WYKnot 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Has anyone tried tethered shooting? Wondering if plugging into a laptop to weed out photos real time prior to lightroom and photoshop works as well as I think it should. The application would be for fly photography; an indoor, studio-like setting. With Nikon gear, I need to use Camera Control Pro as the conduit to lightroom; do not get the free camera control software package with Canon DSLRs. Have seen plenty of opinions in photo-related forums and blogs, just curious if any of our members have tried an USB umbilical cord to their laptop. Your thoughts are appreciated. Happy 2009. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kargen 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Should work okay. Lots of studio photographers do it. Showing the art director an image on a monitor beats the heck out of showing them a polaroid like we used to do. Just be sure your monitor is calibrated so what you see as a well exposed photo really is a well exposed photo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Futzer 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Hey Kargen, What LCD calibration do you recommend? Or anyone for that matter, sorry for the thread 180°. Cheers Futzer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WYKnot 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2009 Thanks kargen. I have been playing with a trial version of Camera Control and it works reasonably well; some of the kinks are from my lack of experience with the software and others are getting all the pieces and parts to work together (camera to laptop, laptop to desktop via wireless, auto import into Lightroom). It certainly has the potential to improve workflow by eliminating unacceptable shots up front; remains to be seen which option is more efficient, eliminate via laptop or cull after importing into Lightroom. Quick search for monitor calibration: flytyingforum thread Lightroom forum thread Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites