got eos utility on my new laptop, and fiddled around with it outside tonight:
i've got more, but im too tired to mess with them right now.
some star stuff
got eos utility on my new laptop, and fiddled around with it outside tonight:
i've got more, but im too tired to mess with them right now.
looks really good
What does the EOS utility even do? I have the CD that came with my camera but never bothered to install it
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Originally Posted by Tarzanman
basically remote shooting - albeit from 2 feet away, but it also allows for interval and timelapse stuff, as well as bulb shooting - like a timer for bulb, so thats pretty cool. I dont give two shits about zoombrowser or any of the other programs on the disc, but the eos utility is pretty cool.
What camera?
it was a 5dmkII, but the eos utility will work with any canon dslr i think.
Anything you can do on the Utility you can do on the DSLR camera body (maybe p&s's too?). It's just nice to be able to control it remotely though. My body doesn't detect a remote any more so I have to use the timer which is a major PITA waiting 10 seconds between shots. If my laptop battery lasted more than 15 minutes (2 1/2 years old) i'd use it on site with the utility lol!
FU for having a 5Dmkii.
Anything you can do on the Utility you can do on the DSLR camera body (maybe p&s's too?). It's just nice to be able to control it remotely though. My body doesn't detect a remote any more so I have to use the timer which is a major PITA waiting 10 seconds between shots. If my laptop battery lasted more than 15 minutes (2 1/2 years old) i'd use it on site with the utility lol!
FU for having a 5Dmkii.
the body doesn't control settings for time lapse stuff. also, the shutter is only good for 30" unless you have a remote. And even when you do have a remote, you still have to time it with s stopwatch or someting else. but with the utility you can time it in bulb to whatever you want and when the timer is up it will close the shutter.
Time elapse? You mean a pic every few seconds or minutes automatically?!!
yeah. as many as you want stored wherever you want
My god, looking at it now. Well hell where have you been the last 3 years of my life lolol! I have a new toy now thanks!
yeah its slick. i think there is a newer version of it on canon's website than the one you have pictured there. there should be a "bulb shooting" option right on the bottom of that dialog box.
What lenses do you have with the 5dmkii?
it came with the 24-105L and i have a 50 1.8 from my xti days. all the other lenses are incompatible EF-S lenses. I want to get some other lenses. I would like something wider than 24, and I would like something longer than 105, but just having dropped 3500 on this a couple weeks ago, that won't happen any time soon. A friend let me tool around with his 85 1.2 the other day - wow. that thing is a tank. Also, another great thing is not having to figure the lens crop factor...the focal length is the focal length, no more of this x1.6 rubbish.
you need any lenses/ battery grip for your xti?
I have 75k shots on my XTI. The shutter button no longer focuses, it only releases the shutter so I have to use the grip button to focus. I do find myself shooting more portrait shots now because of that lol! I need to do the custom setup/hack on it so I can use the thumb button as the focus like the 5d's have.it came with the 24-105L and i have a 50 1.8 from my xti days. all the other lenses are incompatible EF-S lenses. I want to get some other lenses. I would like something wider than 24, and I would like something longer than 105, but just having dropped 3500 on this a couple weeks ago, that won't happen any time soon. A friend let me tool around with his 85 1.2 the other day - wow. that thing is a tank. Also, another great thing is not having to figure the lens crop factor...the focal length is the focal length, no more of this x1.6 rubbish.
you need any lenses/ battery grip for your xti?
What I need is a H1 hummer to drive over this thing then take a picture of it. I think it's time to take off the training wheel and step up the game because the shots I'm doing now are way too much of a struggle for mediocre results.
I can only imagine what the 85mm f/1.2 is like! Ideally all I want is a 24-70 f/2.8L and maybe the 35mm f/1.4 with a 5DMkii. I'll sell my 300mm f/4.0L to get it if I have to.
Have you shot video with it yet? The HD video with a 50mm f/1.8 HD is incredible...DOF!
yeah i've done a few little video things, nothing too extensive. Like home movie type shit. I think if i really set it up on a tripod and took the time to make it look good, then it would be worth my while, but the thing is is that the video eats up CF cards really damn fast. like for example - 15 seconds of video is 80mb. also, raw files are huge. at ISO 25600 the file is like 40mb. not saying you should ever shoot iso that high, but the files do add up ---QUICK!
Cool trails!
That is awesome looking dude* Post more when you feel like it lol
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