inPhoto Capture SLR Canon SLR camera control software User Guide 2010
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net Akond company Russia, St.-Petersburg, Serdobolskaya, 65a Phone/fax: +7(812)600-6918 Cell: +7(921)757-8319 e-mail: info@akond.net http://www.akond.net inPhoto Capture SLR User Guide © 2009-2010 A.V. Povarkova Information in this document is subject to change without notice. This document is a property of A.V. Povarkova.
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inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing inPhoto Capture SLR software! inPhoto Capture SLR is designed for full control of Canon SLR (reflex) cameras, automatic image capture, transfer to TWAIN compatible software and image databases or save to disk. inPhoto Capture SLR can work both as the stand alone application and as TWAIN driver with any program supporting TWAIN protocol (e.g.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide • A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net One free USB 1.0 (or higher) port to connect Canon camera to PC. For some new cameras supporting USB 2.0 it is recommended to use USB 2.0 port. Otherwise the image transfer speed will be much lower than it is allowed by camera. If the software is supplied with the USB dongle your computer shall have the second free USB port.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net Run inphotocaptureslrgk.exe and follow the instructions you will get. If the installation went all right you will get the corresponding notification. After inPhoto Capture SLR is installed plug the USB dongle (USB Guadrant Stealth) nto the USB port of your computer. The New Hardware Installation Wizard will start up. Select “Automatic installation” and press Next. The Wizard will search for New Hardware installed (USB Guadrant Stealth dongle).
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide 1 2 3 4 A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net Your Canon SLR camera is installed on the tripod stand. The USB dongle is plugged into the USB port of your PC (if the software was supplied with the USB dongle). inPhoto Capture SLR software is installed on PC. Canon SLR camera is turned on and connected with the USB cable to your PC. inPhoto Capture SLR start up Now you can run inPhoto Capture SLR software as TWAIN source from all TWAIN compatible applications.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net In the bottom part of the software window information on connected camera and battery level is displayed. Figure 1. inPhoto Capture SLR window. In the Image preview area you can see live image of the object to be captured. Live image preview provides an ability to control image quality before capture and change camera settings if necessary. When you change camera settings you can see live preview changing in Image preview area.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net If you press Camera settings button the Camera settings window will open (see Figure 2). This window provides an ability to control the settings of Canon SLR camera from the personal computer with inPhoto Capture SLR software. Figure 2.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net The message "Live Preview is not available" will be displayed for the cameras which do not have live image preview ability. inPhoto Capture SLR software provides the dynamic image preview. The image preview size depends on the camera model. The dynamic preview mode provides an ability to control the image quality before capture.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net Figure 3. Camera settings. To zoom the image in or out use camera zoom. It is not possible to control Canon SLR camera zoom with the software. The Camera settings window contains the following fields: • Shooting Mode. The shooting mode options are defined by the camera model.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net Recommendation: When you capture ID photos the low image resolution of 640x480 can be used in most cases. • ISO Sensitivity. It is recommended to increase the ISO value if you capture with the high shutter speed or if you want to minimize the risk of image blurring when the camera is shaken. Recommendation: Select minimum ISO value (typically ISO 100). • Metering Mode. • AF Mode. • Aperture Number.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net processing. It is also possible to automatically save captured images to file. Press Capture to TWAIN button, and the previewed image will be captured and transferred to the TWAIN compatible software for further processing and saving. Figure 4. Photo acquired to inCard (ID card software).
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net Options The Options dialogue box (File menu) is used to set the options of inPhoto Capture SLR operation. The Options dialogue box contains 3 tabs. On the General tab it is possible to select the options of inPhoto Capture SLR start up and close process (see Figure 5). Figure 5. Options dialogue box, General tab.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net Figure 6. Options dialogue box, Save file tab. Check Ask before saving box on the Save file tab of the Options dialogue box, and after the image is captured the Save as window will be displayed, and you will be able to give a name to the image file before saving. The file will be saved on disk in the specified folder with the name assigned.
inPhoto Capture SLR: User Guide A.V. Povarkova, www.akond.net • Canon EOS450D / Canon DIGITAL REBEL Xsi, • Canon EOS1000D / Canon DIGITAL REBEL XS, • Canon EOS 500D / Canon DIGITAL REBEL T1i cameras live image preview is possible only in A-DEP, M, Av, Tv, P camera modes. If to use other modes (Full Auto or special modes) the live image preview is not available. Solution: Please make sure that your camera is set in A-DEP, or M, Av, Tv, P modes and only then start inPhoto Capture SLR. 6.
