DSLR Controller

Another photography related post.This time is about this neat app I love tremendously on my Android tablet.What it does is simply let your smartphone/tablet act as a remote viewfinder and take control of your camera.As of right now this app is only compatible with Canon cameras that can do USB tethering.It cost USD 8.00 on Google Play Store.

All other tethering capture requires PC connection whereas DSLR Controller allow it to be done at the comfort of smaller device.

Here's the link for this great app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.dslrcontroller&hl=en

It's as straightforward as inserting mini-USB cable to establish connection from camera to tablet.I would also recommend to pick up a longer 2m USB cable so you can have more room to move around as the one supplied by Canon is simply too short.

It allows you to fiddle practically all the camera setting you ever needed and it even does sweet touch screen auto-focus.Once you're done with setting just touch on the aperture-icon to activate capture.

On image preview screen,you can even perform pinch and zoom which is crucial to check on focussing after a taken shot.This apps does not save into your native Android as preview is fully render from camera's memory card.RAW file will take longer duration to render so remember to turn on RAW+Jpeg option so you can have quicker image preview.

And here's the actual shot out from camera.This app really awesome for tabletop photography as you get real time liveview off camera for every adjustment.Should it be in-camera setting, lighting or fine tuning figure pose.Please disregard the varying color shift on all the photos as they are from 3 different sources - canon 550d,sony A300 and Asus Tf101.

Although it cost a bit more and there are some other going out for free on Google Play Store.So far DSLR Controller has the most robust experience and chock-full of features.Highly recommended if your Canon can do USB tethering as you no longer need to second guess by keep going back to camera for all the small tweaks you made.

Next time I'll try to cover another option to do tethering wirelessly.