Operating The Camera Shutter From A Computer - Canon PowerShot A520 Manual

Chapter 3
What You Can Do with a
Camera Connected
This section explains the procedures for remote shooting, the process of
operating the camera shutter remotely from a connected computer.
IMPORTANT
• See your Camera User Guide to check whether your camera
supports the remote shooting function or not.
• On camera models with lens covers, open the lens cover before
remote shooting.
• Ensure that you turn off your computer's sleep feature before
you begin remote shooting. The results cannot be guaranteed if
the computer goes to sleep while remote shooting.
• Except for the shutter button, the camera's buttons and
switches, including the zoom, cannot be manually operated
while the camera is being remotely controlled.
• The time lag between pushing the shutter button and the
release of the shutter is slightly longer for remote shooting
compared with the normal mode of operation.
• Depending upon your camera model, a program different from
the one shown here may start up. Please refer to the manual
for the software supplied with your camera if this occurs.
REFERENCE
• See the Help menu (it can be opened from the [Help] menu in
the remote shooting window) for detailed operating procedures
for remote shooting.
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Remote Shooting Procedures
Begin the procedure with the camera connected to the
computer and placed in the correct mode for connection.
1.
Click the [Remote shooting] tab in the Camera
Control Window.
2.
Click [Starts Remote Shooting].
3.
In the [Choose a Folder] window, select the
destination folder and click [Choose].
A RemoteCapture Task window like the one below will open.
Clicking the [Release] button in this window records the image.
The image captured by the
camera displays here.
Switches between showing or
hiding the image.