7D will only capture in Frame and Focus

[curlynerd]

I had to change from T7i to 7D, hopefully temporarily. The 7D will connect, do Frame and Focus,  However, it will not Image . Setting is bulb in BYEOS and M on camera,  When I start a capture, it starts, but never stops nor will it abort. It will do preview, but no image is shown or saved. I'm using the USB cable that came with the camera (actually the existing working one on the OTA first) but am getting a message that I need a serial cable as well. I see no connection (like on the 350D) for a serial cable. CameraUSB is selected .Capture works fine with EOS Utility

 

Any help is appreciated.

BinaryRivers.BackyardEOS.Start.Camera1.exe.user.config

logfile-[20190126-00h29m01s822]-[13448]-2019-01-26.txt

[curlynerd]

Hi guys and thanks for the great responses. It turns out that there were 2 issues. First, with this camera being older than the T7i, I should have moved to bulb setting instead of manual. In addition, I had somehow changed that setting to force the serial connection. So after unchecking that option and moving to bulb, I was back in business. 

Thanks again, 

Chris 

[admin]

TAKE PICTURE ::: Shutter(BULB) Cable(CameraUSB) Av(f/4) Duration(1.0) Iso(1600) Quality(IMAGE_RAW) Mirror(0) SaveTo(PC)
2019-01-26 00:30:21,583 [CameraTakePictureOnMessageRecieved] ERROR - Your camera requires a configured serial cable for BULB or Mirror Lock.
2019-01-26 00:30:21,583 [CameraTakePictureOnMessageRecieved] ERROR -    at BinaryRivers.Common.Model.CameraModelBase.DoCableShutter(Single mirrorlockseconds)

 

This error message was also displayed on screen.  Since you have selected CameraUSB as your cable that leaves only 2 other settings.

1) Make sure "Force use serial cable" in BYE -> Settings -> Advance Settings is NOT selected.

2) If it's not selected and you still get this message then your camera's mirror lock is enabled.  Disable it using the camera menu.

Regards,

 

 

 

[astroman133]

Don't try to use mirror lockup with Bulb exposures. It is not necessary. Leave the Mirror lock setting at 0, disable Virtual Mirror Lock in the Advanced Settings and select Camera USB from the Cable Support dropdown list.

If you are using a lens, make sure that the lens is in Manual Focus mode before you start image capture. Autofocus does not work for astrophotography and the camera will try forever to achieve focus and never take a picture.

If you want to see the images that you take you must choose to store them on the PC.

Also, the 7D is supported by the current SDK release so you should probably choose Canon rather than Canon215 when connecting. (The description of cameras between 2008 and 2014 is too brief to be useful).

[admin]

47 minutes ago, curlynerd said:

Hi guys and thanks for the great responses. It turns out that there were 2 issues. First, with this camera being older than the T7i, I should have moved to bulb setting instead of manual. In addition, I had somehow changed that setting to force the serial connection. So after unchecking that option and moving to bulb, I was back in business. 

Thanks again, 

Chris 

Glad you got it to work.