EOS M How has Capture One done it?

[docrob]

Still have my eye on an EOS M for field imaging to cut down on weight and improve the portability and performance of my grab and go set up. Am certain that at some point Canon will see the light and reinstate natively supported tethered shooting. As a result I check every few months to see if it has happened. I googled it today and lo and behold came across a tethered shooting and image management program called Capture One Pro 8 who recently released an update which adds tethered shooting support for the 6D and the EOS M! Considering the number of articles and posts and reviews of the M that basically say this would be the perfect compact mirrorless grab and go astronomy camera if it only allowed tethered shooting the fact that one software developer has managed to achieve what so many seek seems odd.

 

Relevant links: 

http://tethertalk.com/2013/01/14/tethering-canon-eos-6d-eos-m-with-capture-one-7-0-2/#.VD4Mc_mSybU

http://www.phaseone.com/en/Imaging-Software/Capture-One/Supported-cameras.aspx#camera=11BAE6A731B44C1EBE55DD8DFC3C23E0

 

Any idea how they have achieved this and whether it means BYE may be able to soon offer EOS M support too?

[admin]

Well, I happen to own an EOS-M 2 and the Canon SDK does absolutely not allow tethered shooting.  They may be using PTP but event then I'm just guessing.  I'm almost tempted to buy a copy at $200 just to see if it does what it says on the tin can.

 

Regards

[docrob]

I agree its a bit baffling that one provider seems to offer what no one else believes is possible. If you are considering some research then they offer a subscription service of 8 euro monthly for 12 months or 19 euro per month for a 3 month subscription, save you forking out 220

[admin]

I just downloaded Capture One and it does not work with the EOS-M; no live view and no tethered shooting.  It sees the camera but it can not control it. 

 

I tried a 60D just to make sure I have the software properly installed and configured and I was able to get live view and tethered shooting just fine with the 60D.

 

Thanks for bringing it up.

 

Regards,

[docrob]

Well that's pretty outrageous as their camera support grid specifically states that their software supports tethered shooting with the EOS M.

 

http://www.phaseone.com/en/Imaging-Software/Capture-One/Supported-cameras.aspx#camera=11BAE6A731B44C1EBE55DD8DFC3C23E0

[docrob]

It is a truly baffling move by Canon, why restrict a feature that their software/firmware is natively capable off and was enabled in the initial media evaluation models. With wireless control from the warm confortable confines of my home, car or tent over my mount and EOS using a 12 v car PC mounted on my scope controlled wirelessly via Splashtop on my iPad I just cant justify having to go back to the dark ages of sitting in the cold for the sake of a lighter camera to cart with me to dark skies and less weight dangling from my imaging train.

[admin]

Well that's pretty outrageous as their camera support grid specifically states that their software supports tethered shooting with the EOS M.

 

http://www.phaseone.com/en/Imaging-Software/Capture-One/Supported-cameras.aspx#camera=11BAE6A731B44C1EBE55DD8DFC3C23E0

 

I'll continue playing with it.  It is possible that it requires a special setting... but the 60D worked as-is so I was expecting the EOS-M to work as-is too.

 

It looks like they are not using the Canon SDK either, I can not find it amongst the files in the install folder.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

[admin]

Well, they have a support forum.  I started a thread about the EOS-M... let's see how it plays out.

 

Regards,

[admin]

This is the reply I got.

 

 

This is not a limitation of Capture One but a limitation of the camera.

You can for example shoot tethered with it. But you can not trigger the shutter from the computer, it must be done from the camera.

Kind Regards

 

Ulf Liljegren

Phase One

 

 

In other words they have not done it.  Everyone is in the same boat with the EOS-M.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

[s3igell]

I wonder of a Serial Shutter Cable would work with the EOS-M (I don't have one; don't know of it even sports a Shutter Cable Port).

 

If it does work, this will be an amazing case of Canon "looping back" to the old-time functionality of the mid-2000's Rebel and Rebel XT.

 

Wow...

[admin]

I wonder of a Serial Shutter Cable would work with the EOS-M (I don't have one; don't know of it even sports a Shutter Cable Port).

 

If it does work, this will be an amazing case of Canon "looping back" to the old-time functionality of the mid-2000's Rebel and Rebel XT.

 

Wow...

 

No, there is no intervalometer port on the EOS-M and EOS-M2 sadly.

 

 

[astroman133]

I'm not sure what use it is to connect the camera to a computer (tether it) if you cannot control the camera from the computer.

 

In any case, this camera does NOT seem suitable for astrophotography.

[docrob]

Oh well I will await Canon's lifting of this ridiculous software limitation on what could be an otherwise fantastic APS-C astro camera. Have to say Capture one's compatibility marketing is highly misleading in simply ticking tethered shooting support for the EOS M, sure you can connect computer and camera to download images, however there is clearly NOT support for tethered SHOOTING.