Operating The Camera Shutter From The 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 standby feature before
you begin remote shooting. The results cannot be guaranteed if
the computer enters the standby mode 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
First click the [Remote
Shooting] tab in the Camera
Control Window and then
click [Starts Remote
Shooting].
REFERENCE
• When the Main Window is open, you can open the Camera
Control Window by clicking [Acquire & Camera Settings],
followed by [Remote shooting].
A dialog will appear, allow you to select the image destination
folder. Specify a destination and click [OK].
A remote shooting window like that 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.