You can get both on eBay or Amazon.  SignatureSenate Democrats proposed ethics reform legislation on Tuesday. It calls for lawmakers to pay the real cost of corporate jet flights and the full cost of skybox tickets for sporting events. If you want to know ahead of time what's going to happen to this bill, you simply need to watch the last five minutes of Old Yeller. $Chris Gilbert wrote: $> Mark B. wrote $>> The 30D does have a video out, so it would have to be a PDA that can $>> accept a video signal. Keep in mind that this is standard-def video (480i for those of us in NTSC-land), so while it gives you the opportunity to review the image on a screen that's physically larger than the camera's LCD, the actual resolution is only moderately higher; standard-def video is only about a third of a megapixel at best, and since the aspect ratio is different, you don't even get the full size of the TV screen. $> There also a USB conversion cable available. I know that you can $> work the 1DS remotely from a laptop and I was thinking in terms $> a port of such an app to a PDA. There's a few very close things on $> the net. Some cameras act as standard USB mass storage devices, which would enable any device which could accept a USB flash drive or hard drive to access the camera's filesystem. Unfortunately, this is not the case with Canon DSLRs. It is certainly possible to get images via USB, since there are apps supplied with the camera that allow you to do image transfer by plugging the camera into a computer (and there's even an app that does remote shooting, with image transfer immediately following the shot). But you'd need code specifically written for at least a Canon camera, and perhaps even specific to the model, in order to do this. $I have a Creative Zen Vision MP3/video player that has a CF slot. You $can review photos from it. It also has a 30GB drive so that you can $offload your photos and reuse your card in the field. There are a few other devices like this, including some that are specifically designed as storage devices for photos when you're in the field (and some of them can display RAW images, too, not just JPEGs). But this requires popping the CF card out of the camera and into the external device. SignatureStephen M. Dunn <stephen@stevedunn.ca> >>>----------------> http://www.stevedunn.ca/ <----------------<<< ------------------------------------------------------------------ Say hi to my cat -- http://www.stevedunn.ca/photos/toby/ > (and there's even an app that does remote shooting, with > image transfer immediately following the shot). That's what I had in mind, with the app running on a PDA with a good, high resolution screen. I shall keep looking. I may even send Canon an email ..... Chris >> (and there's even an app that does remote shooting, with >> image transfer immediately following the shot). > > That's what I had in mind, with the app running on a PDA > with a good, high resolution screen. I shall keep looking. I > may even send Canon an email ..... Wouldn't the LCD screen of a small portable TV work? I think that I've seen a few that have video inputs, but they may have been slightly larger TVs that use regular tubes instead of LCD display. A PDA would have a much higher resolution capability, but the camera's video out is probably of far lower quality, so you wouldn't lose much or any resolution by viewing with a small TV, which would also be far smaller and lighter than most laptops. If you have money to burn, Sony has an XP powered handheld computer that's barely larger then most PDAs. Whether it would work with Canon's remote software I can't say. The only stumbling block I can see is if it would require Firewire, and if so, you'd have to find out if Sony's TinyPC has a FW port. If Canon's software works with USB 2.0 High Speed it should allow easy viewing of the 30D's images on this decent sized high resolution display. > If you have money to burn, Sony has an XP powered handheld > computer that's barely larger then most PDAs. The new Vaio. Yes, it's rather cute (if expensive!). The RevPro s/w from Breeze is XP compatible so it sounds like the two together are very good candidates for what I'm trying to achieve here. I'll just fetch my piggy-bank and a hammer ........ ;-) Chris >> (and there's even an app that does remote shooting, with >> image transfer immediately following the shot). [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Chris It's a Windows app, so it would have to be a Windows PDA - assuming a Windows PDA can run a desktop application. Not sure about this part myself. Mark > I've had a couple of times recently when I really could > have done with reviewing a shot on a bigger screen than [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Chris I've used the IPOD and it works great! Ron |
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