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Shooting with RemoteCapture

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54 Shooting with RemoteCapture RemoteCapture will start if you click the [Edit] menu in ZoomBrowser EX and select [RemoteCapture] when the camera is connected to the computer via a USB interface. RemoteCapture lets you control the camera's shutter remotely from the computer to shoot still images. • You can also save images directly to the computer by pressing the camera's shutter button. However, if you press the camera's shutter button while a file is being transmitted to the computer, the shutter will not release until the transmission is complete. Other buttons and switches on the camera, including the zoom, will also not operate with a transmission in progress. The camera's shutter button cannot be used with RemoteCapture on some models (p. 12). • You may notice that the interval between the shutter release and activation is slightly longer when RemoteCapture is used to shoot than when the camera is used in the normal fashion. • Images shot with RemoteCapture are automatically saved to the folder selected in ZoomBrowser EX. • Save-RemoteCapture Window Thumbnail View Displays thumbnails of all the images shot after RemoteCapture is started. Image Display Area Displays the image selected in the Thumbnail View. Connect/Disconnect Button Click here to open a connection to the camera and display the RemoteCapture Shooting window. It will change to the Disconnect button while a connection is open. Click it to close the connection. View Button Select an image in the Thumbnail View and click here to display it in the Image Display Area. Delete Button Select an image in the Thumbnail View and click here to delete it. Since it is deleted from the computer too, ensure that you have the correct image. Histogram Check the distribution of brightness data here. Image Information Check the image settings here. Comments Add a comment about the image here.

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Shooting with RemoteCapture
RemoteCapture will start if you click the [Edit] menu in ZoomBrowser EX and select
[RemoteCapture] when the camera is connected to the computer via a USB interface.
RemoteCapture lets you control the camera’s shutter remotely from the computer to
shoot still images.
•
You can also save images directly to the computer by pressing the
camera’s shutter button. However, if you press the camera’s shutter
button while a file is being transmitted to the computer, the shutter will
not release until the transmission is complete. Other buttons and
switches on the camera, including the zoom, will also not operate with
a transmission in progress. The camera’s shutter button cannot be used
with RemoteCapture on some models (p. 12).
•
You may notice that the interval between the shutter release and
activation is slightly longer when RemoteCapture is used to shoot than
when the camera is used in the normal fashion.
•
Images shot with RemoteCapture are automatically saved to the folder
selected in ZoomBrowser EX.
• Save-RemoteCapture Window
View Button
Select an image in the Thumbnail View
and click here to display it in the Image
Display Area.
Delete Button
Select an image in the Thumbnail View
and click here to delete it. Since it is
deleted from the computer too, ensure
that you have the correct image.
Histogram
Check the distribution of brightness
data here.
Image Information
Check the image settings here.
Comments
Add a comment about the image here.
Thumbnail View
Displays thumbnails of all the images
shot after RemoteCapture is started.
Connect/Disconnect Button
Click here to open a connection to the
camera and display the RemoteCapture
Shooting window. It will change to the
Disconnect button while a connection is
open. Click it to close the connection.
Image Display Area
Displays the image selected in the Thumbnail View.