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

[Kirk Thibault]

I'm working on a G4 dual 1.25 with OSX 10.4.4.
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Kirk L. Thibault, Ph.D.
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On Jan 23, 2006, at 8:44 PM, Kirk Thibault wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>> Dr. John Mardaljevic
>>>> Senior Research Fellow
>>>> Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development
>>>> De Montfort University
>>>> The Gateway
>>>> Leicester
>>>> LE1 9BH, UK
>>>> +44 (0) 116 257 7972
>>>> +44 (0) 116 257 7981 (fax)
>>>>
>>>> jm at dmu.ac.uk
>>>> http://www.iesd.dmu.ac.uk/~jm
>>>>
>>>>
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