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DSLR Assistant 1.6

DSLR Assistant - tethered shooting software

Version: 1.6
Release: October 10, 2011
File size: 3.8 MB

Release history

What's new

October 10, 2011
Support for Mac OS X Lion

September 15, 2011
Maintenance release

July 11, 2011
Support for tokens in file and folder names

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Testimonials

Easy to use and really useful in a remote location, allowing immediate feedback to the client and myself, giving endless possibilities for instant changes to perfect the final image. What have I done without it! Easily worth the purchase price.

Robert Proctor

After using DSLR Assistant I was able to streamline my photography work load by 100%. Trouble shooting photography issues on the fly makes my job as a photographer extremely efficient. I highly recommend DLSR Assistant to any and all photographer who want to make an impression with their photography.

Colleen Curtis

Compared to similar products. DSLR Assistant has similar but more robust UI. Overall, less techy and very simple to operate. Big win on this product. 

Jack - Atlanta, GA

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Features of DSLR Assistant

Tethered Shooting

  • Control your Canon EOS camera remotely from your Mac via USB or FireWire cable.
  • Automatically transfer all captured images to you hard disk.
  • Images show up instantly on the Mac screen.
  • Release the shutter by pressing the release button on a camera body or remotely from the apppcation.
  • See a live view from a camera on the Mac screen while shooting.

Remote Camera Control

  • Automatic recognition of connected camera.
  • Most camera parameters (like resolution, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, ISO, etc) can be changed remotely. While it is still possible to set all options in the camera, it often makes more sense to make the changes remotely.
  • Adjust lens focus precisely when shooting at a shallow depth of field.
  • Perform various photo tasks automatically.
  • View a screenshot

Instant Image Preview

  • Preview captured images instantly on a large Mac screen while shooting.
  • Image histogram with red, green and blue channels.
  • Hover mouse cursor over your image to see a pixel color value in RGB, HSB and Lab spaces.
  • Identify overexposed portions of the image.
  • Review the focus points used by the camera when recording the picture.
  • Examine EXIF information describing different parameters digital camera used while taking a shot.

Live View

  • Frame the shot without the need to look through the camera's viewfinder, you may use the Mac screen instead.
  • Precisely adjust lens focus.
  • View a screenshot

Interval Shooting

  • Arbitrary number of shots in the sequence.
  • User-defined time interval between shots.
  • Start and finish shooting at the predefined time.
  • View a screenshot

Focus Bracketing

  • Automatically capture images with different positions of the focal plane to increase depth of field in your macro shots.
  • User-defined number of shots and focus step between sequential shots.
  • View a screenshot

Exposure Bracketing

  • Automatic capture of bracketed series of images for high dynamic range photography.
  • Arbitrary number of shots in the sequence.
  • Far greater dynamic range.
  • User-defined bracketing step.
  • View a screenshot

Bulb Mode

Image Library

  • Automatically organize captured images.

DSLR Assistant Requirements

Camera Live View Bulb Mode
EOS 20D No
No
EOS 30D No No
EOS 40D Yes Yes
EOS 50D Yes Yes
EOS 60D Yes Yes
EOS Rebel XT/350D/Kiss N No No
EOS Rebel XTi/400D/Kiss X No No
EOS Rebel XSi/450D/Kiss X2 Yes Yes
EOS Rebel T1i/500D/Kiss X3 Yes Yes
EOS Rebel T2i/550D/Kiss X4 Yes Yes
EOS Rebel T3i/600D/Kiss X5 Yes Yes
EOS Rebel XS/1000D/Kiss F
Yes Yes
EOS Rebel T3/1100D/Kiss X50
Yes Yes
EOS 1D Mark II No No
EOS 1D Mark II N No No
EOS 1Ds Mark II
No No
EOS 1D Mark III Yes Yes
EOS 1Ds Mark III Yes Yes
EOS 1D Mark IV Yes Yes
EOS 5D Mark II Yes Yes
EOS 5D No No
EOS 7D Yes Yes