Windows User`s Manual

WindowsUser’sManual
SupportsWindows7,8and10Computers
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CamRangerHardware.........................................................................................................................3
CamRangerRegistration.....................................................................................................................4
CamRangerSetup..................................................................................................................................5
CamRangerWindowsApplication...................................................................................................6
StatusBar...........................................................................................................................................................6
RecentThumbnails...............................................................................................................................7
MainImageView..............................................................................................................................................7
LiveViewImages...........................................................................................................................................................7
CapturedImages..............................................................................................................................................................7
AdvancedTabs.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Data........................................................................................................................................................................................9
Focus.....................................................................................................................................................................................9
Timer..................................................................................................................................................................................10
HDR.....................................................................................................................................................................................10
TripodTab........................................................................................................................................................................12
StackShot..........................................................................................................................................................................12
CameraProperties........................................................................................................................................ 13
ExposureCompensation&Bracketing................................................................................................................13
CameraActions..............................................................................................................................................14
Capture..............................................................................................................................................................................14
LiveView...........................................................................................................................................................................14
MovieMode.....................................................................................................................................................................14
Auto/ManualFocusToggle.....................................................................................................................................14
WindowsCamRangerMenuBar...............................................................................................................16
Quitting,maximizing,andminimizingapplication........................................................................................16
File....................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Connection......................................................................................................................................................................16
View...................................................................................................................................................................................17
Help.....................................................................................................................................................................................18
IncorporationwithLightroomorCaptureOne.......................................................................21
CamRangerShare..............................................................................................................................21
CamRangerShareUsers.............................................................................................................................22
Tips&Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................... 23
Registration....................................................................................................................................................23
Connection.......................................................................................................................................................23
Speed.................................................................................................................................................................23
Commands.......................................................................................................................................................24
Images...............................................................................................................................................................24
CamRangerPTHubandTripod................................................................................................................24
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CamRangerHardware
TheCamRangerdeviceisturnedonbyslidingthe
powerswitch,locatedonthesideoftheunit,
towardsthefrontofthedevice.Thegreenpower
lightwillilluminatewhentheunitispoweredon.
Anyaddi0onalswitchpresentontheCamRanger
currentlyservesnofunc0on.
Thechargingportislocatednexttothepower
switch.ThemalemicroBendoftheprovided
whitechargingcordisconnectedtothisport.The
otherendofthechargingcordcanbeconnectedtoafemaleUSBportthatprovidespower,
suchasacomputerorthroughtheprovidedACadapter.
Whenthedeviceischarging,anaddiIonalyellowlightwillilluminatenexttothegreenpower
lightindicaIngthatitischarging.Theyellowlightwillturnoffleavingonlythegreenpowerlight
whenitisfullycharged.
TheCamRangerbaKeryisaccessiblebyremovingtheboKomcover.TheboKomcoveristhe
sidewiththeCamRangerserialnumber.Simplygraspthesideedge/cornerofthecovernearthe
USBconnectorandpullbacktoremove.Toreplacethecover,firstplacethetwolowertabsinto
theslotsandthensnapinthetop.
CamRangerisnotwater-resistantinanywayandshouldnotgetwet.
AblackneoprenecaseisprovidedtoassistinaKachingandsecuringtheCamRanger,notethat
thispouchisnotwaterproof.Thecasehasacarabineertofacilitatehangingfromatripod,belt
loop,etc.DonotjusthangtheCamRangerbythecableasitwillputstrainontheUSB
connectorsaswellaspossiblydisconnect.
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CamRangerRegistra0on
BeforeaWindowscomputercanbeusedwithaCamRanger,theWindowsCamRangerapplicaIon
shouldbeinstalledonthecomputer,atnoaddiIonalcosttotheuser,fromthedownloadspageon
theCamRangerwebsite,www.camranger.com/downloads.Oncedownloaded,theCamRanger
applicaIonneedstoberegistered.RegistraIonrequiresInternetconnecIvity.Beforeproceeding,
confirmInternetconnecIvity(donotconnecttotheCamRangernetwork).
LaunchtheCamRangerapplicaIonandthefollowingscreenwillappear.Click“OK.”
TheflowingregistraIonpop-upwillappear.IftheregistraIonpop-updoesnotappear,fromthe
“Help”tabontheWindowsCamRangermenubarclick“Register,”andthefollowingscreenwill
appear.
Enterthe8-characterCamRangerserialnumber.TheserialnumberislocatedbothontheboKomof
thebackcoveraswellasabovethebaKeryunderneaththebackcover.Note:theserialnumber
containsonlyleKersandNOnumbers.
Pressthe“Register”buKontoregister.AmessageboxwillappearindicaIngregistraIonwas
successfulandtheWindowscanbeusedwiththeCamRanger.ExittheapplicaIonandthenproceed
withthesetupprocessasdetailedbelowintheCamRangerSetupsecIon.
IfregistraIonfails,confirmInternetconnecIvityandtheCamRangerserialnumberbeforecontacIng
[email protected].
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CamRangerSetup
PowerontheCamRangerandconfirmallfourlightsbrieflyappear.TheCamRangerwilltake
approximately30secondsunIlitisfullyiniIalized.
ThefirstImetheuserconnectstotheCamRangerfromaWindowscomputer,thecomputerneedsto
beregistered.SeetheCamRangerRegistraIonsecIonabove.
Onceregistered,connecttotheCamRangerWiFinetworkonthecomputer.Thenetworknamewill
beCamRanger-###,withthelastthreecharactersmatchingthelast3charactersoftheCamRanger’s
serialnumber.Enterthenetworkpassword,whichisthefull8charactersoftheCamRanger’sserial
number.ThepasswordMUSTBEENTEREDINALLCAPS.
ConnecttheCamRangertothecamerawiththeprovidedblackUSBcable.(Note:unitspurchased
throughretailerswillhaveaUSBminicable,whichwillworkwithmostcameras.AfewselectNikons
useadifferentcable,whichmaybepurchasedseparatelyorthecablethatcamewiththecamerawill
alsowork)ThemaleAendisinsertedintotheUSBportattheendoftheCamRanger,andtheother
endisconnectedtotheUSBportofthecamera.Thenensurethecameraisturnedon.Whenthe
cameraisconnectedandturnedon,thegreenlightclosesttotheedgeoftheCamRangerdevicewill
light.
LaunchtheCamRangerWindowsapplicaIon.TheapplicaIonwillconnecttotheCamRangerandthe
userwillbeabletocontrolthecamera.ToaKempttomanuallyiniIateaconnecIon,onthe
WindowsCamRangermenubar,click“ConnecIon”andthen“Connect.”
ForcommonproblemswithsetupandconnecIonrefertotheTroubleshooIngsecIonattheendof
themanual.
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CamRangerWindowsApplica0on
StatusBar
TheStatusBarislocatedatthetopoftheapplicaIonscreen,belowtheCamRangerMenuBar,and
providestheuserwithanumberofelements.
Fromleftoright:
• CameraModelName
• LensModelName(Note:notallcamerasorlensesaresupported)
• ShotsRemaining:Indicatesthenumberofshotscurrentlyremainingonthecamera’sremovable
mediausingthecurrentsehngs
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RecentThumbnails
• Asimagesarecaptured,thethumbnailsareautomaIcallydownloadedanddisplayedalongthetop
ofthescreen.Thethumbnailsmaybescrolledlefandrightwhenmorearedownloadedthancan
fit.
• Athumbnailmaybeselectedtoviewthecorrespondingimage.Theimageisdownloadedand
displayedinthemainimageview.Thecurrentlyselectedthumbnailisindicatedwithalightgrey
box.
• WhenbothaJPGandRAWfileformatiscaptured,onlytheJPGthumbnailisdisplayed.
• Asmallred“R”iconontheupperrightofthethumbnailindicatesthatitisaRAWimage.Asmall
green“T”indicatesTIFF,whilenoiconisusedtoindicateJPGformaKedimages.
• Note:onlythumbnailsforimagescapturedwithinthecurrentCamRangersessionwillbedisplayed.
MainImageView
Liveviewandcapturedimagesaredisplayedwithinthemainimageview.
LiveViewImages
ToiniIateliveview,clickonthe“eye”buKonlocatedwithinthecameraacIoncontrolsonthe
boKomrightoftheapplicaIonscreen.Inliveview,theimageonthescreenisautomaIcallyupdated
asliveviewimagesstreamin.Theexactframepersecondrateisverymuchdependenton
CamRangerWiFisignalstrength,thecamera,andtheWindowsspecs.However,assumingagood
connecIon,liveviewframeratewillbeabout7–18fps.
Wheninliveview,themainimageviewmaybeclickedoncetofocusatthatpoint.Notethatfor
Canoncameras,theouteredgesoftheimagecannotbefocusedupon.Doubleclickingwillzoomin
theviewingwindowanddoubleclickingagainreturnstoregularsize.
CanoncamerascandisplaytheliveviewimageonthecameraandWindowsandallowtheuserto
triggerimageswiththecamerabyacIvaIngthecamera’sliveviewbuKona"erstarIngliveonthe
CamRangerapplicaIon.Nikoncamerasdonotallowanycontrolofthephysicalcamerawhilelive
viewisacIve.
CapturedImages
Capturedimagescanbedisplayedinthemainimageviewinoneoftwoways,byselecInga
thumbnailinthethumbnailssecIonoftheapplicaIonorthroughtheAuto-ViewImagesfeature.The
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Auto-ViewImagefeatureisusefulwhencapturingimagesfromthecameraandusingtheWindows
applicaIonforimagedisplay.Whenthisfeatureisselected,pictureswillautomaIcallydisplayinthe
mainimageviewscreen.ThisfeaturecanbeturnedonoroffbyselecIng“View”ontheWindows
CamRangermenubarandthen“CamRangerPreferences.”FormoreinformaIonaboutthisfeature,
refertotheWindowsCamRangerMenuBar:Se6ng-PreferencessecIonfoundonpage19.
Whenathumbnailisselectedforviewing,theimagewilldisplayedonthemainimageviewandcan
zoomedinat50%,100%,200%,orfittoscreenbyselecIngthemagnificaIonofinterestbelowthe
image.Theimagecanthenbepannedusingthemouse.
Ahistogramoftheimagemaybeviewedfromthe“Data”tabasdescribedintheAdvancedTab-Data
secIonfoundonpage9.Turningonthehistogramwillgenerateahistogramforcapturesimages.
Imagesdisplayedinthemainviewaresavedbydefaulttothephotodirectoryonthecomputer.For
furthersavingopIons,includingtheabilitytoautomaIcallysaveallpictures,refertotheWindows
CamRangerMenuBar:Se6ngs-PreferencessecIonfoundonpage19.
Toviewtheimagesonthecamera’smemorycardselect“View”ontheWindowsCamRangerMenu
Barandthen“CardContents.”Anewwindowwillappeardisplayingthumbnailsoftheimagesonthe
camera’sremovablemedia.Double-clickingathumbnailwilldownloadanddisplaytheimagewithin
themainimageview.AddiIonalfeaturesfordownloadingordeleIngimagesarealsoavailable.For
furtherinformaIonaboutthecardcontents,refertotheWindowsCamRangerMenuBar-Card
ContentssecIonfoundonpage17.
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AdvancedTabs
TherearefourtabsprovidingadvancedinformaIonorcontrols:Data,Focus,Timer,andHDR.A
TripodorStackShottabwillappearasafifhtapiftheCamRangerisbeingusedwiththeCamRanger
PTHubandasupportedtripodhead(theMP-360,Bescor,orHague)orStackShot.
Data
ThedatatabshowsanRGBhistogramandmeta-data
associatedwiththecapturedimageinthemainimageview.
Thefollowingmeta-dataisprovided:
• ShuKerSpeed
• Aperture
• MegaPixels(Notethisisnotfilesize,butimage
resoluIon)
• ISO
• MeteringMode
• ExposureCompensaIonValue
Withinliveviewthehistogramcanbetoggledonoroff.Of
note,thehistogramwillreducetheliveviewframerate.
Focus
Thefocustabisonlyenabledduringliveviewandprovidesadvancedfocusingcontrols.
FocusAdjust
TherearetwosetsofbuKonstomovethelens’focalplane
nearerorfurtherfromthecamera.EachsethasthreebuKons
withdifferentsizedarrowstospecifyalarge,medium,orsmall
stepinfocus.TapthebuKontomovethefocusbyasingle
increment,holdingdownthebuKonwillhavenoaffect.
FocusStacking
FocusstackingisaprocessoftakingmulIplecaptureswith
slightchangesinfocusandthenpostprocessingthemto
enhancethedepthoffield.Thiscontrolallowstheusertoset
thefocusstepsizetotakebetweenineachshotandthenumber
ofshotstotake.Eachfocusstepwillmovethefocalplane
furtherfromthecamera.Sotheuserwillwanttosetthefocus
tothenearestplanedesiredtobeinfocusandstartthestacking
processfromthere.Iftoofewcapturesweretaken,theprocess
canberestartedfromwheretheiniIalstackingended.Note:
postprocessingoftheimagesisnotdonewithintheCamRangerapplicaIon.
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Timer
TheImertaballowstheuseoftheCamRangerasanintervalometeraswellasspecifyingexposure
Imeswhenthecameraisinbulbmode.
TimeLapse
• TheentryfieldsareusedtospecifytheiniIaldelaybefore
thefirstshot,thenumberofshotstotake,andthedelayin
betweeneachshot.
• Aferconfiguringthesehngs,pressthe“Start”buKonto
begintheintervalometerprocess.
• Theintervalometercommandsarestoredonthe
CamRangerdevice,theWindowscomputerdoesnotneed
toremainonorconnectedoncetheintervalomiter
commandisiniIated.
• The“ShotDelay”shouldnotbeusedforprecisionIming,
parIcularlywhenthedelayisonlyafewsecondsorless.
• Onceanintervalometersequenceisbegun,theImertab
willprovideacountdownofthecurrentImelapseaswell
asabuKontocanceltheImelapse.
Bulb
• TheBulbcontrolsareonlyenabledwhenthecameraisinbulbmodeandthecamerasupports
remotebulbshots.
• TheentryfieldsareusedtospecifytheiniIaldelaybeforethefirstshotandthelengthofthe
exposure.
• AferconfiguraIon,pressthe“Start”buKontobeginthebulbprocess.
• ThebulbcommandsarestoredontheCamRangerdeviceandtheWindowsdoesnotneedto
remainonorconnected.
HDR
The“HDR”,orAdvancedBrackeIng,tabcanbeusedtogenerateaseriesofphotoswithvarying
exposures.
• AdvancedBrackeIngisonlyenabledwhenthecameraisin
Manualexposuremode.
• ThePropertyfieldspecifiesthecamerapropertytobe
varied.TherearethreeopIons:ShuKerSpeed,Aperture,
andISO.
• TheIniIalDelayfieldspecifiestheamountofdelay,ifany,
totakebeforebeginningthebrackeIngsequence.
• TheiniIalvaluefortheselectedpropertyissetwiththe
StartValuefield.
• Thetotalnumberofimagestocaptureisspecifiedbythe
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NumberofShotsfield.
ThepossibleStepSizevaluesareupto3stopsandspecifybyhowmanystopstovarytheexposure
betweeneachcapture.
ThevalidvaluesfortheNumberofShotsareautomaIcallydeterminedbasedonthevalues
specifiedforStartValueandStepSize.Forexampleastepsizeof1/3stopswillallowmoreshots
thanastepsizeof3stops.
ThestarIngpointofthebracketisthemid-point.TheresulIngsequencewillstartatthelowest
exposurebutwiththeiniIallysetvalueasthemid-point.
AferconfiguraIon,pressthe“Start”buKontobeginthebrackeIngprocess.
Note:thepostprocessingisnotdonewithintheCamRangerapplicaIon.
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TripodTab
WhentheCamRangerPTHubandMP-360(orMP101,Bescor,orHagueTripod)areusedwith
theCamRanger,a“Tripod”tabwillappearincludingthefollowingdisplay.However,thistabwill
onlybepresentwithCamRangerfirmware6andup.Toupdateone’sCamRangerfirmware,visit
hKp://camranger.com/firmware-upgrade/forfurtherinstrucIonsonupdate.
Withintheapponecanadjustthespeedofthetripodmovement,thedirecIonofthe
movement.ThedirecIonarrowwillhighlightredwhenacIvated.
StackShot
RefertotheCamRangerStackShotusermanualfoundatwww.CamRanger.com/downloadsfor
moreinformaIonaboutusingtheCamRanger,CamRangerPTHub,andStackShotmacrorail
system.
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CameraProper0es
ThebelowimageandbulletlistindicatesthecameraproperIesthatcanbesetusingthe
applicaIon:
• AutoExposureMode
• Aperture
• MeteringMode
• WhiteBalance
• FocusingMode
• ShuKerSpeed
• ISO
• CaptureMode
• ImageFormat
• ExposureCompensaIonandBrackeIng
NotallproperIescanbesetforallcamerasorinallmodes.Forexample,formostCanon’sthe
autoexposuremodeandfocusmodecannotbeset.DisabledproperIesareindicatedwitha
darkerbuKonbackground.
ExposureCompensaEon&BrackeEng
ClickingtheexposurecompensaIonandbrackeIngbuKonwilldisplaythefollowingcontrol:
ClickingtheexteriorarrowspoinIngtothelefandrightwilladjusttheexposurecompensaIon.
HoldingdownthearrowwillmovetheexposurecompensaIontoitsrespecIvelimit.Thetwo
buKonsatthemiddlecontrolthebrackeIngamount.ClickingthearrowspoinInginwillreduce
thebrackeIngamount,whilepressingthearrowspointoutwardwillincreasethebrackeIng
amount.
ThebrackeIngisnotsetunIlthe“Set”buKonispressed.The“Close”buKonwilldismissthe
dialog.Pressing“Close”withoutpressing“Set”willeffecIvelycancelanyadjustmentsmade.
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CameraAc0ons
Capture
• The“Capture”buKoniniIatesthecameratrigger.Theexactcamerabehaviorisdependenton
thecameraandcameraproperIes,mostimportantlythecapturemode.
• Formostcapturemodes,suchassingle,Imer,orquiet,thebuKonperformstheimage
captureasexpected.Itshouldbenotedthatforsomecameras,advancedmodessuchas
remoteorImerwillbehaveassinglecapturemode.
• ConInuouscapturemodediffersbetweenNikonandCanon.
• Nikon:AferselecIngaconInuousdrivemodeadialogisdisplayedallowingtheuserto
selectthenumberofimagestocapture.Whenthe“Capture”buKonispressed,that
numberofimageswillbecaptured.
• Canon:WheninaconInuousmode,pressingandholdingthe“Capture”buKonbehaves
inthesamewayaspushingthephysicaltriggeronthecamera.
• Itisnotedthattherecanbeaveryslightlagbetweenthepressingofthe“Capture”buKon
andtheimagecapture.ThedelaycanbemorepronouncedwhileliveviewisacIve.ForIme
criIcalapplicaIons,aremotetrigger,suchasanRFtrigger,canbeusedincombinaIonwith
theCamRanger.
LiveView
• TheliveviewtogglebuKonisusedtoturnliveviewonandoff.
• Whenliveviewison,themainimageviewisupdatedwithliveviewimages.
• Note:runningliveviewisrelaIvelyintensiveandtheremaybeslightperformancelagsin
otherareas.
MovieMode
• ThemovietogglebuKonisusedtoturnliveviewonandoff,butwithinmoviemode.
• Whenmoviemodeison,themainimageviewisupdatedwiththeliveimages.
• The“Capture”buKonchangesto“Record”andpressingthe“Record”buKonwillstartand
thenstoptherecordingofamovie.
• Note:moviescannotbedownloadedtotheWindowscomputerusingtheCamRanger.
Auto/ManualFocusToggle
• TheAF/MFFocustogglebuKonallowstheusertochangethefocusingbetweenautoand
manualwithouthavingtophysicallyadjustthecamera.
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• ThisAF/MFadjustmentisnotpossibleforallcamerasinallmodes.Forexample,someNikon
camerasarerequiredtobeconnectedin“PC”mode,whichisaccessiblebyselecIng
“ConnecIon”ontheWindowsCamRangermenubarfollowedbyclicking“PC”.
• Aferanytouchorincrementalfocusingwhileinliveview,thefocusmodewillautomaIcally
aKempttoswitchtomanualfocussuchthattheuserspecifiedfocusisnotoverriddenbyauto
focusuponcapture.
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WindowsCamRangerMenuBar
TheCamRangermenubarlocatedatthetopoftheWindowsdisplaycontainsmanyuseful
funcIonsallowingtheusertosaveanddeleteimages,managetheconnecIon,setpreferences,
viewimages,andgethelp.ThefollowingopIonsarefoundwithinthistoolbar.
QuiJng,maximizing,andminimizingapplicaEon
• Dash:UsedtominimizetheapplicaIonwindow
• Rectangle:UsedtomaximizetheapplicaIonwindow
• X:ClosestheapplicaIon.
File
Individualimagesbeingviewedonthemainviewingscreencanbesaved,sharedtoother
deviceswhichareusingtheCamRangerShareapp,ordeletedfromthefiledropdownmenu.
ConnecEon
• CamRangerConnecIon:Astatedependent“Connect”or“Disconnect”buKonisavailableto
theuserasatroubleshooIngopIontoavoidclosingtheapplicaIoninthecaseofconnecIon
problems.
• NikonConnecIonMode
• PC:PCmodeallowsmorecontroloverproperIeswithintheCamRanger;however,
certainproperIeschangedarenotmaintainedwhentheCamRangerisdisconnected,
andchangingsehngsonthephysicalcameraarenotrecognized.AddiIonally,the
cameracannotbephysicallycontrolledsuchastriggeringimageswiththecamera’s
shuKer.
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• Camera:Allowsthecameratobephysicallyusedasnormal;however,notallproperIes
willbeenabledwithintheCamRanger.TheCamRangerapplicaIonmustbesetto
Cameramodetoallowphysicallytriggeringfromthecamera.
• ItshouldalsobenotedthattheconnecIonmodecannotbechangedwhileliveviewis
acIve.
View
Theviewdropdownprovidesaccesstothecamera’scardcontentsandopIonsforcontrol
accessibilityfortheWindowsapplicaIondisplay.
CardContents
Toviewthecardcontentsselect“View”ontheWindowsCamRangermenubarandthen“Card
Contents.”Bydoingthisanewwindowwillappear,asseenbelow.
Thecardcontentswilldisplaythumbnailsoftheimagesonthecamera’sremovablemedia.The
applicaIonwilliniIallyloadthemostrecentthumbnails.Toloadmorethumbnails,pressthe
“LoadMore”buKonattheboKomofthewindow.
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Anynumberofthumbnailscanbeselectedbypressingathumbnail,orallmaybeselectedby
pressing“SelectAll”attheboKomofthewindow.Selectedthumbnailswillhaveagreyborder
aroundthem(asseenabove,2imagesareselected).AferselecIngthumbnailstheymayeither
bedeletedorsaved.The“Delete”buKonatthelowerlefwilldeletetheassociatedimagesof
theselectedthumbnailsfromthecamera’sremovablemediawhenselected.The“Save”buKon
atthelowerrightwillsaveallassociatedimagesoftheselectedthumbnailstotheimage
directoryspecifiedinthepreferences.Imagesaresavedregardlessofformat.
Imageswithinthecardcontentsviewcanbeviewedbydoubleclickingontheimage.The
imagewillthenappearinthemainimageviewwindow.
Notethatthethumbnailsarepresentedinchronologicalorderbeginningwiththemostrecent.
However,forNikontheyaregroupedfirstbyformat,suchthatallJPG’swillbelisted,thenTIFF’s,
andfinallyRAWimages.
Controls
Whenthe“Control”viewisturnedon,thecamerasehngsandimagecapturingopIonsareon
therighthandsideoftheapplicaIon.TurningtheControlsviewoff,willhidetheseopIons.
ThumbnailsoftheimagescapturedwithintheCamRangersessionwillconInuetoappearon
theupperporIonofthescreen,themainimageviewwillshowlivevieworcapturedimages.
ImageOnly
When“ImageOnly”isselected,theadvancedcontrolstab,cameraproperIes,andcamera
acIonsontherighthandsideoftheapplicaIonarehidden.Thethumbnailsofimagestaken
withintheCamRangersessionwillnotappearontheupperporIonofthescreen.
When“ImageOnly”isnotselected,theadvancedcontrolstab,cameraproperIes,camera
acIons,andthumbnailsarevisiblewithintheCamRangerapplicaIon.
Help
The“Help”dropdownfoundontheWindowsCamRangermenubarisusedtoaccessuser
sehngs,registeringCamRangerdevices,andtoaccessthishelpmanual.
SeJngs-CamRangerPreferences
TheCamRangerpreferencesconfigurevarioususeropIonsrelatedtosaving,viewing,and
sharingimages,andsehngviewopIons.Thepreferencesareaccessedbyclicking“Help”on
theWindowsmenubarandthenselecIng“Sehngs”onthedropdown.
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SavedImageDirectory:Asimagesarecapturedtheycanbesavedintoaspecified
directory.Ifpicturesfromthecamera’smemorycardaredownloadedtotheWindows
computertheywillbestoredinthisfolder.Notethatallimagesdisplayedinthemain
viewaresavedbydefaulttothephotodirectoryonthecomputer.
CustomPrefix:ThiswillgivetheimagestakenduringthesessionauniqueItle
precedingtheimagenumberwhensavedtothecard.
Auto-DownloadImages:Whenthisfeatureisselected,theimageswillautomaIcallybe
savedtothedirectoryduringtheCamRangersessionregardlessiftheimagesare
capturedfromthecomputerorthecamera.ThisdoesNOTresultintheimagesbeing
displayedwithintheCamRangerapp.IfshooIngJPEG+RAW,onlytheJPEGfileswillbe
savedintheimagedirectory.TosavetheRAWfilesonthecomputer,selecttheRAW
imageswithinthecardcontentandselectthedownloadopIon.IfshooIngRAWonly
withAuto-downloadselected,theRAWfileswillbesavedintothedirectory;notethat
thiswillslowdowntheperformanceoftheCamRanger.
Auto-ViewImages:Thisfeatureisusefulwhencapturingimageswithcameraandonly
usingtheapplicaIonforimagedisplay.Whenthisfeatureisselected,pictureswill
automaIcallypop-upinthemainimageviewscreenwhencaptured.Bydefault,the
imageswillbesavedastheypopupinthemainimageview.IfshooIngJPEG+RAW,only
theJPEGfileswillbesavedintheimagedirectory.TosavetheRAWfilesonthe
computer,selecttheRAWimageswithinthecardcontentandselectthedownload
opIon.
FileNameOverlay:Whenthefilenameoverlayfeatureisselected,theassociatedimage
filenamewillbepresentwhenviewingimagesinthemainviewingscreen.
SavingandViewingOpEons
RefertotheCamRangerSharesecBonofthismanualonpage21formoreinformaIonabout
thesharingfeatures.
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Register
ByselecIng“Register”withinthe“Help”dropdowntheusercanregisteraCamRanger.The
usermustbeconnectedtotheInternettocompletetheregistraIon.
UserManual
ThisusermanualappearswhentheUserManualtabisselected.
About
The“About”tabisusefultodeterminewhatversionoftheCamRangerWindowsapplicaIonis
onthecomputer.ThefirstdigitsrepresenttheCamRangerapplicaIonversionandthelastdigit
representstheCamRangerunit’sfirmwareversion.
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Incorpora0onwithLightroomorCaptureOne
WhilecameracontroltheCamRangerfromwithinLightroomorCaptureOneisnotpossible
withtheCamRanger,itispossibletohaveimagesautomaIcallyimportintothesethirdparty
programs.First,specifyafoldertoautomaIcallydownloadimagesto,refertotheWindows
CamRangerMenuBar:Se6ng-PreferencessecIon,onpage19,forsavingopIons.Thisfolder
canthenbesettoasa“watch”folderwithinLightroomorCaptureOneandsettoautomaIcally
imported.
CamRangerShare
InorderfortheCamRangerSharefeaturetowork,theCamRangerfirmwaremustbeupdatedto
version6andupandtheCamRangersofwaremustbeupdatedtothe
mostrecentversion.WhenthephotographerisinaCamRangersession,otherscan
viewimagesandliveviewontheirpersonaliOSdevices,Androiddevices,and/orMac
orWindowscomputerusingtheCamRangerShareapplicaIon.TheCamRangerShare
applicaIonisfreeandcanbedownloadedfromwww.CamRanger.com/downloads.Individuals
usingtheCamRangerShareappcanonlyviewimagesandliveviewwhentheCamRangeris
connectedandthemainCamRangeruserhasenabledsharingfromwithinthesehngs.
TheWindowsSharesehngs,asseenbelow,canbeaccessedbyselecIng“Help”fromthe
Windowsmenubarfollowedby“Sehngs.”
• EnableSharing:ThisopIonturnssharingonoroff.Whensharingisdisabled,noother
deviceswiththeCamRangerShareappwillbeabletoconnect.Sharingmustbeenabled
inorderfortheAutoSharing,AutoShareThumbnails,andShareLiveViewsehngsto
work.
• AutoShareImages:AnyimagesviewedonthemainscreenbytheCamRangeruserwillbe
sharedwithCamRangerShareusers.
• AutoShareThumbnails:AllimagescapturedwilldisplayasthumbnailsonCamRanger
SharedeviceswhenAutoShareThumbnailsisenabled.TheCamRangerShareusercan
scrollthroughthepicturesathisorherownpace.
• ShareLiveView:TheCamRangershareuserwillbeabletoseethecamera’sliveviewon
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theirpersonaldevicewhenShareLiveViewisenabledandthemainapplicaIonis
streamingliveview..
• ShowClients:TheCamRangerusercanseewhatdevicesareusingtheCamRangerShare
applicaIonduringtheCamRangersession.
AssumingthatalldeviceshaveagoodconnecIonwiththeCamRanger,asthenumberofusers
increase,theperformancedecreasesslightly;adding1secondpershareddeviceforeachsmall
JPGthatisdistributedisagoodruleofthumb.Similarly,sharingliveviewwithanaddiIonal1or
2deviceswillnotsignificantlydegradeperformance,butasmoredevicesareaddedtheframe
ratewillreduce.AddiIonally,adevicewithaverypoor/slowconnecIoncandegradethe
performanceforeveryone.ThephotographerusingtheCamRangerappcanalwaystemporarily
turnoffsharingtokickoffallshareddevices.Asthenumberofusersincreasesthethereare
pracIcalperformancelimits.Dependingonthescenario,pracIcalmaximumsof5-15clientsare
typical.Theamountofdatabeingsharedaswellasthenetworkstrengthtoalloftheclients
dictatesthepracIcalmaximum.
IftheCamRangerisonlyconnectedtotheCamRangernetwork,theCamRangerShareappusers
willalsoneedtoconnecttotheCamRangernetwork,usingthesamepassword,howeverno
registraIonisrequired.IftheCamRangerisbridgedtoanexisIngInternetnetwork,theShare
appusercanconnecttothesameInternetnetworkthattheCamRangerisconnectedto,and
sIllusetheShareapp.ThoseusingtheshareappshouldstaywithinrangeoftheCamRangeror
bridgednetworkwhenusingtheapp
FormoreinformaIonabouttheCamRangerShareApplicaIon,refertotheCamRangerShare
AppUserGuideVideo(Note:thisvideoisdemonstraIngthesetupwithaniPad,butthegeneral
conceptandusewiththeWindowscomputeristhesame).
CamRangerShareUsers
TheCamRangerShareappisfreeandavailablefordownloadforthe
WindowsontheCamRangerwebsite,hKp://camranger.com/downloads/.
OncethephotographerhasstartedtheCamRangersession,the
CamRangerShareusermustconnecttotheCamRangernetworkfrom
withintheWindowscomputernetworksehngs.Onceconnectedtothe
network,theusercanaccesstheappandviewtheimagesthatthe
photographerchosestoshare.Thoseusingtheshareappshouldconsultthephotographer
aboutthenetworkconnecIonandshouldstaywithinrangeoftheCamRangerwhenusingthe
app.
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Tips&Troubleshoo0ng
BelowaresomeIpsandtroubleshooIngforcommonquesIonsorissuesarrangedbycategory:
Registra0on
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IftheCamRangerWindowsapplicaIonisre-installed,thecomputermayneedtobereregistered.
MostregistraIonissuesareduetonothavingInternetconnecIvityorenteringtheserial
numberincorrectly.
IfyousIllhaveissues,[email protected].
Connec0on
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MakesureCamRangerisfullypoweredonandiniIalized(itshouldtakeapproximately
30seconds).ThepowerlightandWiFilightshouldbothbeon.
ThepasswordtoconnecttotheCamRangerWiFiistheCamRangerserialnumberinall
CAPS.IftherearesIllissuesconnecIng,turningtheWiFioffontheWindowsmayhelp.
IftheCamRangerapplicaIonisconnectedtotheCamRangerdevice,butnocamerais
connected,itwillaKempttoconnecttoacameraapproximatelyevery5seconds.
IfthecomputerisoutsideoforneartheedgeoftherangeoftheCamRangerhardware
therewillbeconnecIonproblems.
DisconnectandreconnecttheCamRangerbyselecIng“ConnecIon”ontheWindows
CamRangermenubarthen“Connect”toforceanewsession/connecIon.
PowercyclingthecameraandCamRangeraswellasrestarIngtheapplicaIonwill
completelyrefreshtheconnecIon.
WhenthecamerabaKerybeginstogetlow,certaincommandsmaystarttofailora
connecIonmayberefused.
TheCamRangerhardwarecanonlybeconnectedtoasingleWindowscomputerata
Ime.
AsecondnetworkconnecIon,suchaswithanEthernetcable,cancauseconnecIon
failures.
IfthereisaninconsistentorintermiKentconnecIon,theissueisofenrelatedtothe
USBconnecIon.AdifferentUSBcablewillofenfixtheproblem.
Ifthecamerahasin-cameraWiFicapabiliIes,itmustbeturnedOFFtomakea
connecIonwiththecamera.
Speed
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TheCamRangerhasallthesamedistanceandinterferencelimitaIonsasnormalWiFi.
LongdistancesandsolidobjectswillslowtheconnecIonspeed.
TheCamRangerapplicaIoncanhandleverylargeimagefiles.However,waiIngforthose
filestotransferfromthecameraandthenoverWiFicanbeImeconsuming.Acommon
operaIngmodeistoshootRAWalongwithasmallormediumsizedJPG.
NewerandfasterWindowscomputersdoperformbeKeroverall,parIcularlyfor
intensivetaskssuchasshowingthe100%resoluIonimages.
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Commands
• Dependingonthecameraandthemode,capturecanfailifthecamerafailstoacquirefocus.
• IntervalometerandBulbcommandsarestoredontheCamRangerhardwaresuchthatthe
Windowscomputerdoesnotneedtoremainonandconnected.
• WhenanoperaIon,command,orsehngisnotavailableornotworkingtheissueisofen
relatedtothecamerasetup.Forexample:
• TogglingtoAFisdisabledifthecameralensswitchissettoMF.
• LiveviewwillfailonCanoncamerasifLiveViewShooIngisdisabledinthecamera’s
menu.
• Capturefailsbecausetheremovablemediaonthecameraisfull.
• ForCanoncameras,theLiveViewfocusmodewithinthecamera’smenumustbesetto“Live
View”.
• AdjusIngorviewingthenumberofbrackeIngshotsisnotcurrentlysupported.Thedisplay
assumesthreeshots.However,ifthenumberofshotsisactually2,5,7,9,etc.thebracket
amountissIllcorrectitwilljustincorrectlydisplay3shots.
• Somefeaturesaresimplynotsupportedbysomecameras.ForexampleconInuouscapture
modeisnotsupportedontheCanon40DandmanyolderNikonsdonotsupportbulbshots.
Seethecameracapabilitymatrixatwww.CamRanger.comformoredetailedinformaIon.
• IftouchfocusingdoesnotworkonaCanoncamera,thelikelycauseisthattherearAFbuKon
hasbeenchangedtosomeotherfuncIonandmustberesetbacktoitsdefaultAFbehavior.
Images
• ThethumbnailsarenotdownloadedunIlafertheimagehasbeenrecordedtothecamera’s
card.OnmostcamerasthisisrelaIvelyquick.However,dependingonthecamera,speedof
removablemediaandnumberofshotstakeninsuccession,therecanbealag.
• CamRangercanbeusedtoviewanddownloadpicturescapturedthroughothermeans.Soa
photographercouldbecapturingimages,oraRForlighttriggercouldcaptureimagesandthe
CamRangerapplicaIonwouldautomaIcallydownloadthethumbnails.
• IfshooIngtomulIplecards,ensuretheplaybackcardissettothememorycardofinterest.
SoifshooIngRAWtocardoneandJPGtocardtwoandviewingtheJPGsisdesired,thenset
theplaybackcardtocardnumbertwo.
CamRangerPTHubandTripod
• TheCamRangerTripodtabwillonlybepresentwithCamRangerfirmware6andup.Toupdate
one’sCamRangerfirmware,visithKp://camranger.com/firmware-upgrade/forfurther
instrucIonsonupdate.
• Ifthetripodheadbecomesunresponsive,securelyreconnecttheserialconnectortothe
tripodhead.
• ThespeedofthetripodmayvarydependingontheweightofthecameraandbaKerylifeof
thetripodhead.
• WhenusingtheCamRangerPTHub,theCamRangerbaKerywilldrainmorequickly.
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ForanyandallquesIonsrelatedtoyourCamRanger,pleaseemail
[email protected].
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