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CamRanger User Manual

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  • Page 1 Windows User’s Manual Supports Windows 7, 8 and 10 Computers...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CamRanger Hardware ......................... CamRanger Registration ........................CamRanger Setup ..........................CamRanger Windows Application ....................Status Bar ................................Recent Thumbnails ..........................Main Image View .............................. Live View Images ................................Captured Images ................................Advanced Tabs ..............................Data ......................................Focus ..................................... Timer ....................................HDR ..................................... Tripod Tab ..................................StackShot ..................................Camera Properties ............................Exposure Compensation & Bracketing ........................ Camera Actions .............................. Capture ....................................

  • Page 3: Camranger Hardware

    CamRanger Hardware The CamRanger device is turned on by sliding the power switch, located on the side of the unit, towards the front of the device. The green power light will illuminate when the unit is powered on. Any addi0onal switch present on the CamRanger currently serves no func0on. The charging port is located next to the power switch. The male micro B end of the provided white charging cord is connected to this port. The other end of the charging cord can be connected to a female USB port that provides power, such as a computer or through the provided AC adapter. When the device is charging, an addiIonal yellow light will illuminate next to the green power light indicaIng that it is charging. The yellow light will turn off leaving only the green power light when it is fully charged. The CamRanger baKery is accessible by removing the boKom cover. The boKom cover is the side with the CamRanger serial number. Simply grasp the side edge/corner of the cover near the USB connector and pull back to remove. To replace the cover, first place the two lower tabs into the slots and then snap in the top. CamRanger is not water-resistant in any way and should not get wet. A black neoprene case is provided to assist in aKaching and securing the CamRanger, note that this pouch is not waterproof. The case has a carabineer to facilitate hanging from a tripod, belt loop, etc. Do not just hang the CamRanger by the cable as it will put strain on the USB connectors as well as possibly disconnect. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 4: Camranger Registration

    CamRanger Registra0on Before a Windows computer can be used with a CamRanger, the Windows CamRanger applicaIon should be installed on the computer, at no addiIonal cost to the user, from the downloads page on the CamRanger website, www.camranger.com/downloads. Once downloaded, the CamRanger applicaIon needs to be registered. RegistraIon requires Internet connecIvity. Before proceeding, confirm Internet connecIvity (do not connect to the CamRanger network). Launch the CamRanger applicaIon and the following screen will appear. Click “OK.” The flowing registraIon pop-up will appear. If the registraIon pop-up does not appear, from the “Help” tab on the Windows CamRanger menu bar click “Register,” and the following screen will appear. Enter the 8-character CamRanger serial number. The serial number is located both on the boKom of the back cover as well as above the baKery underneath the back cover. Note: the serial number contains only leKers and NO numbers. Press the “Register” buKon to register. A message box will appear indicaIng registraIon was successful and the Windows can be used with the CamRanger. Exit the applicaIon and then proceed with the setup process as detailed below in the CamRanger Setup secIon. If registraIon fails, confirm Internet connecIvity and the CamRanger serial number before contacIng support@CamRanger.com for assistance. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 5: Camranger Setup

    CamRanger Setup Power on the CamRanger and confirm all four lights briefly appear. The CamRanger will take approximately 30 seconds unIl it is fully iniIalized. The first Ime the user connects to the CamRanger from a Windows computer, the computer needs to be registered. See the CamRanger RegistraIon secIon above. Once registered, connect to the CamRanger WiFi network on the computer. The network name will be CamRanger-###, with the last three characters matching the last 3 characters of the CamRanger’s serial number. Enter the network password, which is the full 8 characters of the CamRanger’s serial number. The password MUST BE ENTERED IN ALL CAPS. Connect the CamRanger to the camera with the provided black USB cable. (Note: units purchased through retailers will have a USB mini cable, which will work with most cameras. A few select Nikons use a different cable, which may be purchased separately or the cable that came with the camera will also work) The male A end is inserted into the USB port at the end of the CamRanger, and the other end is connected to the USB port of the camera. Then ensure the camera is turned on. When the camera is connected and turned on, the green light closest to the edge of the CamRanger device will light. Launch the CamRanger Windows applicaIon. The applicaIon will connect to the CamRanger and the user will be able to control the camera. To aKempt to manually iniIate a connecIon, on the Windows CamRanger menu bar, click “ConnecIon” and then “Connect.” For common problems with setup and connecIon refer to the TroubleshooIng secIon at the end of the manual. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 6: Camranger Windows Application

    CamRanger Windows Applica0on Status Bar The Status Bar is located at the top of the applicaIon screen, below the CamRanger Menu Bar, and provides the user with a number of elements. From lef to right: • Camera Model Name • Lens Model Name (Note: not all cameras or lenses are supported) • Shots Remaining: Indicates the number of shots currently remaining on the camera’s removable media using the current sehngs © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 7: Recent Thumbnails

    Recent Thumbnails • As images are captured, the thumbnails are automaIcally downloaded and displayed along the top of the screen. The thumbnails may be scrolled lef and right when more are downloaded than can fit. • A thumbnail may be selected to view the corresponding image. The image is downloaded and displayed in the main image view. The currently selected thumbnail is indicated with a light grey box. • When both a JPG and RAW file format is captured, only the JPG thumbnail is displayed. • A small red “R” icon on the upper right of the thumbnail indicates that it is a RAW image. A small green “T” indicates TIFF, while no icon is used to indicate JPG formaKed images. • Note: only thumbnails for images captured within the current CamRanger session will be displayed. Main Image View Live view and captured images are displayed within the main image view. Live View Images To iniIate live view, click on the “eye” buKon located within the camera acIon controls on the boKom right of the applicaIon screen. In live view, the image on the screen is automaIcally updated as live view images stream in. The exact frame per second rate is very much dependent on CamRanger WiFi signal strength, the camera, and the Windows specs. However, assuming a good connecIon, live view frame rate will be about 7 – 18 fps. When in live view, the main image view may be clicked once to focus at that point. Note that for Canon cameras, the outer edges of the image cannot be focused upon. Double clicking will zoom in the viewing window and double clicking again returns to regular size. Canon cameras can display the live view image on the camera and Windows and allow the user to trigger images with the camera by acIvaIng the camera’s live view buKon a"er starIng live on the CamRanger applicaIon. Nikon cameras do not allow any control of the physical camera while live view is acIve. Captured Images Captured images can be displayed in the main image view in one of two ways, by selecIng a thumbnail in the thumbnails secIon of the applicaIon or through the Auto-View Images feature. The © CamRanger – Patent Pending...
  • Page 8 Auto-View Image feature is useful when capturing images from the camera and using the Windows applicaIon for image display. When this feature is selected, pictures will automaIcally display in the main image view screen. This feature can be turned on or off by selecIng “View” on the Windows CamRanger menu bar and then “CamRanger Preferences.” For more informaIon about this feature, refer to the Windows CamRanger Menu Bar: Se6ng- Preferences secIon found on page 19. When a thumbnail is selected for viewing, the image will displayed on the main image view and can zoomed in at 50%, 100%, 200%, or fit to screen by selecIng the magnificaIon of interest below the image. The image can then be panned using the mouse. A histogram of the image may be viewed from the “Data” tab as described in the Advanced Tab- Data secIon found on page 9. Turning on the histogram will generate a histogram for captures images. Images displayed in the main view are saved by default to the photo directory on the computer. For further saving opIons, including the ability to automaIcally save all pictures, refer to the Windows CamRanger Menu Bar: Se6ngs- Preferences secIon found on page 19. To view the images on the camera’s memory card select “View” on the Windows CamRanger Menu Bar and then “Card Contents.” A new window will appear displaying thumbnails of the images on the camera’s removable media. Double-clicking a thumbnail will download and display the image within the main image view. AddiIonal features for downloading or deleIng images are also available. For further informaIon about the card contents, refer to the Windows CamRanger Menu Bar- Card Contents secIon found on page 17. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 9: Advanced Tabs

    Advanced Tabs There are four tabs providing advanced informaIon or controls: Data, Focus, Timer, and HDR. A Tripod or StackShot tab will appear as a fifh tap if the CamRanger is being used with the CamRanger PT Hub and a supported tripod head (the MP-360, Bescor, or Hague) or StackShot. Data The data tab shows an RGB histogram and meta-data associated with the captured image in the main image view. The following meta-data is provided: • ShuKer Speed • Aperture • MegaPixels (Note this is not file size, but image resoluIon) • ISO • Metering Mode • Exposure CompensaIon Value Within live view the histogram can be toggled on or off. Of note, the histogram will reduce the live view frame rate. Focus The focus tab is only enabled during live view and provides advanced focusing controls. Focus Adjust There are two sets of buKons to move the lens’ focal plane nearer or further from the camera. Each set has three buKons with different sized arrows to specify a large, medium, or small step in focus. Tap the buKon to move the focus by a single increment, holding down the buKon will have no affect. Focus Stacking Focus stacking is a process of taking mulIple captures with slight changes in focus and then post processing them to enhance the depth of field. This control allows the user to set the focus step size to take between in each shot and the number of shots to take. Each focus step will move the focal plane further from the camera. So the user will want to set the focus to the nearest plane desired to be in focus and start the stacking process from there. If too few captures were taken, the process can be restarted from where the iniIal stacking ended. Note:...

  • Page 10: Timer

    CamRanger device, the Windows computer does not need to remain on or connected once the intervalomiter command is iniIated. • The “Shot Delay” should not be used for precision Iming, parIcularly when the delay is only a few seconds or less. • Once an intervalometer sequence is begun, the Imer tab will provide a countdown of the current Imelapse as well as a buKon to cancel the Ime lapse. Bulb • The Bulb controls are only enabled when the camera is in bulb mode and the camera supports remote bulb shots. • The entry fields are used to specify the iniIal delay before the first shot and the length of the exposure. • Afer configuraIon, press the “Start” buKon to begin the bulb process. • The bulb commands are stored on the CamRanger device and the Windows does not need to remain on or connected. HDR The “HDR”, or Advanced BrackeIng, tab can be used to generate a series of photos with varying exposures. • Advanced BrackeIng is only enabled when the camera is in Manual exposure mode. • The Property field specifies the camera property to be varied. There are three opIons: ShuKer Speed, Aperture, and ISO. • The IniIal Delay field specifies the amount of delay, if any, to take before beginning the brackeIng sequence. • The iniIal value for the selected property is set with the Start Value field. • The total number of images to capture is specified by the...
  • Page 11 Number of Shots field. • The possible Step Size values are up to 3 stops and specify by how many stops to vary the exposure between each capture. • The valid values for the Number of Shots are automaIcally determined based on the values specified for Start Value and Step Size. For example a step size of 1/3 stops will allow more shots than a step size of 3 stops. • The starIng point of the bracket is the mid-point. The resulIng sequence will start at the lowest exposure but with the iniIally set value as the mid-point. • Afer configuraIon, press the “Start” buKon to begin the brackeIng process. • Note: the post processing is not done within the CamRanger applicaIon. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 12: Tripod Tab

    Tripod Tab When the CamRanger PT Hub and MP-360 (or MP 101, Bescor, or Hague Tripod) are used with the CamRanger, a “Tripod” tab will appear including the following display. However, this tab will only be present with CamRanger firmware 6 and up. To update one’s CamRanger firmware, visit hKp://camranger.com/firmware-upgrade/ for further instrucIons on update. Within the app one can adjust the speed of the tripod movement, the direcIon of the movement. The direcIon arrow will highlight red when acIvated. StackShot Refer to the CamRanger StackShot user manual found at www.CamRanger.com/downloads for more informaIon about using the CamRanger, CamRanger PT Hub, and StackShot macro rail system. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 13: Camera Properties

    Camera Proper0es The below image and bullet list indicates the camera properIes that can be set using the applicaIon: • Auto Exposure Mode • Aperture • Metering Mode • White Balance • Focusing Mode • ShuKer Speed • ISO • Capture Mode • Image Format • Exposure CompensaIon and BrackeIng Not all properIes can be set for all cameras or in all modes. For example, for most Canon’s the auto exposure mode and focus mode cannot be set. Disabled properIes are indicated with a darker buKon background. Exposure CompensaEon & BrackeEng Clicking the exposure compensaIon and brackeIng buKon will display the following control: Clicking the exterior arrows poinIng to the lef and right will adjust the exposure compensaIon. Holding down the arrow will move the exposure compensaIon to its respecIve limit. The two buKons at the middle control the brackeIng amount. Clicking the arrows poinIng in will reduce the brackeIng amount, while pressing the arrows point outward will increase the brackeIng amount. The brackeIng is not set unIl the “Set” buKon is pressed. The “Close” buKon will dismiss the dialog. Pressing “Close” without pressing “Set” will effecIvely cancel any adjustments made. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 14: Camera Actions

    • For most capture modes, such as single, Imer, or quiet, the buKon performs the image capture as expected. It should be noted that for some cameras, advanced modes such as remote or Imer will behave as single capture mode. • ConInuous capture mode differs between Nikon and Canon. • Nikon: Afer selecIng a conInuous drive mode a dialog is displayed allowing the user to select the number of images to capture. When the “Capture” buKon is pressed, that number of images will be captured. • Canon: When in a conInuous mode, pressing and holding the “Capture” buKon behaves in the same way as pushing the physical trigger on the camera. • It is noted that there can be a very slight lag between the pressing of the “Capture” buKon and the image capture. The delay can be more pronounced while live view is acIve. For Ime criIcal applicaIons, a remote trigger, such as an RF trigger, can be used in combinaIon with the CamRanger. Live View • The live view toggle buKon is used to turn live view on and off. • When live view is on, the main image view is updated with live view images. • Note: running live view is relaIvely intensive and there may be slight performance lags in other areas. Movie Mode • The movie toggle buKon is used to turn live view on and off, but within movie mode. • When movie mode is on, the main image view is updated with the live images. • The “Capture” buKon changes to “Record” and pressing the “Record” buKon will start and then stop the recording of a movie. • Note: movies cannot be downloaded to the Windows computer using the CamRanger. Auto / Manual Focus Toggle • The AF/MF Focus toggle buKon allows the user to change the focusing between auto and manual without having to physically adjust the camera. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...
  • Page 15 • This AF/MF adjustment is not possible for all cameras in all modes. For example, some Nikon cameras are required to be connected in “PC” mode, which is accessible by selecIng “ConnecIon” on the Windows CamRanger menu bar followed by clicking “PC”. • Afer any touch or incremental focusing while in live view, the focus mode will automaIcally aKempt to switch to manual focus such that the user specified focus is not overridden by auto focus upon capture.
 © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 16: Windows Camranger Menu Bar

    Windows CamRanger Menu Bar The CamRanger menu bar located at the top of the Windows display contains many useful funcIons allowing the user to save and delete images, manage the connecIon, set preferences, view images, and get help. The following opIons are found within this toolbar. QuiJng, maximizing, and minimizing applicaEon • Dash: Used to minimize the applicaIon window • Rectangle: Used to maximize the applicaIon window • X: Closes the applicaIon. File Individual images being viewed on the main viewing screen can be saved, shared to other devices which are using the CamRanger Share app, or deleted from the file dropdown menu. ConnecEon • CamRanger ConnecIon: A state dependent “Connect” or “Disconnect” buKon is available to the user as a troubleshooIng opIon to avoid closing the applicaIon in the case of connecIon problems. • Nikon ConnecIon Mode • PC: PC mode allows more control over properIes within the CamRanger; however, certain properIes changed are not maintained when the CamRanger is disconnected, and changing sehngs on the physical camera are not recognized. AddiIonally, the camera cannot be physically controlled such as triggering images with the camera’s shuKer. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 17: View

    • Camera: Allows the camera to be physically used as normal; however, not all properIes will be enabled within the CamRanger. The CamRanger applicaIon must be set to Camera mode to allow physically triggering from the camera. • It should also be noted that the connecIon mode cannot be changed while live view is acIve. View The view drop down provides access to the camera’s card contents and opIons for control accessibility for the Windows applicaIon display. Card Contents To view the card contents select “View” on the Windows CamRanger menu bar and then “Card Contents.” By doing this a new window will appear, as seen below. The card contents will display thumbnails of the images on the camera’s removable media. The applicaIon will iniIally load the most recent thumbnails. To load more thumbnails, press the “Load More” buKon at the boKom of the window. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 18: Help

    Any number of thumbnails can be selected by pressing a thumbnail, or all may be selected by pressing “Select All” at the boKom of the window. Selected thumbnails will have a grey border around them (as seen above, 2 images are selected). Afer selecIng thumbnails they may either be deleted or saved. The “Delete” buKon at the lower lef will delete the associated images of the selected thumbnails from the camera’s removable media when selected. The “Save” buKon at the lower right will save all associated images of the selected thumbnails to the image directory specified in the preferences. Images are saved regardless of format. Images within the card contents view can be viewed by double clicking on the image. The image will then appear in the main image view window. Note that the thumbnails are presented in chronological order beginning with the most recent. However, for Nikon they are grouped first by format, such that all JPG’s will be listed, then TIFF’s, and finally RAW images. Controls When the “Control” view is turned on, the camera sehngs and image capturing opIons are on the right hand side of the applicaIon. Turning the Controls view off, will hide these opIons. Thumbnails of the images captured within the CamRanger session will conInue to appear on the upper porIon of the screen, the main image view will show live view or captured images. Image Only When “Image Only” is selected, the advanced controls tab, camera properIes, and camera acIons on the right hand side of the applicaIon are hidden. The thumbnails of images taken within the CamRanger session will not appear on the upper porIon of the screen. When “Image Only” is not selected, the advanced controls tab, camera properIes, camera acIons, and thumbnails are visible within the CamRanger applicaIon. Help The “Help” dropdown found on the Windows CamRanger menu bar is used to access user sehngs, registering CamRanger devices, and to access this help manual. SeJngs- CamRanger Preferences The CamRanger preferences configure various user opIons related to saving, viewing, and sharing images, and sehng view opIons. The preferences are accessed by clicking “Help” on the Windows menu bar and then selecIng “Sehngs” on the dropdown. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...
  • Page 19 • Saved Image Directory: As images are captured they can be saved into a specified directory. If pictures from the camera’s memory card are downloaded to the Windows computer they will be stored in this folder. Note that all images displayed in the main view are saved by default to the photo directory on the computer. • Custom Prefix: This will give the images taken during the session a unique Itle preceding the image number when saved to the card. • Auto-Download Images: When this feature is selected, the images will automaIcally be saved to the directory during the CamRanger session regardless if the images are captured from the computer or the camera. This does NOT result in the images being displayed within the CamRanger app. If shooIng JPEG+RAW, only the JPEG files will be saved in the image directory. To save the RAW files on the computer, select the RAW images within the card content and select the download opIon. If shooIng RAW only with Auto-download selected, the RAW files will be saved into the directory; note that this will slow down the performance of the CamRanger. • Auto-View Images: This feature is useful when capturing images with camera and only using the applicaIon for image display. When this feature is selected, pictures will automaIcally pop-up in the main image view screen when captured. By default, the images will be saved as they popup in the main image view. If shooIng JPEG+RAW, only the JPEG files will be saved in the image directory. To save the RAW files on the computer, select the RAW images within the card content and select the download opIon. • File Name Overlay: When the file name overlay feature is selected, the associated image file name will be present when viewing images in the main viewing screen. Saving and Viewing OpEons Refer to the CamRanger Share secBon of this manual on page 21 for more informaIon about the sharing features. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...
  • Page 20 Register By selecIng “Register” within the “Help” dropdown the user can register a CamRanger. The user must be connected to the Internet to complete the registraIon. User Manual This user manual appears when the User Manual tab is selected. About The “About” tab is useful to determine what version of the CamRanger Windows applicaIon is on the computer. The first digits represent the CamRanger applicaIon version and the last digit represents the CamRanger unit’s firmware version. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 21: Incorporation With Lightroom Or Capture One

    Incorpora0on with Lightroom or Capture One While camera control the CamRanger from within Lightroom or Capture One is not possible with the CamRanger, it is possible to have images automaIcally import into these third party programs. First, specify a folder to automaIcally download images to, refer to the Windows CamRanger Menu Bar: Se6ng- Preferences secIon, on page 19, for saving opIons. This folder can then be set to as a “watch” folder within Lightroom or Capture One and set to automaIcally imported. CamRanger Share In order for the CamRanger Share feature to work, the CamRanger firmware must be updated to version 6 and up and the CamRanger sofware must be updated to the
 most recent version. When the photographer is in a CamRanger session, others can
 view images and live view on their personal iOS devices, Android devices, and/or Mac
 or Windows computer using the CamRanger Share applicaIon. The CamRanger Share applicaIon is free and can be downloaded from www.CamRanger.com/downloads. Individuals using the CamRanger Share app can only view images and live view when the CamRanger is connected and the main CamRanger user has enabled sharing from within the sehngs. The Windows Share sehngs, as seen below, can be accessed by selecIng “Help” from the Windows menu bar followed by “Sehngs.” • Enable Sharing: This opIon turns sharing on or off. When sharing is disabled, no other devices with the CamRanger Share app will be able to connect. Sharing must be enabled in order for the Auto Sharing, Auto Share Thumbnails, and Share Live View sehngs to work. • Auto Share Images: Any images viewed on the main screen by the CamRanger user will be shared with CamRanger Share users. • Auto Share Thumbnails: All images captured will display as thumbnails on CamRanger Share devices when Auto Share Thumbnails is enabled. The CamRanger Share user can scroll through the pictures at his or her own pace. • Share Live View: The CamRanger share user will be able to see the camera’s live view on © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 22: Camranger Share Users

    • Show Clients: The CamRanger user can see what devices are using the CamRanger Share applicaIon during the CamRanger session. Assuming that all devices have a good connecIon with the CamRanger, as the number of users increase, the performance decreases slightly; adding 1 second per shared device for each small JPG that is distributed is a good rule of thumb. Similarly, sharing live view with an addiIonal 1 or 2 devices will not significantly degrade performance, but as more devices are added the frame rate will reduce. AddiIonally, a device with a very poor/slow connecIon can degrade the performance for everyone. The photographer using the CamRanger app can always temporarily turn off sharing to kick off all shared devices. As the number of users increases the there are pracIcal performance limits. Depending on the scenario, pracIcal maximums of 5-15 clients are typical. The amount of data being shared as well as the network strength to all of the clients dictates the pracIcal maximum. If the CamRanger is only connected to the CamRanger network, the CamRanger Share app users will also need to connect to the CamRanger network, using the same password, however no registraIon is required. If the CamRanger is bridged to an exisIng Internet network, the Share app user can connect to the same Internet network that the CamRanger is connected to, and sIll use the Share app. Those using the share app should stay within range of the CamRanger or bridged network when using the app For more informaIon about the CamRanger Share ApplicaIon, refer to the CamRanger Share App User Guide Video (Note: this video is demonstraIng the setup with an iPad, but the general concept and use with the Windows computer is the same). CamRanger Share Users The CamRanger Share app is free and available for download for the Windows on the CamRanger website, hKp://camranger.com/downloads/. Once the photographer has started the CamRanger session, the CamRanger Share user must connect to the CamRanger network from within the Windows computer network sehngs. Once connected to the network, the user can access the app and view the images that the photographer choses to share. Those using the share app should consult the photographer about the network connecIon and should stay within range of the CamRanger when using the app. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

  • Page 23: Tips & Troubleshooting

    Tips & Troubleshoo0ng Below are some Ips and troubleshooIng for common quesIons or issues arranged by category: Registra0on • If the CamRanger Windows applicaIon is re-installed, the computer may need to be re- registered. • Most registraIon issues are due to not having Internet connecIvity or entering the serial number incorrectly. • If you sIll have issues, please email support@CamRanger.com for assistance. Connec0on • Make sure CamRanger is fully powered on and iniIalized (it should take approximately 30 seconds). The power light and WiFi light should both be on. • The password to connect to the CamRanger WiFi is the CamRanger serial number in all CAPS. If there are sIll issues connecIng, turning the WiFi off on the Windows may help. • If the CamRanger applicaIon is connected to the CamRanger device, but no camera is connected, it will aKempt to connect to a camera approximately every 5 seconds. • If the computer is outside of or near the edge of the range of the CamRanger hardware there will be connecIon problems. • Disconnect and reconnect the CamRanger by selecIng “ConnecIon” on the Windows CamRanger menu bar then “Connect” to force a new session/connecIon. • Power cycling the camera and CamRanger as well as restarIng the applicaIon will completely refresh the connecIon. • When the camera baKery begins to get low, certain commands may start to fail or a connecIon may be refused. • The CamRanger hardware can only be connected to a single Windows computer at a Ime. • A second network connecIon, such as with an Ethernet cable, can cause connecIon failures. • If there is an inconsistent or intermiKent connecIon, the issue is ofen related to the USB connecIon. A different USB cable will ofen fix the problem.

  • Page 24: Commands

    Commands • Depending on the camera and the mode, capture can fail if the camera fails to acquire focus. • Intervalometer and Bulb commands are stored on the CamRanger hardware such that the Windows computer does not need to remain on and connected. • When an operaIon, command, or sehng is not available or not working the issue is ofen related to the camera setup. For example: • Toggling to AF is disabled if the camera lens switch is set to MF. • Live view will fail on Canon cameras if Live View ShooIng is disabled in the camera’s menu. • Capture fails because the removable media on the camera is full. • For Canon cameras, the Live View focus mode within the camera’s menu must be set to “Live View”. • AdjusIng or viewing the number of brackeIng shots is not currently supported. The display assumes three shots. However, if the number of shots is actually 2, 5, 7, 9, etc. the bracket amount is sIll correct it will just incorrectly display 3 shots. • Some features are simply not supported by some cameras. For example conInuous capture mode is not supported on the Canon 40D and many older Nikons do not support bulb shots. See the camera capability matrix at www.CamRanger.com for more detailed informaIon. • If touch focusing does not work on a Canon camera, the likely cause is that the rear AF buKon has been changed to some other funcIon and must be reset back to its default AF behavior. Images • The thumbnails are not downloaded unIl afer the image has been recorded to the camera’s card. On most cameras this is relaIvely quick. However, depending on the camera, speed of removable media and number of shots taken in succession, there can be a lag. • CamRanger can be used to view and download pictures captured through other means. So a photographer could be capturing images, or a RF or light trigger could capture images and the CamRanger applicaIon would automaIcally download the thumbnails. • If shooIng to mulIple cards, ensure the playback card is set to the memory card of interest.
  • Page 25 For any and all quesIons related to your CamRanger, please email support@CamRanger.com for prompt responses. © CamRanger – Patent Pending...

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