SD Card Download

[smithn00]

Can images that are stored on the SD card in the camera (1100D) be downloaded by BYE?  That is , images NOT taken under BYE control.

[astroman133]

No, not currently, and I think that it is a good thing, actually.

 

I use Windows 7 for both my PCs.  It supports importing pictures from my T5i when I connect it to the PC, so having the same functionality in BYE would be redundant. However, I do not use that functionality.

 

Both my laptop and desktop have SD card slots, so I usually remove the SD card from the camera and insert it into the computer slot.  This is faster than downloading or importing and gives me control to delete the images, in bulk after copying them to the hard drive. I can also copy them onto to a computer that does not have BYE installed or running.

 

If your PC doesn't have an SD card slot, you can buy a USB SD reader for pretty cheap.  It will accomplish the same thing. Best Buy has several in the 5-10 USD range.

 

One of the unfortunate issues that Nikon (BYN) users face is that the Nikon SDK tries to manage the images stored on in-camera memory. This causes the SDK to appear to hang for a long time when the camera is first connected.  My personal preference would be for BYE to continue to ignore in-camera images as much as possible.

 

If you still would like to see this functionality in BYE, perhaps you could relate how it would be useful to you.

[admin]

As Rick said, nope.

 

BYE does not have the ability to read the sd card.  It reads images from the camera memory when the are taken and ready for download only.

 

Regards,

[smithn00]

No, not currently, and I think that it is a good thing, actually.

 

I use Windows 7 for both my PCs.  It supports importing pictures from my T5i when I connect it to the PC, so having the same functionality in BYE would be redundant. However, I do not use that functionality.

 

Both my laptop and desktop have SD card slots, so I usually remove the SD card from the camera and insert it into the computer slot.  This is faster than downloading or importing and gives me control to delete the images, in bulk after copying them to the hard drive. I can also copy them onto to a computer that does not have BYE installed or running.

 

If your PC doesn't have an SD card slot, you can buy a USB SD reader for pretty cheap.  It will accomplish the same thing. Best Buy has several in the 5-10 USD range.

 

One of the unfortunate issues that Nikon (BYN) users face is that the Nikon SDK tries to manage the images stored on in-camera memory. This causes the SDK to appear to hang for a long time when the camera is first connected.  My personal preference would be for BYE to continue to ignore in-camera images as much as possible.

 

If you still would like to see this functionality in BYE, perhaps you could relate how it would be useful to you.

I recently bought a camera tracking mount.  I am going to set i up in the field next to my observatory and let it run with a remote device, whose name I can't recall at the moment.  I can easily download the card with Windows stuff.  I just wondered if BYE could already do it.  Thereby having access to the rich header template.

[astroman133]

Ned,

 

If you want to have BYE's EXIF parameters in the metadata for your images, then BYE has to control the capture of the images to your PC.

 

Even if you have BYE capture your images, but store them only in the camera, it cannot update the EXIF data.

[smithn00]

Ned,

 

If you want to have BYE's EXIF parameters in the metadata for your images, then BYE has to control the capture of the images to your PC.

 

Even if you have BYE capture your images, but store them only in the camera, it cannot update the EXIF data.

I misspoke.  I meant File Name template rather than Header template.a

[astroman133]

OK, so you want images in the camera downloaded and renamed by BYE?  I don't believe that what you want is currently available in BYE.

[admin]

No, BYE will not rename the files once the are taken.

 

Most of the information used in the names are derived form the BYE capture plan and that information is not available if the image was not taken with BYE.

[s3igell]

You can use any of the numerous Image Catalog Apps out there to do much - but not all - of the Image Data Filename changes which we get so conveniently with BYE/BYN (Picassa, Windows Live Photo Gallery, ZoomBrowser - the last is good because it Knows how to interpret CR2 files).  

Most of the Data to assign into the Filename fields is held in the Images' EXIF Data, and most of these Image Catalog Apps will "expose" the EXIF Data, but in Indirect fashion as "Properties" or "fields" on which you can sort a Catalog (or Directory) of Images.  (Even simple Windows Explorer can do this - but not as many EXIF fields.)  Some of these Apps require you to "configure the Columns of data" before the EXIF data is displayed.  The problem, however, is that none of these Apps provide you with access to ALL of the EXIF data - at least not the data items their Programmers decide are "esoteric" such as "Camera Temperature".

 

So, you can "expose" most of the Image Capture Details as Columns, then Sort based on those Columns, then Modify the Filenames to include this data (some Apps even have Batch Rename functions).  This will get you most of the way to the Filename Templates provided in BYE/BYN.  From there, you will have to use whatever the "Explore EXIF Data" feature the specific Image Catalog App provides in order to delve into that data Image-by-Image to seek out the "Camera Temperature" EXIF Data, in order to add it to the Filename.  If you wish <Std_Dev> or <FWHM>, you'll need to use the Image Apps own Image Statistics module (if it has one).  And for "Pointing" fields such as <scopealt>/<scopeaz> or <scopera>/<scopedec> you can approximate by knowing the Celestial Location parameters for your Target; for "Environmental" fields such as <ambient>/<dewpoint>/<humidity> you are out-of-luck unless you wish to check a local Weather Forecast website.