[Hdri] HDRI capture program for Canon EOS cameras under Mac OS X

[Kirk Thibault]

Here is the blow-by-blow screen shot:

http://kirkt.smugmug.com/photos/53659316-L-0.jpg


On Jan 23, 2006, at 8:36 PM, Kirk Thibault wrote:

> So I got it to run and shoot a sequence of images, but it only  
> keeps 2 of the JPEGs ( i shot in JPEG mode).
>
> Here is the log file text:
>
> -----
> /Applications/CanonHDRCap/fun444793328.jpg
> /Applications/CanonHDRCap/fun444793086.jpg
> /Applications/CanonHDRCap/fun444793328.jpg
> /Applications/CanonHDRCap/fun444793086.jpg
> /Applications/CanonHDRCap/fun444793328.jpg
> /Applications/CanonHDRCap/fun444793086.jpg
> .
> -----
>
> It seems as if it keeps writing those two files over each other -  
> is this correct?  These are the two files in the folder.  I am  
> shooting inside at night, so there may not be a huge range of  
> exposures.  Could this be the issue?  I break things really well,  
> so I like being a beta tester!
>
>
> Also, it took a while for me to repeatedly launch the app and  
> finally establish a connection.  I have the communications settings  
> on my Digital Rebel set to normal, not PTP.  My camera is sort of  
> an older Digital Rebel - i wonder if this makes any difference.
>
> Here are my Capture Parameters:
>
> 1										; verbose output? (0 or 1)
> "/Applications/CanonHDRCap/fun"			; base output name
> "/Applications/CanonHDRCap/capfiles.txt"	; capture file names log
> 2										; search f-stop step
> 1										; f-stops beteween captures
> 6										; # images to acquire
>
> i'll try a smaller search f-stop.
>
> kirk
>
> On Jan 23, 2006, at 8:13 PM, Kirk Thibault wrote:
>
>> I get this for the Digitial rebel:
>>
>> [shutter release]
>> ---------
>> Canon SDK version 8.2.0 openend
>> Canon EOS Kiss/REBEL/300D connection established
>> Cannot create file '~/CanonHDRCap/fun444793328.cr2'
>> ---------
>>
>>
>> Is this a permissions issue?  I got the same error with the  
>> default "/scratch/...." directory too.
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2006, at 9:49 AM, John Mardaljevic wrote:
>>
>>> > Under contract with LBNL, I have written an HDR capture program
>>> > that works with the Canon EOS 5D camera under Mac OS X, and should
>>> > work with other Canon EOS cameras as well.
>>>
>>> CanonHDRcap seems to work fine with the EOS 20D (a quick test).
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
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