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MacUser’sManualforthe CamRanger,CamRangerShare,and CamRangerPTHub&Tripod SupportsMacOSX10.8/MountainLion,10.9/Mavericks,10.10/ Yosemite,and10.11/ElCapitan CamRangerHardware.........................................................................................................................3 CamRangerRegistration....................................................................................................................4 CamRangerSetup..................................................................................................................................5 CamRangerMacApplication.............................................................................................................6 StatusBar...........................................................................................................................................................6 RecentThumbnails.........................................................................................................................................7 MainImageView..............................................................................................................................................7 LiveViewImages...........................................................................................................................................................7 CapturedImages.............................................................................................................................................................. 8 AdvancedTabs..................................................................................................................................................9 Data........................................................................................................................................................................................9 Focus.....................................................................................................................................................................................9 Timer..................................................................................................................................................................................10 HDR.....................................................................................................................................................................................11 TripodTab.......................................................................................................................................................................11 StackShotTab................................................................................................................................................................11 CameraProperties........................................................................................................................................12 ExposureCompensation&Bracketing................................................................................................................13 CameraActions..............................................................................................................................................13 Capture..............................................................................................................................................................................13 Auto/ManualFocusToggle.....................................................................................................................................14 LiveView..........................................................................................................................................................................14 MovieMode.....................................................................................................................................................................14 MacCamRangerMenuBar.........................................................................................................................15 CamRangerPreferences.............................................................................................................................................15 File:Saving&SharingOptions............................................................................................................................... 16 Connection.......................................................................................................................................................................16 View....................................................................................................................................................................................17 Help.....................................................................................................................................................................................18 IncorporationwithLightroomorCaptureOne.......................................................................18 NetworkBridging............................................................................................................................... 19 CamRangerShareApp....................................................................................................................20 CamRangerPTHubandTripod.................................................................................................... 21 CamRangerPTHubHardware..................................................................................................................21 MP-360TripodHeadHardware...............................................................................................................22 CamRanger,CamRangerPTHub,andTripodSetup.........................................................................22 Tips&Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................24 Registration...................................................................................................................................................24 Connection......................................................................................................................................................24 Speed.................................................................................................................................................................24 Commands.......................................................................................................................................................24 Images............................................................................................................................................................... 25 CamRangerPTHubandTripod...............................................................................................................25 ©CamRanger–PatentPending 2 CamRangerHardware TheCamRangerdeviceisturnedonbyslidingthepowerswitch,locatedonthesideoftheunit, towardsthefrontofthedevice.Thegreenpowerlightwillilluminatewhentheunitispowered on.AnyaddiPonalswitchpresentontheCamRangercurrentlyservesnofuncPon. Thechargingportislocatednexttothepower switch.ThemalemicroBendoftheprovided whitechargingcordisconnectedtothisport.The otherendofthechargingcordcanbeconnected toafemaleUSBportthatprovidespower,suchas acomputerorthroughtheprovidedACadapter. Whenthedeviceischarging,anaddiPonalyellow lightwillilluminatenexttothegreenpowerlight indicaPngthatitischarging.Theyellowlightwill turnoffleavingonlythegreenpowerlightwhenit isfullycharged. TheCamRangerbaUeryisaccessiblebyremovingtheboUomcover.TheboUomcoveristhe sidewiththeCamRangerserialnumber.Simplygraspthesideedge/cornerofthecovernear theUSBconnectorandpullbacktoremove.Toreplacethecover,firstplacethetwolowertabs intotheslotsandthensnapinthetop. AblackneoprenecaseisprovidedtoassistinaUachingandsecuringtheCamRanger,notethat thispouchisnotwaterproof.Thecasehasacarabineertofacilitatehangingfromatripod,belt loop,etc.DonotjusthangtheCamRangerbythecableasitwillputstrainontheUSB connectorsaswellaspossiblydisconnect. Anyswitchontheoppositesideofthepowerswitchdoesnotcurrentlyhaveanyfunc5onality. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 3 CamRangerRegistra0on BeforeaMaccanbeusedwithaCamRanger,theapplicaPonshouldbeloadedontheMac,at noaddiPonalcosttotheuser,fromtheMacapplicaPonstoreorfromtheCamRangerwebsite, hUp://www.CamRanger.com/Downloads.Oncedownloaded,theCamRangerapplicaPonneeds toberegistered.RegistraPonrequiresInternetconnecPvity.Beforeproceeding,confirm InternetconnecPvity(donotconnecttotheCamRangernetwork). LaunchtheCamRangerapplicaPonandthefollowingscreenappears.IftheregistraPonpop-up doesnotappear,fromthe“Help”tabontheMacmenubar,click“Register,”andthefollowing screenwillappear. Enterthe8-characterCamRangerserialnumber.Theserialnumberislocatedbothonthe boUomofthebackcoveraswellasabovethebaUeryunderneaththebackcover.Notethatthe serialnumbercontainsonlyleUersandNOnumbers. Pressthe“Register”buUontocompletetheregistraPonprocess.Amessageboxwillappear indicaPngregistraPonwassuccessfulandtheMaccanbeusedwiththeCamRanger.Exitthe applicaPonandthenproceedwiththesetupprocessasdetailedbelowintheCamRangerSetup secPon. IfregistraPonfails,confirmInternetconnecPvityandtheCamRangerserialnumberbefore [email protected]. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 4 CamRangerSetup PowerontheCamRangerandconfirmallfourlightsbrieflyappear.TheCamRangerwilltake approximately30secondsunPlitisfullyiniPalized. ThefirstPmetheuserconnectstoCamRangerfromaMac,theMacneedstoberegistered.See theCamRangerRegistraPonsecPonabove. Onceregistered,connecttotheCamRangernetworkontheMac.Thenetworknamewillbe CamRanger-###,withthelastthreecharactersmatchingthelast3charactersofthe CamRanger’sserialnumber.Enterthenetworkpassword,whichisthefull8charactersofthe CamRanger’sserialnumber.ThepasswordMUSTBEENTEREDINALLCAPS. ConnecttheCamRangertothecamerawiththeprovidedblackUSBcable(Note:units purchasedthroughretailerswillhaveaUSBminicable,whichwillworkwithmostcameras.A fewselectNikonsuseadifferentcable,whichmaybepurchasedseparatelyorthecablethat camewiththecamerawillalsowork).ThemaleAendisinsertedintotheUSBportattheend oftheCamRanger,andtheotherendisconnectedtotheUSBportofthecamera.Thenensure thecameraisturnedon.Whenthecameraisconnectedandturnedon,thegreenlightclosest totheedgeoftheCamRangerdevicewilllight. LaunchtheCamRangerMacapplicaPon.TheapplicaPonwillconnecttotheCamRangerandthe userwillbeabletocontrolthecamera.ToaUempttomanuallyiniPateaconnecPon,onthe Macmenubar,click“ConnecPon”andthen“Connect.”Onceconnected,thefollowingscreen willappear. ForcommonproblemswithsetupandconnecPonrefertotheTroubleshoo*ngsec*onofthis manualfoundonpage24. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 5 CamRangerMacApplica0on StatusBar ThestatusbarislocatedatthetopoftheapplicaPonscreenandprovidestheuserwitha numberofstatuselements. Fromlehtoright: • CameraConnecPon:IndicatesiftheCamRangerdeviceiscurrentlycommunicaPngwiththe camera • Connected: • Disconnected: • CameraBaUeryStatus:IndicatestheapproximatebaUerychargeonthecamera • CameraModelName • LensModelName(Note:notallcamerasorlensesaresupported) • ShotsRemaining:Indicatesthenumberofshotscurrentlyremainingonthecamera’s removablemediausingthecurrentsejngs • Quijng,maximizing,andminimizingawindow • Red,Yellow,andGreencircleonupperlehcorner: • Red:Thisservesnopurposeanddoesnotactuallyclosethewindow.Toclose thewindow,select“CamRanger”ontheMacCamRangermenubarandthen “QuitCamRanger”orusethe⌘+Qshortcut. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 6 • Yellow:Usedtominimizethewindow • Green:Usedtomaximizethewindow • Clickontheextendingarrows,locatedontheupperrightcornerofthescreen,to viewthewindowinfullscreen.Remaining:Indicatesthenumberofshotscurrently remainingonthecamera’sremovablemediausingthecurrentsejngs RecentThumbnails • Asimagesarecaptured,thethumbnailsareautomaPcallydownloadedanddisplayedalong • • • • • thetopofthescreen.Thethumbnailsmaybescrolledlehandrightwhenmoreare downloadedthancanfit. Athumbnailmaybeselectedtoviewthecorrespondingimage.Theimageisdownloadedand displayedinthemainimageview.Thecurrentlyselectedthumbnailisindicatedwithayellow outline. WhenbothaJPGandRAWfileformatiscaptured,onlytheJPGthumbnailisdisplayed. ForCanon,JPGandRAWfilescanbeviewed.ForNikon,JGPcanbeviewedwhiletheRAW thumbnailwilldisplay,butwillnotbeshownatfullresoluPonwhenselected.Insteadall NikonRAWfileswillbedisplayedinacompressedJPGversion.However,iftheimageis saved,itwillsavethefullNEFfile.ViewingTIFFfilesisnotsupported. Asmallred“R”iconontheupperrightofthethumbnailindicatesthatitisaRAWimage.A smallgreen“T”indicatesTIFF,whilenoiconisusedtoindicateJPGformaUedimages. Note:onlythumbnailsforimagescapturedwithinthecurrentCamRangersessionwillbe displayed. MainImageView Liveviewandcapturedimagesaredisplayedwithinthemainimageview. LiveViewImages ToiniPateliveview,clickontheeyeballsymbollocatedwithinthecameraacPoncontrolsonthe boUomrightoftheapplicaPonscreen.Inliveview,theimageonthescreenisautomaPcally updatedasliveviewimagesstreamin.Theexactframepersecondrateisverymuchdependent ontheCamRangerWiFisignalstrength,thecamera,andtheMacspecs.However,assuminga goodconnecPon,theliveviewframeratewillbeabout7–18fps. Wheninliveview,themainimageviewmaybeclickedoncetofocusatthatpoint.Notethatfor Canoncameras,theouteredgesoftheimagecannotbefocusedon.Doubleclickingwillzoom intheviewingwindowanddoubleclickingagainreturnstheimagetoregularsize. Aliveviewhistogrammaybetoggledonorofffromthe“Data”tabasdescribedinthe AdvancedTabDatasecPonfoundonpage9.Togglingthehistogramonwillgeneratea ©CamRanger–PatentPending 7 histogramforeachliveviewframe;however,atthecostofadecreasedframerate.Togglethe histogramofftomaximizetheframerate. CanoncamerascandisplaytheliveviewimageonthecameraandMacandallowtheuserto triggerimageswiththecamerabyacPvaPngthecamera’sliveviewbuUona9erstarPnglive viewwithintheCamRangerapplicaPon.Nikoncamerasdonotallowanycontrolofthephysical camerawhileliveviewisacPvewithintheCamRangerapplicaPon. CapturedImages Capturedimageswillbedisplayedinthemainimageviewinoneoftwoways,byselecPnga thumbnailinthethumbnailssecPonoftheapplicaPonorthroughtheAuto-ViewImages feature.TheAuto-ViewImagefeatureisusefulwhencapturingimagesfromthecameraand usingtheMacapplicaPonforimagedisplay.Whenthisfeatureisselected,pictureswill automaPcallydisplayinthemainimageviewscreen.Thisfeaturecanbeturnedonoroffby selecPng“CamRanger”ontheMacCamRangermenubarandthen“CamRangerPreferences.” FormoreinformaPonaboutthisfeature,refertotheCamRangerMenuBarPreferencessec*on ofthisdocumentfoundonpage15. Whenathumbnailisselectedforviewing,theimagewillbedisplayedonthemainimageview andcanbezoomedinat50%,100%,200%,orfittoscreenbyselecPngthemagnificaPonof interestbelowtheimage.Theimagecanthenbepannedusingthemouse. ImagesdisplayedinthemainviewareNOTsavedbydefault,butareinsteadjusttemporarily cached.IndividualimagescanbesavedbyselecPng“File”fromtheMacCamRangermenubar andthen“Save”or“SaveAs”.ForfurthersavingopPonsincludingtheabilitytoautomaPcally saveallpictures,refertotheCamRangerMenuBarPreferencessec*onofthisdocumentfound onpage15. Toviewtheimagesonthecamera’smemorycardselect“View”ontheMacCamRangermenu barandthen“CardContents.”Anewwindowwillappeardisplayingthumbnailsoftheimages onthecamera’sremovablemedia.Doubleclickingathumbnailwilldisplaytheimagewithinthe mainimageview.AddiPonalfeaturesfordownloadingordelePngimagesarealsoavailable.For furtherinformaPonaboutthecardcontents,refertotheCamRangerMenuBarCardContent sec*onfoundonpage17. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 8 AdvancedTabs TherearefourtabsprovidingadvancedinformaPonorcontrols:Data,Focus,Timer,andHDR. AnaddiPonalTripodorStackShottabisvisiblewhentherespecPveaccessoryisconnected. Data ThedatatabshowsanRGBhistogramandmeta-dataassociatedwiththeimageinthemain imageview.Thefollowingmeta-dataisprovided: • • • • • • ShuUerSpeed Aperture MegaPixels(Notethisisnotfilesize,butimageresoluPon) ISO MeteringMode ExposureCompensaPonValue Withinliveview,thedatatabwillsimplyinformtheuserthatlive viewisonandprovideatoggleswitchtotogglethedisplayofthe histogram.Thehistogramisupdatedinreal-Pme,butatthecost ofslowingdowntheframerate. Focus Thefocustabisonlyenabledduringliveviewandprovides advancedfocusingcontrols. FocusAdjust TherearetwosetsofbuUonstomovethelens’focalplane nearerorfurtherfromthecamera.EachsethasthreebuUons withdifferentsizedarrowstospecifyalarge,medium,orsmall stepinfocus.TapthebuUontomovethefocusbyasingle increment,holdingdownthebuUonwillhavenoaffect. FocusStacking FocusstackingisaprocessoftakingmulPplecaptureswithslight changesinfocusandthenpostprocessingthemtoenhancethe depthoffield.TheautomaPcfocus-stackingfeatureallowsthe usertosetthefocusstepsizebetweenineachshotandthenumberofshotstotake.Eachfocus stepwillmovethefocalplanefurtherfromthecamera.Sotheuserwillwanttosetthefocusto thenearestplanedesiredtobeinfocusandstartthestackingprocessfromthere.Iftoofew capturesaretaken,theprocesscanberestartedfromwheretheiniPalstackingended.Note: thepostprocessingisnotdonewithintheCamRangerapplicaPon. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 9 Timer ThePmertaballowstheuseoftheCamRangerasan intervalometeraswellasspecifyingexposurePmeswhenthe cameraisinbulbmode. TimeLapse • TheentryfieldsareusedtospecifytheiniPaldelaybeforethe firstshot,thenumberofshotstotake,andthedelayinbetween eachshot. • Aherconfiguringthesejngs,pressthe“Start”buUontobegin theintervalometerprocess. • TheintervalometercommandsarestoredontheCamRanger device,theMacdoesnotneedtoremainonorconnectedoncetheintervalometercommand isiniPated. • The“ShotDelay”shouldnotbeusedforprecisionPming,parPcularlywhenthedelayisonlya fewsecondsorless. • IftheuserclosestheCamRangerappaheriniPaPngthePmelapseontheCamRanger,which includesshotdelaysof2secondsorless,itmaybedifficulttorestarttheappsincethe CamRangerisprimarilycommunicaPngwiththecamera. • TimeLapse–HDR • Ifthecameraisinmanualexposuremode,asmallHDRcheckboxwillappearallowing thecombinaPonofaPmelapseandHDRsequence. • IftheHDRcheckboxisselected,foreachPmelapsecapture,CamRangerwillactually takeasequenceofbracketedimagesusingthebracketparametersasspecifiedwithin theHDRtab. • TimeLapse–Bulb • Ifthecameraisinbulbmode/shuUerspeedandthecamerasupportsbulbshots,the CamRangerhastheabilitytotakeBulbshotsduringthePmelapse.ThebulbduraPonis specifiedbytheShotDuraPon,locatedwithintheBulbsecPon,immediatelybelowthe PmelapsesecPon. • BeforestarPngthePmelapsesequence,adialogwillappearinformingtheuserofthe Pmelapseparametersandprovideanopportunitytocancel. Bulb • TheentryfieldsareusedtospecifytheiniPaldelaybeforethefirstshotandthelengthofthe exposure. • AherconfiguraPon,pressthe“Start”buUontobeginthebulbprocess. • ThebulbcommandsarestoredontheCamRangerdeviceandtheMacdoesnotneedto remainonorconnected. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 10 HDR The“HDR”,orAdvancedBrackePng,tabcanbeusedtogenerateaseriesofphotoswithvarying exposures. • AdvancedBrackePngisonlyenabledwhenthecameraisin Manualmode. • ThePropertyfieldspecifiesthecamerapropertytobe varied.TherearethreeopPons,ShuUerSpeed,Aperture, andISO. • TheIniPalDelayfieldspecifiestheamountofdelay,ifany, totakebeforebeginningthebrackePngsequence. • TheiniPalvaluefortheselectedpropertyissetwiththe StartValuefield. • Thetotalnumberofimagestocaptureisspecifiedbythe NumberofShotsfield. • ThepossibleStepSizevaluesareupto3stopsandspecify thehowmanystopstovarytheexposurebetweeneachcapture. • ThevalidvaluesfortheNumberofShotsareautomaPcallydeterminedbasedonthe valuesspecifiedforStartValueandStepSize.Forexampleastepsizeof1/3stopswill allowmoreshotsthanastepsizeof3stops. • ThestarPngpointofthebracketissetwithinthesejngsandcanbeginattheshadows (lowestexposure),mid-point,orhighlights(highestexposure).IfthestarPngpointissetto mid-point,theresulPngsequencewillstartatthelowestexposurebutwiththeiniPally setvalueasthemid-point.SeetheAdvancedSejngssecPonformoreinformaPonon sejngtheHDRstartpoint. • AherconfiguraPon,pressthe“Start”buUontobeginthebrackePngprocess. • HDRsequencesmaybedonewithLiveViewacPveforCanon,butnotNikon. • Note:thepostprocessingisnotdonewithintheCamRangerapplicaPon. TripodTab WhentheCamRangerPTHubandMP-360(MP101,Bescor,or Hague)areinusewiththeCamRanger,anaddiPonaltabwill displayfortripodcontrol.TheCamRangerMacapplicaPon providestheusertheopPontopanandPltthecamerafrom withintheappatvariablespeeds.FormoreinformaPonreferto theCamRangerPTHubandTripodsec*onofthismanualfound onpage21. StackShotTab WhentheCamRangerPTHubandStackShotareuseswiththeCamRanger,anaddiPonaltapwill displayforcontrollingtheStackShot.RefertotheseparateCamRanger&StackShotManualon ourwebsite,www.CamRanger.com/help,formoreinformaPonaboutusingtheCamRanger, ©CamRanger–PatentPending 11 CamRangerPTHub,andStackShot.TousetheStackShotwiththeCamRangerandCamRanger PTHub,theCamRangerfirmwaremustbeversion7andupandtheCamRangersohwareonthe Macmustbethemostrecent.Theseupdatescanbefoundonourwebsiteat www.CamRanger.com/downloads. CameraProper0es TheabovediagramindicatesthecameraproperPes,whicharealsolistedbelow,thatcanbeset usingtheapplicaPon: • AutoExposureMode • ShuUerSeed • Aperture • ISO • MeteringMode • CaptureMode • WhiteBalance • ImageFormat • FocusMode • ExposureCompensaPonandBrackePng NotallproperPescanbesetforallcamerasorinallmodes.Forexample,thediagramaboveis fromasessionwithaCanoncameraandformostCanon’stheautoexposuremodeandfocus modecannotbeset.DisabledproperPesareindicatedwithadarkerbuUonbackground. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 12 ExposureCompensa5on&Bracke5ng ByclickingthebrackePngbuUon,thefollowingcontrolswillbedisplayed: ClickingthearrowsatthetoprightandlehmovestheexposurecompensaPon.Holdingdown thearrowwillmovetheexposurecompensaPontoitsrespecPvelimit.ThetwobuUonsatthe middlecontrolthebrackePngamount.ClickingthearrowspoinPnginwillreducethebrackePng amount,whilepressingthearrowspointoutwardwillincreasethebrackePngamount. ThebrackePngisnotsetunPlthe“Set”buUonispressed.The“Close”buUonwilldismissthe dialog.Pressing“Close”withoutpressing“Set”willeffecPvelycancelanyadjustmentsmade. CameraAc0ons Capture • The“Capture”buUoniniPatesthecameratrigger.Theexactcamerabehaviorisdependenton thecameraandcameraproperPes,mostimportantlythecapturemode. • Formostcapturemodes,suchassingle,Pmer,orquietthebuUonperformstheimage captureasexpected.Itshouldbenotedthatforsomecameras,advancedmodessuchas remoteorPmerthebuUonwillbehaveassinglecapturemode. • ConPnuouscapturemodediffersbetweenNikonandCanon. • Nikon:AherselecPngaconPnuousdrivemodeadialogisdisplayedallowingtheusertoselect thenumberofimagestocapture.WhentheCapturebuUonispressed,thatnumberof imageswillbecaptured. • Canon:WheninaconPnuousmode,pressingandholdingtheCapturebuUonbehavesinthe samewayaspushingthephysicaltriggeronthecamera. • Itisnotedthattherecanbeaveryslightlagbetweenthepressingofthe“Capture”buUon andtheimagecapture.ThedelaycanbemorepronouncedwhileliveviewisacPve.ForPme ©CamRanger–PatentPending 13 criPcalapplicaPons,aremotetrigger,suchasanRFtrigger,canbeusedincombinaPonwith theCamRanger. Auto/ManualFocusToggle • TheAF/MFFocustogglebuUonallowstheusertochangethefocusingbetweenautoand manualwithouthavingtophysicallyadjustthecamera. • ThisAF/MFadjustmentisnotpossibleforallcamerasinallmodes.Forexample,someNikoncameras arerequiredtobeconnectedin“PC”mode,whichisaccessiblebyselecPng“Connection”onthe MacCamRangermenubarfollowedbyclicking“PC.” • Aheranytouchorincrementalfocusingwhileinliveview,thefocusmodewillautomaPcally aUempttoswitchtomanualfocussuchthattheuserspecifiedfocusisnotoverriddenbyauto focusuponcapture. LiveView • The“LiveView”togglebuUonisusedtoturnliveviewonandoff. • Whenliveviewison,themainimageviewisupdatedwithliveviewimagesaswellas updaPngtheRGBhistogramintheDatatabiftheliveviewhistogramisturnedon. • Note:runningliveviewisrelaPvelyintensiveandtheremaybeslightperformancelagsin otherareas. MovieMode • The“MovieMode”togglebuUonisusedtoturnliveviewonandoff,butwithinmoviemode. • Whenmoviemodeison,themainimageviewisupdatedwiththeliveimages. • The“Capture”buUonchangesto“Record”andpressingthe“Record”buUonwillstartand thenstoptherecordingofamovie. • Note:moviescannotbedownloadedtotheMacusingtheCamRanger. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 14 MacCamRangerMenuBar TheCamRangermenubarlocatedatthetopoftheMacdisplaycontainsmanyusefulfuncPons allowingtheusertomanagetheconnecPon,setopPonsandcontrols,accesstothecamera’s cardcontents,andtogethelp. CamRangerPreferences Thepreferencesareaccessiblefromthemenubar,byclicking“CamRanger”andthenselecPng “CamRangerPreferences”onthedropdown. Saving • SavedImageDirectory:Asimagesarecaptured theycanbesavedintoaspecifieddirectory.If picturesfromthecamera’smemorycardare downloadedtotheMactheywillbestoredinthis folder.Itisnotedallimagesarestoredonthe camera’smemorycard. • CustomPrefix:Thiswillgivetheimagestaken duringthesessionauniquePtleprecedingthe imagenumberwhensavedtothecard. • AutoViewImages:Thisfeatureprovidesthree differentopPons. • OFF:ImagesarenotautomaPcallydisplayed • ON:ImagesareautomaPcallydisplayed • Camera:ImagesarenotautomaPcallydisplayed, butcanbedisplayedasdictatedbythe photographeratthecamera.Tohaveanimagebe displayedfromthecamera,itneedstobe modifiedonthecamera.Therearefewwaysthis canbedone,butthesemethodsmayworkwell: • Canon-GivetheimagearaPng • Nikon-PressthelockbuUontolockthe image • AutoSaveImages:Whenthisfeatureis selected,theimageswillautomaPcallybe savedtothedirectoryduringtheCamRanger sessionregardlessiftheimagesarecaptured fromtheMacorthecamera.Thisistypically usedtousetheCamRangerto“shootintoLightroom”orothersimilarprograms. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 15 Viewing • Name:DisplaystheimagesfilenameattheboUomlehofeachimage • GridLines:Overlaya3x3gridoverthemainimageview • AspectRa0o:Overlaysredlinesoverthemainimageviewtogivetheuservisualfeedbackon commoncroppingraPos.Note:thisinformaPonisnotsavedwiththeimage. • NikonRAW(NEF)QuickView:TheNEFfileswillbeviewedasacompressedJPGimage • ImageOverlay:BrowsetoselectaparPallytransparentimagetobeusedasanoverlayfor bothliveviewandsPllimages Controls HDRStartValue:SpecifieswheretheselectedHDRpropertyvalueiswithinthebracket,atthe mostexposedpoint(Highlights),leastexposedpoint(Shadows)orinthemiddle(MidPoint).HDRStartValue:SpecifieswheretheselectedHDRpropertyvalueiswithinthebracket, atthemostexposedpoint(Highlights),leastexposedpoint(Shadows)orinthemiddle(MidPoint). Sharing RefertotheCamRangerSharesec*onofthismanualonpage20formoreinformaPonabout thesharingfeatures. Watermark • Watermark:Inserttextheretouseforthewatermark. • ShowWatermark:Displaysawatermarkovereachfullsizeimage.Whenthewatermarkis enabledandtheuserissharingimagestomulPpledevises,thewatermarkwillbedisplayed ontheshareddevices. • WatermarkLoca0on:SpecifiesthelocaPonofthewatermark:Center,BoUom-Rightor BoUom-Leh. File:Saving&SharingOp5ons • The“Saveand“Saveas”opPonsarebeneficialforuserswhodonotwantallimagescaptured tobesavedontotheMac. • Save:Theimagedisplayedonthemainviewingscreencanbesavedtothedefault directorybyselecPng“File”ontheMacCamRangermenubarfollowedby“Save.” • Saveas:Theimagedisplayedonthemainviewingscreencanbesavedtoanydirectory andanynamebyselecPng“File”ontheMacCamRangermenubarfollowedby“Save.” • Imagescanalsobeauto-savedtotheMaccomputerviatheCamRangerPreferences. • ImageShare:Whensharingisenabled,theCamRangerusercanchosetoshareindividual imagesbeingviewedinthemainimageviewbyselecPng“Share”fromtheFiledropdown. Connec0on • CamRangerConnecPon:Astatedependent“Connect”or“Disconnect”buUonisavailableto theuserasatroubleshooPngopPontoavoidclosingtheapplicaPoninthecaseofconnecPon problems. • NikonConnecPonMode • AherselecPng“ConnecPon”onthemenubar,theopPonsof“PC”and“Camera”arein thedropdown. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 16 • PC:PCmodeallowsmorecontroloverproperPeswithinCamRanger;however,any properPeschangedarenotmaintained,andchangingsejngsonthephysicalcamera arenotrecognized.AddiPonally,imagescannotbephysicallytriggeredfromthe camera. • Camera:Allowsthecameratobephysicallyusedasnormal;however,notall properPeswillbeenabledwithinCamRanger.TheCamRangerapplicaPonmustbeset toCameramodetoallowphysicallytriggeringfromthecamera. • ItshouldalsobenotedthattheconnecPonmodecannotbechangedwhileliveviewisacPve. View CardContents Toviewthecardcontentsselect“View”ontheMacCamRangermenubarandthen“CardContents.”By doingthisanewwindowwillpop-up,asseenabove.Thecardcontentswilldisplaythumbnailsofthe imagesonthecamera’sremovablemedia.TheapplicaPonwilliniPallyloadthemostrecentthumbnails. Toloadmorethumbnails,pressthe“More”buUonattheboUomofthewindow.Asseeninthepicture above,asmallred“R”iconontheupperrightofthethumbnailindicatesthatitisaRAWimage.Asmall green“T”indicatesTIFF,whilenoiconisusedtoindicateJPGformaUedimages. Anynumberofthumbnailscanbeselectedbypressingathumbnail,orallmaybeselectedbypressing “SelectAll”attheboUomofthewindow.Selectedthumbnailswillhaveayellowborderaroundthem. AherselecPngthumbnailstheymayeitherbedeletedorsaved.The“Delete”buUonatthelowerlehwill firstprompttheusertoconfirm,andthendeletetheassociatedimagesoftheselectedthumbnailsfrom thecamera’sremovablemedia.The“Save”buUonatthelowerrightwillsaveallassociatedimagesof theselectedthumbnailstotheimagedirectoryspecifiedinthepreferences.Imagesaresavedregardless offormat. Imageswithinthecardcontentsviewcanbeviewedbydoubleclickingontheimage.Theimagewill thenappearinthemainimageviewwindow. Notethatthethumbnailsarepresentedinchronologicalorderbeginningwiththemostrecent. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 17 However,forNikontheyaregroupedfirstbyformat,suchthatallJPG’swillbelisted,thenTIFF’s, andfinallyRAWimages. Controls Whenthe“Control”funcPonisturnedon,thecamerasejngsandimagecapturingcanbecontrolledon theMacsincetheadvancedcontrolstab,cameraproperPes,andcameraacPonsareaccessibleonthe righthandsideoftheapplicaPon.ThumbnailsoftheimagescapturedwithintheCamRangersession willappearontheupperporPonofthescreen,themainimageviewwillshowlivevieworcaptured images. WhenthecontrolfuncPonisturnedoff,theadvancedcontrolstab,cameraproperPes,andcamera acPonswillnotappearontheapplicaPonscreen,whilethethumbnailsofimagestakenwithinthe CamRangersessionwillappearontheupperporPonofthescreenandthemainimageviewwilldisplay thecapturedimages.Thecamerasejngsandimagecapturingcanbecontrolledfromthecameraand arenotcontrolledontheMacapplicaPon. ImageOnly When“ImageOnly”isselected,theadvancedcontrolstab,cameraproperPes,andcameraacPonson therighthandsideoftheapplicaPonarenotvisible.Thethumbnailsofimagestakenwithinthe CamRangersessionwillnotappearontheupperporPonofthescreen.When“ImageOnly”isnot selected,theadvancedcontrolstab,cameraproperPes,cameraacPons,andthumbnailsareaccessible ontheCamRangerapplicaPon. Window The“Window”dropdownfoundontheMacCamRangermenubarallowstheusertominimizeand zoomthescreen,bringtheCamRangerwindowstofront,andaccessthecameracardcontents. Help The“Help”dropdownfoundontheMacCamRangermenubarisusefulforregistering CamRangerunitsandtoaccessthishelpmanual. • RegistraPon:Byclicking“Register”theusercanregisteraCamRanger.Theusermustbe connectedtotheInternettocompletetheregistraPon. • CamRangerHelp:Click“CamRangerHelp”toviewthisdocument. Incorpora0onwithLightroomorCaptureOne WhileonecannotcontroltheCamRangerfromwithinLightroomorCaptureOne,onecanspecifya foldertoautomaPcallydownloadimagesto.RefertotheCamRangerMenuBarPreferences sec*onfoundonpage15formoresavingopPons.Thisfoldercanbesettoasa“watch”folder withinLightroomorCaptureOneandsettobeautomaPcallyimported. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 18 NetworkBridging TosetupnetworkbridgingtheCamRangermusthavefirmware6andupandtheCamRanger SejngsapplicaPonmustbedownloadedontheMaccomputer. Refertowww.CamRanger.com/downloadsfortheCamRangerfirmwareupdateandforthe CamRangerSejngsapplicaPonandusermanualtoestablishbridgingontheMac.Forfurther guidance,aYouTubeCamRangerSejngsapplicaPonuservideoisavailable.Notethattobridge networksitisrecommendedtobefamiliarwithInternetnetworking. NetworkbridgingallowstheusertobeconnectedtotheCamRangerandanaddiPonalInternet networksimultaneously.PreviouslywhenusingtheCamRanger,theMaccouldonlybe connectedtotheCamRangerWiFinetwork,makingitsotheusercouldnotuseanyother networkwhentheCamRangerwasinuse.OncethebringingisestablishedontheMac,the CamRangercanbeconnectedtotheMacandsuccessfullybridgebetweentheCamRangerand addiPonalnetwork. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 19 CamRangerShareApp InorderfortheCamRangerSharefeaturetowork,theCamRangerfirmwaremustbe updatedtoversion6andupandtheCamRangersohwaremustbeupdatedtothemost recentversion.WhenthephotographerisinaCamRangersession,otherscanview imagesandliveviewontheirpersonaliOSdevices,Androiddevices,and/orMacor Windowscomputer.TheCamRangerShareapplicaPonisfreeandcanbedownloaded fromwww.CamRanger.com/downloads.IndividualsusingtheCamRangerShareappcanonly viewimagesandliveviewwhentheCamRangerisconnectedandthemainCamRangeruserhas enablessharingfromwithinthesejngs. TheMacSharesejngs,asseenbelow,canbeaccessedbyselecPng“CamRanger”fromthe Macmenubarfollowedby“Preferences.” • EnableSharing:Whenviewinganimageinthemainimageview,individualimagescanbe sharedbyenablingsharingintheCamRangerSejngsandthenselecPng“Share”fromthe Filedropdown.OnemustEnableSharinginorderfortheAutoSharing,AutoShare Thumbnails,andShareLiveViewsejngstowork. • AutoShareThumbnails:AllimagescapturedwilldisplayasthumbnailsontheCamRanger SharedeviceswhenAutoShareThumbnailsisenabled.TheCamRangerShareusercanscroll throughthepicturesathisorherownpace. • AutoShareLiveView:TheCamRangershareuserwillbeabletoseethecamera’sliveviewon theirpersonaldevicewhenShareLiveViewisenabled.Ifanimagethumbnailisnotviewed bytheCamRangeruserinthemainimageview,itwillnotbesharedtotheCamRangerShare appusers. • ShowClients:TheCamRangerusercanseewhatdevicesareusingtheCamRangerShare applicaPonduringtheCamRangersession. NotethatthewatermarksejngsonthemainCamRangerappwillbesetonallsharingdevices. AssumingthatalldeviceshaveagoodconnecPonwiththeCamRanger,asthenumberofusers increase,theperformancedecreasesslightly;adding1secondpershareddeviceforeachsmall JPGthatisdistributedisagoodruleofthumb.Similarly,sharingliveviewwithanaddiPonal1 or2deviceswillnotsignificantlydegradeperformance,butasmoredevicesareaddedthe frameratewillreduce.AddiPonally,adevicewithaverypoor/slowconnecPoncandegradethe performanceforeveryone.ThephotographerusingtheCamRangerappcanalwaystemporarily turnoffsharingtokickoffallshareddevices.Asthenumberofusersincreasesthethereare pracPcalperformancelimits.Dependingonthescenario,pracPcalmaximumsof5-15clientsare typical.Theamountofdatabeingsharedaswellasthenetworkstrengthtoalloftheclients ©CamRanger–PatentPending 20 dictatesthepracPcalmaximum. IftheCamRangerisonlyconnectedtotheCamRangernetwork,theCamRangerShareappusers willalsoneedtoconnecttotheCamRangernetwork,usingthesamepassword,howeverno registraPonisrequired.IftheCamRangerisbridgedtoanexisPngInternetnetwork,theShare appusercanconnecttothesameInternetnetworkthattheCamRangerisconnectedto,and sPllusetheShareapp.ThoseusingtheshareappshouldconsulttheCamRangerController aboutthenetworkconnecPonandshouldstaywithinrangeoftheCamRangerorbridged networkwhenusingtheapp FormoreinformaPonabouttheCamRangerShareApplicaPon,refertotheCamRangerShare AppUserGuideVideo(Note:thisvideoisdemonstraPngthesetupwithaniPad,butthegeneral conceptandusewiththeMacisthesame). CamRangerPTHubandTripod • TousetheCamRangerPTHubandMotorizedtripod,a CamRangerisrequired. • TheCamRangerPTHubandMP-360(MP101,Bescor,orHague) willonlyworkwithCamRangerfirmware6andupandthelatest Macsohware.Refertowww.CamRanger.com/downloadsforthe CamRangerfirmwareupdateandlatestMacapplicaPon.The CamRangermustberegistered(seeCamRangeruser manual)whiletheCamRangerPTHubdoesnotrequire registraPon. CamRangerPTHubHardware • TheCamRangerpowerstheCamRangerPTHub. USB2.0A-endport(USB 2.0AtoBconnector includedwithCamRanger Hub) ©CamRanger–PatentPending SerialConnectorport (Cableincludedwith CamRangerPTHub) USBport(USBcable includedwiththe CamRangerorCamera) 21 MP-360TripodHeadHardware • InstallBaZeries:OpenthebaUerycompartmentbyslidingthecoverdownwardandlihingit outward,insertthe4AAbaUeriesinthesameposiPonasthemarkingsinsidethebaUery compartment. • Moun0ngtheMotorizedPanHead:ThemotorizedPanHeadmaybefastenedtoanytripod ortoanymounPngdevicehavingastandardUNC¼-20threadmounPngscrew. • Moun0ngtheCamera:Fastenthecamerasecurelytothetopofthemotorizedtripodusing themounPngscrew,whichisastandardUNC¼-20thread.AligntheopPcalaxisofthe CamerawiththelongdimensionoftheMotorizedPanHeadbody. • Specifica0ons: • Powersource:4AAbaUeriesorA/Cadapterplug(neitherincluded) • VerPcalTiltAngle:+/-15degrees • HorizontalPanningAngle:360degreeswithunlimitedrotaPon(Ifpurchasedthrough CamRanger) • MaximumCameraweight:6lb(2.7kg) • Size(LxHxW):5.75x4.5x4inches(145x115x103mm) • Weight(withoutbaUeries:1.75lb(800mg) • BubbleLevel:Ifdesired,placetheincludedadhesivebubblelevelonthetopofthetripod(on endwithon/offswitch). CamRanger,CamRangerPTHub,andTripodSetup • Requiredparts: • CamRanger* • CamRangerPTHub • Motorizedtripod(eithertheMP-360,Bescor,orHague)* • USBcable(includedwithCamRangerorcamera) • SerialConnector(includedwiththeCamRangerPTHub) • USB2.0AtoBconnector(includedwithCamRangerPTHub) • Camera* • Device*(iPhone,iPad,Androiddevice,Mac,orWindowscomputer) *RequireschargedbaUeryorconnecPontoACpower ©CamRanger–PatentPending 22 • ImportanttripodsetupinstrucPons: • SettheAutoPanAngleSelectorSwitchto0°andtheMainPowerSwitchto“M.”These sejngsarerequiredfor360°rotaPonandcontrolfromwithintheCamRangerapp.The 45°,90°,and340°autopansejngsonthetripodheadservenofuncPon. • LevelthetripodifnecessaryforyourapplicaPon. • WhensecuringtheCamRangerandCamRangerPTHubtothecamerasetup,donot mounttothetripod.MounttheCamRangerandCamRangerPTHubtothemotorized tripodorcamerastrapandmakesuretheunitscanrotatefreelyaroundthetripod. DiagramofsetupfortheCamRanger,CamRangerPTHub,motorizedtripod,andcamera. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 23 Tips&Troubleshoo0ng BelowaresomePpsandtroubleshooPngforcommonquesPonsorissuesarrangedbycategory: Registra0on • IftheCamRangerMacapplicaPonisre-installed,theMacmayneedtobere-registered. • MostregistraPonissuesareduetonothavingInternetconnecPvityorenteringtheserial numberincorrectly. • IfyousPllhaveissues,[email protected]. Connec0on • MakesureCamRangerisfullypoweredonandiniPalized(itshouldtakeapproximately30 seconds).ThepowerlightandWiFilightshouldbothbeon. • ThepasswordtoconnecttotheCamRangerWiFiistheCamRangerserialnumberinallCAPS. IftherearesPllissuesconnecPng,turningtheMac’sWiFioffandthenbackonmayhelp. • IftheCamRangerapplicaPonisconnectedtotheCamRangerdevice,butnocamerais connected,itwillaUempttoconnecttoacameraapproximatelyevery5seconds. • IftheMacisoutsideoforneartheedgeoftherangeoftheCamRangerunittherewillbe connecPonproblems. • DisconnectandreconnecttheCamRangerbyselecPng“ConnecPon”thenConnectonthe MenuBartoforceanewsession/connecPon. • PowercyclingthecameraandCamRangeraswellasrestarPngtheapplicaPonwillcompletely refreshtheconnecPon. • WhenthecamerabaUerybeginstogetlow,certaincommandsmaystarttofailora connecPonmayberefused. • TheCamRangerhardwarecanonlybeconnectedtoasingleMacataPme. • AsecondnetworkconnecPon,suchaswithanEthernetcable,cancauseconnecPonfailures. • IfthereisaninconsistentorintermiUentconnecPon,theissueislikelyrelatedtotheUSB connecPonanddifferentUSBcablewillohenfixtheproblem. • Ifthecamerahasin-cameraWiFicapabiliPes,itmustbeturnedOFFtomakeaconnecPon withthecamera. Speed • TheCamRangerhasallthesamedistanceandinterferencelimitaPonsasnormalWiFi.Long distancesandsolidobjectswillslowtheconnecPonspeed. • TheCamRangerapplicaPoncanhandleverylargeimagefiles.However,waiPngforthosefiles totransferfromthecameraandthenoverWiFicanbePmeconsuming.AcommonoperaPng modeistoshootRAWalongwithasmallormediumsizedJPG. • NewerandfasterMaccomputersdoperformbeUeroverall,parPcularlyforintensivetasks suchasshowingthe100%resoluPonimages. Commands • Dependingonthecameraandthemode,capturecanfailifthecamerafailstoacquirefocus. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 24 • IntervalometerandBulbcommandsarestoredontheCamRangerhardwaresuchthatthe Macdoesnotneedtoremainonandconnected. • WhenanoperaPon,command,orsejngisnotavailableornotworkingtheissueisohen relatedtothecamerasetup.Forexample: • TogglingtoAFisdisabledifthecameralensswitchissettoMF. • LiveviewwillfailonCanoncamerasifLiveViewShooPngisdisabledinthecamera’s menu. • Capturefailsbecausetheremovablemediaonthecameraisfull. • ForCanoncameras,theLiveViewfocusmodewithinthecamera’smenumustbesetto“Live View”. • AdjusPngorviewingthenumberofbrackePngshotsisnotcurrentlysupported.Thedisplay assumesthreeshots.However,ifthenumberofshotsisactually2,5,7,9,etc.thebracket amountissPllcorrectitwilljustincorrectlydisplay3shots. • Somefeaturesarenotsupportedbysomecameras.ForexampleconPnuouscapturemodeis notsupportedontheCanon40DandmanyNikonsdonotsupportbulbshots.Seethecamera capabilitymatrixatwww.CamRanger.com/supported-cameras/formoredetailedinformaPon. • IftouchfocusingdoesnotworkonaCanoncamera,thelikelycauseisthattherearAFbuUon hasbeenchangedtosomeotherfuncPonandmustberesetbacktoitsdefaultAFbehavior. Images • ThethumbnailsarenotdownloadedunPlahertheimagehasbeenrecordedtothecamera’s card.OnmostcamerasthisisrelaPvelyquick.However,dependingonthecamera,speedof removablemediaandnumberofshotstakeninsuccession,therecanbealag. • CamRangercanbeusedtoviewanddownloadpicturescapturedthroughothermeans.Soa photographercouldbecapturingimages,oraRForlighttriggercouldcaptureimagesandthe CamRangerapplicaPonwouldautomaPcallydownloadthethumbnails. • IfshooPngtomulPplecards,ensuretheplaybackcardissettothememorycardofinterest. SoifshooPngRAWtocardoneandJPGtocardtwoandviewingtheJPGsisdesired,thenset theplaybackcardtocardnumbertwo. CamRangerPTHubandTripod • Ifthetripodheadbecomesunresponsive,securelyreconnecttheserialconnectortothe tripodhead. • ThespeedofthetripodmayvarydependingontheweightofthecameraandbaUerylife ofthetripodhead. • WhenusingtheCamRangerPTHub,theCamRangerbaUerywilldrainmorequickly. ForanyandallquesPonsrelatedtoyourCamRanger,pleaseemail [email protected]. ©CamRanger–PatentPending 25
