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Chapter 3 What You Can Do with a Camera Connected Operating the Camera Shutter from the Computer (1/4) This section explains the procedures for remote shooting, the process of operating the camera shutter remotely from a connected computer. IMPORTANT • See your Camera User Guide to check whether your camera supports the remote shooting function or not. • On camera models with lens covers, open the lens cover before remote shooting. • Ensure that you turn off your computer's standby feature before you begin remote shooting. The results cannot be guaranteed if the computer enters the standby mode while remote shooting. • Except for the shutter button, the camera's buttons and switches, including the zoom, cannot be manually operated while the camera is being remotely controlled. • The time lag between pushing the shutter button and the release of the shutter is slightly longer for remote shooting compared with the normal mode of operation. • Depending upon your camera model, a program different from the one shown here may start up. Please refer to the manual for the software supplied with your camera if this occurs. REFERENCE • See the Help menu (it can be opened from the [Help] menu in the remote shooting window) for detailed operating procedures for remote shooting. Remote Shooting Procedures Begin the procedure with the camera connected to the computer and placed in the correct mode for connection. 1. Click the [Remote shooting] tab in the Camera Control Window. 2. Click [Starts Remote Shooting]. REFERENCE • When the Main Window is open, you can open the Camera Control Window by clicking [Acquire & Camera Settings], followed by [Remote shooting]. 3. When the Select Folder dialog displays, specify a destination for the recorded image and click [OK]. The RemoteCapture Task window will open. 4. Click the [Release] button. The image will record. The image captured by the camera displays here. 48 ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide Switches between showing or hiding the image.

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ZoomBrowser EX Software User Guide
Chapter 3
What You Can Do
with a Camera Connected
Operating the Camera Shutter from the Computer (1/4)
This section explains the procedures for remote shooting, the process of
operating the camera shutter remotely from a connected computer.
Remote Shooting Procedures
Begin the procedure with the camera connected to the
computer and placed in the correct mode for connection.
1.
Click the [Remote shooting] tab in the Camera
Control Window.
2.
Click [Starts Remote Shooting].
REFERENCE
• When the Main Window is open, you can open the Camera
Control Window by clicking [Acquire & Camera Settings],
followed by [Remote shooting].
3.
When the Select Folder dialog displays, specify a
destination for the recorded image and click [OK].
The RemoteCapture Task window will open.
4.
Click the [Release] button.
The image will record.
The image captured by the
camera displays here.
Switches between showing or hiding the image.
IMPORTANT
• See your
Camera User Guide
to check whether your camera
supports the remote shooting function or not.
• On camera models with lens covers, open the lens cover
before remote shooting.
• Ensure that you turn off your computer’s standby feature
before you begin remote shooting. The results cannot be
guaranteed if the computer enters the standby mode while
remote shooting.
• Except for the shutter button, the camera’s buttons and
switches, including the zoom, cannot be manually operated
while the camera is being remotely controlled.
• The time lag between pushing the shutter button and the
release of the shutter is slightly longer for remote shooting
compared with the normal mode of operation.
• Depending upon your camera model, a program different
from the one shown here may start up. Please refer to the
manual for the software supplied with your camera if this
occurs.
REFERENCE
• See the Help menu (it can be opened from the [Help] menu in
the remote shooting window) for detailed operating procedures
for remote shooting.