I personally have not used one, but Godfrey's answer here is very complete and gives the information you need. This seems like a good solution for what you are needing.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, June 14, 2010, 6:35:01 AM, you wrote: GD> There are different types of 'tethered operation'. One implies GD> watching what the camera is doing but controlling the shoot with the GD> camera, then automatically capturing what the camera recorded. Another GD> implies full camera control and live view of what it's seeing. Another GD> implies only that what the camera acquired is automatically received GD> by the computer. GD> This third is what I've tested using an Eye-Fi card and my otherwise GD> non-tetherable cameras (Panasonic L1 and G1). I set up the Eye-Fi card GD> to connect to my laptop over an 802.11g wi-fi link and place whatever GD> is recorded to the card into a particular folder on the laptop. I also GD> configure Lightroom to "watch" that folder and auto-import whatever GD> shows up there, moving it to the correct place in my file repository. GD> It works pretty well ... transfers both JPEG and raw files in a GD> reasonable time (I haven't timed it but about 20-30 seconds seems GD> right), which is then picked up by Lightroom and displayed a few GD> seconds later. GD> With the E-1, I have used Olympus Studio 2 which allows both the first GD> and second tethering operations with a FireWire or USB connection GD> cable. The E-1 is old and doesn't move data particularly quickly ... GD> it's about the same speed as the wireless above. This is similar if GD> not identical to what the Pentax capture application did for the *ist GD> D and K10D. For these, again you can set Lightroom to watch whatever GD> folder the control software will push the camera output to and import GD> it automagically. GD> The wireless tethering without full camera control is slower but more GD> convenient ... no tripping over cables or pulling a setup to the GD> ground by accident. ;-) There are a few tricks to getting it set up GD> and working right depending on what camera you've got (mostly having GD> to do with being sure the camera doesn't auto-sleep so the flow of GD> data isn't interrupted, and making sure you have enough battery power GD> to keep things running...). GD> Godfrey GD> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Tanya Love <[email protected]> wrote: >> Have you used one of these Bruce? Wondering if they would be "instant" >> enough? >> >> Very cool idea btw, I've never seen these before! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 14/06/2010, at 12:20 PM, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How lame...answering my own post. Here is one of the sources of wifi: >>> http://www.eye.fi/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Bruce >>> >>> >>> Sunday, June 13, 2010, 7:17:11 PM, you wrote: >>> >>> BD> Have you considered one of the wifi memory cards? Seems like that >>> BD> might accomplish what you are wanting to do. >>> >>> BD> -- >>> BD> Best regards, >>> BD> Bruce >>> >>> >>> BD> Sunday, June 13, 2010, 6:17:45 PM, you wrote: >>> >>> ps>> Yeah, it would be helpful under those circumstances. I haven't >>> ps>> tried it with my K7, so I can't help you there.. >>> ps>> Paul >>> >>> >>> ps>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 9:07 PM, Tanya Love wrote: >>> >>>>>> Paul I wouldn't use it for standard shooting - but I am teaching to >>>>>> audiences of 50-100 so it would be a great advantage to be able to >>>>>> demonstrate and project the results on a big screen - particularly as it >>>>>> is >>>>>> product photography that I am showing, iykwim? Tan. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On 14/06/2010, at 10:34 AM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> FWIW, I've found tethered shooting to be relatively useless. It just >>>>>>> slows things down. And the histogram is more accurate than any image. I >>>>>>> played with it for a while but haven't used it in a couple of years. >>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Tanya Love wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hmmm. I have cr Kennedy looking into it. I reaaally need it to >>>>>>>> demonstrate at the workshops I'm teaching. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I was hoping that one of you guys would be able to share a hacked way >>>>>>>> around it - Mark, can u add to this discussion? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tan. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 14/06/2010, at 9:36 AM, David Parsons <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> From what I've read, it's not doable. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Supposedly, Pentax removed the capability for the K7 to use remote >>>>>>>>> control software. You can try downloading Pentax Remote Assistant >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> see if you can get one of the versions to work with it (The K100DS >>>>>>>>> isn't supported, but I can get it to work with V1 of Remote >>>>>>>>> Assistant. >>>>>>>>> It's flaky, but usable. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> After that, you tell LR where to look for the files by going to the >>>>>>>>> File | Auto Import. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I tried using LR with the Tethered Capture option, but it doesn't >>>>>>>>> recognize my camera. Try it out with your camera. If LR recognizes >>>>>>>>> your camera, you should be good to go. If not, you'll need to try >>>>>>>>> Remote Assistant and Auto Import. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hey guys, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I have a question for you tech heads. Has anyone worked out how to >>>>>>>>>> shoot tethered yet with Lightroom and the K7? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I KNOW that one of you hacks have worked out how to do it! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Tan.x. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>>>>>>> and follow the directions. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Aloha Photographer Photoblog >>>>>>>>> http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>>>>>> and follow the directions. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>>>>> and follow the directions. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> GD> -- GD> Godfrey GD> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
