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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

TheCamRangerdeviceisturnedonbyslidingthepowerswitch,locatedonthesideoftheunit,towardsthefrontofthedevice.Thegreenpowerlightwillilluminatewhentheunitispoweredon.Anyaddi0onalswitchpresentontheCamRangercurrentlyservesnofunc0on.

Thechargingportislocatednexttothepowerswitch.ThemalemicroBendoftheprovidedwhitechargingcordisconnectedtothisport.TheotherendofthechargingcordcanbeconnectedtoafemaleUSBportthatprovidespower,suchasacomputerorthroughtheprovidedACadapter.

Whenthedeviceischarging,anaddiIonalyellowlightwillilluminatenexttothegreenpowerlightindicaIngthatitischarging.Theyellowlightwillturnoffleavingonlythegreenpowerlightwhenitisfullycharged.

TheCamRangerbaKeryisaccessiblebyremovingtheboKomcover.TheboKomcoveristhesidewiththeCamRangerserialnumber.Simplygraspthesideedge/cornerofthecoverneartheUSBconnectorandpullbacktoremove.Toreplacethecover,firstplacethetwolowertabsintotheslotsandthensnapinthetop.

CamRangerisnotwater-resistantinanywayandshouldnotgetwet.

AblackneoprenecaseisprovidedtoassistinaKachingandsecuringtheCamRanger,notethatthispouchisnotwaterproof.Thecasehasacarabineertofacilitatehangingfromatripod,beltloop,etc.DonotjusthangtheCamRangerbythecableasitwillputstrainontheUSBconnectorsaswellaspossiblydisconnect.


CamRangerRegistra0on

BeforeaWindowscomputercanbeusedwithaCamRanger,theWindowsCamRangerapplicaIonshouldbeinstalledonthecomputer,atnoaddiIonalcosttotheuser,fromthedownloadspageontheCamRangerwebsite,www.camranger.com/downloads.Oncedownloaded,theCamRangerapplicaIonneedstoberegistered.RegistraIonrequiresInternetconnecIvity.Beforeproceeding,confirmInternetconnecIvity(donotconnecttotheCamRangernetwork).

LaunchtheCamRangerapplicaIonandthefollowingscreenwillappear.Click“OK.”

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TheflowingregistraIonpop-upwillappear.IftheregistraIonpop-updoesnotappear,fromthe“Help”tabontheWindowsCamRangermenubarclick“Register,”andthefollowingscreenwillappear.

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Enterthe8-characterCamRangerserialnumber.TheserialnumberislocatedbothontheboKomofthebackcoveraswellasabovethebaKeryunderneaththebackcover.Note:theserialnumbercontainsonlyleKersandNOnumbers.

Pressthe“Register”buKontoregister.AmessageboxwillappearindicaIngregistraIonwassuccessfulandtheWindowscanbeusedwiththeCamRanger.ExittheapplicaIonandthenproceedwiththesetupprocessasdetailedbelowintheCamRangerSetupsecIon.IfregistraIonfails,confirmInternetconnecIvityandtheCamRangerserialnumberbeforecontacIngsupport@CamRanger.comforassistance.


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CamRangerSetupPowerontheCamRangerandconfirmallfourlightsbrieflyappear.TheCamRangerwilltakeapproximately30secondsunIlitisfullyiniIalized.

ThefirstImetheuserconnectstotheCamRangerfromaWindowscomputer,thecomputerneedstoberegistered.SeetheCamRangerRegistraIonsecIonabove.

Onceregistered,connecttotheCamRangerWiFinetworkonthecomputer.ThenetworknamewillbeCamRanger-###,withthelastthreecharactersmatchingthelast3charactersoftheCamRanger’sserialnumber.Enterthenetworkpassword,whichisthefull8charactersoftheCamRanger’sserialnumber.ThepasswordMUSTBEENTEREDINALLCAPS.

ConnecttheCamRangertothecamerawiththeprovidedblackUSBcable.(Note:unitspurchasedthroughretailerswillhaveaUSBminicable,whichwillworkwithmostcameras.AfewselectNikonsuseadifferentcable,whichmaybepurchasedseparatelyorthecablethatcamewiththecamerawillalsowork)ThemaleAendisinsertedintotheUSBportattheendoftheCamRanger,andtheotherendisconnectedtotheUSBportofthecamera.Thenensurethecameraisturnedon.Whenthecameraisconnectedandturnedon,thegreenlightclosesttotheedgeoftheCamRangerdevicewilllight.

LaunchtheCamRangerWindowsapplicaIon.TheapplicaIonwillconnecttotheCamRangerandtheuserwillbeabletocontrolthecamera.ToaKempttomanuallyiniIateaconnecIon,ontheWindowsCamRangermenubar,click“ConnecIon”andthen“Connect.”

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ForcommonproblemswithsetupandconnecIonrefertotheTroubleshooIngsecIonattheendofthemanual.


CamRangerWindowsApplica0on

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StatusBarTheStatusBarislocatedatthetopoftheapplicaIonscreen,belowtheCamRangerMenuBar,andprovidestheuserwithanumberofelements.

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Fromleftoright:

• CameraModelName

• LensModelName(Note:notallcamerasorlensesaresupported)

• ShotsRemaining:Indicatesthenumberofshotscurrentlyremainingonthecamera’sremovablemediausingthecurrentsehngs


RecentThumbnails

• Asimagesarecaptured,thethumbnailsareautomaIcallydownloadedanddisplayedalongthetopofthescreen.Thethumbnailsmaybescrolledlefandrightwhenmorearedownloadedthancanfit.

• Athumbnailmaybeselectedtoviewthecorrespondingimage.Theimageisdownloadedanddisplayedinthemainimageview.Thecurrentlyselectedthumbnailisindicatedwithalightgreybox.

• WhenbothaJPGandRAWfileformatiscaptured,onlytheJPGthumbnailisdisplayed.• Asmallred“R”iconontheupperrightofthethumbnailindicatesthatitisaRAWimage.Asmallgreen“T”indicatesTIFF,whilenoiconisusedtoindicateJPGformaKedimages.

• Note:onlythumbnailsforimagescapturedwithinthecurrentCamRangersessionwillbedisplayed.

MainImageViewLiveviewandcapturedimagesaredisplayedwithinthemainimageview.

LiveViewImages

ToiniIateliveview,clickonthe“eye”buKonlocatedwithinthecameraacIoncontrolsontheboKomrightoftheapplicaIonscreen.Inliveview,theimageonthescreenisautomaIcallyupdatedasliveviewimagesstreamin.TheexactframepersecondrateisverymuchdependentonCamRangerWiFisignalstrength,thecamera,andtheWindowsspecs.However,assumingagoodconnecIon,liveviewframeratewillbeabout7–18fps.

Wheninliveview,themainimageviewmaybeclickedoncetofocusatthatpoint.NotethatforCanoncameras,theouteredgesoftheimagecannotbefocusedupon.Doubleclickingwillzoomintheviewingwindowanddoubleclickingagainreturnstoregularsize.

CanoncamerascandisplaytheliveviewimageonthecameraandWindowsandallowtheusertotriggerimageswiththecamerabyacIvaIngthecamera’sliveviewbuKona"erstarIngliveontheCamRangerapplicaIon.NikoncamerasdonotallowanycontrolofthephysicalcamerawhileliveviewisacIve.

CapturedImages

Capturedimagescanbedisplayedinthemainimageviewinoneoftwoways,byselecIngathumbnailinthethumbnailssecIonoftheapplicaIonorthroughtheAuto-ViewImagesfeature.The


Auto-ViewImagefeatureisusefulwhencapturingimagesfromthecameraandusingtheWindowsapplicaIonforimagedisplay.Whenthisfeatureisselected,pictureswillautomaIcallydisplayinthemainimageviewscreen.ThisfeaturecanbeturnedonoroffbyselecIng“View”ontheWindowsCamRangermenubarandthen“CamRangerPreferences.”FormoreinformaIonaboutthisfeature,refertotheWindowsCamRangerMenuBar:Se6ng-PreferencessecIonfoundonpage19.

Whenathumbnailisselectedforviewing,theimagewilldisplayedonthemainimageviewandcanzoomedinat50%,100%,200%,orfittoscreenbyselecIngthemagnificaIonofinterestbelowtheimage.Theimagecanthenbepannedusingthemouse.

Ahistogramoftheimagemaybeviewedfromthe“Data”tabasdescribedintheAdvancedTab-DatasecIonfoundonpage9.Turningonthehistogramwillgenerateahistogramforcapturesimages.

Imagesdisplayedinthemainviewaresavedbydefaulttothephotodirectoryonthecomputer.ForfurthersavingopIons,includingtheabilitytoautomaIcallysaveallpictures,refertotheWindowsCamRangerMenuBar:Se6ngs-PreferencessecIonfoundonpage19.

Toviewtheimagesonthecamera’smemorycardselect“View”ontheWindowsCamRangerMenuBarandthen“CardContents.”Anewwindowwillappeardisplayingthumbnailsoftheimagesonthecamera’sremovablemedia.Double-clickingathumbnailwilldownloadanddisplaytheimagewithinthemainimageview.AddiIonalfeaturesfordownloadingordeleIngimagesarealsoavailable.ForfurtherinformaIonaboutthecardcontents,refertotheWindowsCamRangerMenuBar-CardContentssecIonfoundonpage17.


AdvancedTabsTherearefourtabsprovidingadvancedinformaIonorcontrols:Data,Focus,Timer,andHDR.ATripodorStackShottabwillappearasafifhtapiftheCamRangerisbeingusedwiththeCamRangerPTHubandasupportedtripodhead(theMP-360,Bescor,orHague)orStackShot.

DataThedatatabshowsanRGBhistogramandmeta-dataassociatedwiththecapturedimageinthemainimageview.Thefollowingmeta-dataisprovided:

• ShuKerSpeed• Aperture• MegaPixels(Notethisisnotfilesize,butimageresoluIon)

• ISO• MeteringMode• ExposureCompensaIonValue

Withinliveviewthehistogramcanbetoggledonoroff.Ofnote,thehistogramwillreducetheliveviewframerate.

Focus

Thefocustabisonlyenabledduringliveviewandprovidesadvancedfocusingcontrols.

FocusAdjustTherearetwosetsofbuKonstomovethelens’focalplanenearerorfurtherfromthecamera.EachsethasthreebuKonswithdifferentsizedarrowstospecifyalarge,medium,orsmallstepinfocus.TapthebuKontomovethefocusbyasingleincrement,holdingdownthebuKonwillhavenoaffect.

FocusStackingFocusstackingisaprocessoftakingmulIplecaptureswithslightchangesinfocusandthenpostprocessingthemtoenhancethedepthoffield.Thiscontrolallowstheusertosetthefocusstepsizetotakebetweenineachshotandthenumberofshotstotake.Eachfocusstepwillmovethefocalplanefurtherfromthecamera.Sotheuserwillwanttosetthefocustothenearestplanedesiredtobeinfocusandstartthestackingprocessfromthere.Iftoofewcapturesweretaken,theprocesscanberestartedfromwheretheiniIalstackingended.Note:postprocessingoftheimagesisnotdonewithintheCamRangerapplicaIon.


Timer

TheImertaballowstheuseoftheCamRangerasanintervalometeraswellasspecifyingexposureImeswhenthecameraisinbulbmode.

TimeLapse• TheentryfieldsareusedtospecifytheiniIaldelaybeforethefirstshot,thenumberofshotstotake,andthedelayinbetweeneachshot.

• Aferconfiguringthesehngs,pressthe“Start”buKontobegintheintervalometerprocess.

• TheintervalometercommandsarestoredontheCamRangerdevice,theWindowscomputerdoesnotneedtoremainonorconnectedoncetheintervalomitercommandisiniIated.

• The“ShotDelay”shouldnotbeusedforprecisionIming,parIcularlywhenthedelayisonlyafewsecondsorless.

• Onceanintervalometersequenceisbegun,theImertabwillprovideacountdownofthecurrentImelapseaswellasabuKontocanceltheImelapse.

Bulb• TheBulbcontrolsareonlyenabledwhenthecameraisinbulbmodeandthecamerasupportsremotebulbshots.

• TheentryfieldsareusedtospecifytheiniIaldelaybeforethefirstshotandthelengthoftheexposure.

• AferconfiguraIon,pressthe“Start”buKontobeginthebulbprocess.• ThebulbcommandsarestoredontheCamRangerdeviceandtheWindowsdoesnotneedtoremainonorconnected.

HDR

The“HDR”,orAdvancedBrackeIng,tabcanbeusedtogenerateaseriesofphotoswithvaryingexposures.

• AdvancedBrackeIngisonlyenabledwhenthecameraisinManualexposuremode.

• ThePropertyfieldspecifiesthecamerapropertytobevaried.TherearethreeopIons:ShuKerSpeed,Aperture,andISO.

• TheIniIalDelayfieldspecifiestheamountofdelay,ifany,totakebeforebeginningthebrackeIngsequence.

• TheiniIalvaluefortheselectedpropertyissetwiththeStartValuefield.

• Thetotalnumberofimagestocaptureisspecifiedbythe


NumberofShotsfield.• ThepossibleStepSizevaluesareupto3stopsandspecifybyhowmanystopstovarytheexposurebetweeneachcapture.

• ThevalidvaluesfortheNumberofShotsareautomaIcallydeterminedbasedonthevaluesspecifiedforStartValueandStepSize.Forexampleastepsizeof1/3stopswillallowmoreshotsthanastepsizeof3stops.

• ThestarIngpointofthebracketisthemid-point.TheresulIngsequencewillstartatthelowestexposurebutwiththeiniIallysetvalueasthemid-point.

• AferconfiguraIon,pressthe“Start”buKontobeginthebrackeIngprocess.• Note:thepostprocessingisnotdonewithintheCamRangerapplicaIon.


TripodTab

WhentheCamRangerPTHubandMP-360(orMP101,Bescor,orHagueTripod)areusedwiththeCamRanger,a“Tripod”tabwillappearincludingthefollowingdisplay.However,thistabwillonlybepresentwithCamRangerfirmware6andup.Toupdateone’sCamRangerfirmware,visithKp://camranger.com/firmware-upgrade/forfurtherinstrucIonsonupdate.

Withintheapponecanadjustthespeedofthetripodmovement,thedirecIonofthemovement.ThedirecIonarrowwillhighlightredwhenacIvated.

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StackShot

RefertotheCamRangerStackShotusermanualfoundatwww.CamRanger.com/downloadsformoreinformaIonaboutusingtheCamRanger,CamRangerPTHub,andStackShotmacrorailsystem.


http://camranger.com/firmware-upgrade/

http://www.CamRanger.com/downloads

CameraProper0esThebelowimageandbulletlistindicatesthecameraproperIesthatcanbesetusingtheapplicaIon:• AutoExposureMode• Aperture• MeteringMode• WhiteBalance• FocusingMode• ShuKerSpeed• ISO• CaptureMode• ImageFormat• ExposureCompensaIonandBrackeIng

NotallproperIescanbesetforallcamerasorinallmodes.Forexample,formostCanon’stheautoexposuremodeandfocusmodecannotbeset.DisabledproperIesareindicatedwithadarkerbuKonbackground.

ExposureCompensaEon&BrackeEng

ClickingtheexposurecompensaIonandbrackeIngbuKonwilldisplaythefollowingcontrol:

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ClickingtheexteriorarrowspoinIngtothelefandrightwilladjusttheexposurecompensaIon.HoldingdownthearrowwillmovetheexposurecompensaIontoitsrespecIvelimit.ThetwobuKonsatthemiddlecontrolthebrackeIngamount.ClickingthearrowspoinInginwillreducethebrackeIngamount,whilepressingthearrowspointoutwardwillincreasethebrackeIngamount.

ThebrackeIngisnotsetunIlthe“Set”buKonispressed.The“Close”buKonwilldismissthedialog.Pressing“Close”withoutpressing“Set”willeffecIvelycancelanyadjustmentsmade.


CameraAc0ons

Capture• The“Capture”buKoniniIatesthecameratrigger.TheexactcamerabehaviorisdependentonthecameraandcameraproperIes,mostimportantlythecapturemode.

• Formostcapturemodes,suchassingle,Imer,orquiet,thebuKonperformstheimagecaptureasexpected.Itshouldbenotedthatforsomecameras,advancedmodessuchasremoteorImerwillbehaveassinglecapturemode.

• ConInuouscapturemodediffersbetweenNikonandCanon.• Nikon:AferselecIngaconInuousdrivemodeadialogisdisplayedallowingtheusertoselectthenumberofimagestocapture.Whenthe“Capture”buKonispressed,thatnumberofimageswillbecaptured.

• Canon:WheninaconInuousmode,pressingandholdingthe“Capture”buKonbehavesinthesamewayaspushingthephysicaltriggeronthecamera.

• Itisnotedthattherecanbeaveryslightlagbetweenthepressingofthe“Capture”buKonandtheimagecapture.ThedelaycanbemorepronouncedwhileliveviewisacIve.ForImecriIcalapplicaIons,aremotetrigger,suchasanRFtrigger,canbeusedincombinaIonwiththeCamRanger.

LiveView• TheliveviewtogglebuKonisusedtoturnliveviewonandoff.• Whenliveviewison,themainimageviewisupdatedwithliveviewimages.• Note:runningliveviewisrelaIvelyintensiveandtheremaybeslightperformancelagsinotherareas.

MovieMode• ThemovietogglebuKonisusedtoturnliveviewonandoff,butwithinmoviemode.• Whenmoviemodeison,themainimageviewisupdatedwiththeliveimages.• The“Capture”buKonchangesto“Record”andpressingthe“Record”buKonwillstartandthenstoptherecordingofamovie.

• Note:moviescannotbedownloadedtotheWindowscomputerusingtheCamRanger.

Auto/ManualFocusToggle• TheAF/MFFocustogglebuKonallowstheusertochangethefocusingbetweenautoandmanualwithouthavingtophysicallyadjustthecamera.


• ThisAF/MFadjustmentisnotpossibleforallcamerasinallmodes.Forexample,someNikoncamerasarerequiredtobeconnectedin“PC”mode,whichisaccessiblebyselecIng“ConnecIon”ontheWindowsCamRangermenubarfollowedbyclicking“PC”.

• Aferanytouchorincrementalfocusingwhileinliveview,thefocusmodewillautomaIcallyaKempttoswitchtomanualfocussuchthattheuserspecifiedfocusisnotoverriddenbyautofocusuponcapture.


WindowsCamRangerMenuBarTheCamRangermenubarlocatedatthetopoftheWindowsdisplaycontainsmanyusefulfuncIonsallowingtheusertosaveanddeleteimages,managetheconnecIon,setpreferences,viewimages,andgethelp.ThefollowingopIonsarefoundwithinthistoolbar.

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QuiJng,maximizing,andminimizingapplicaEon

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• Dash:UsedtominimizetheapplicaIonwindow• Rectangle:UsedtomaximizetheapplicaIonwindow• X:ClosestheapplicaIon.

File

Individualimagesbeingviewedonthemainviewingscreencanbesaved,sharedtootherdeviceswhichareusingtheCamRangerShareapp,ordeletedfromthefiledropdownmenu.

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ConnecEon

• CamRangerConnecIon:Astatedependent“Connect”or“Disconnect”buKonisavailabletotheuserasatroubleshooIngopIontoavoidclosingtheapplicaIoninthecaseofconnecIonproblems.

• NikonConnecIonMode• PC:PCmodeallowsmorecontroloverproperIeswithintheCamRanger;however,certainproperIeschangedarenotmaintainedwhentheCamRangerisdisconnected,andchangingsehngsonthephysicalcameraarenotrecognized.AddiIonally,thecameracannotbephysicallycontrolledsuchastriggeringimageswiththecamera’sshuKer.


• Camera:Allowsthecameratobephysicallyusedasnormal;however,notallproperIeswillbeenabledwithintheCamRanger.TheCamRangerapplicaIonmustbesettoCameramodetoallowphysicallytriggeringfromthecamera.

• ItshouldalsobenotedthattheconnecIonmodecannotbechangedwhileliveviewisacIve.

ViewTheviewdropdownprovidesaccesstothecamera’scardcontentsandopIonsforcontrolaccessibilityfortheWindowsapplicaIondisplay.

� CardContentsToviewthecardcontentsselect“View”ontheWindowsCamRangermenubarandthen“CardContents.”Bydoingthisanewwindowwillappear,asseenbelow.

Thecardcontentswilldisplaythumbnailsoftheimagesonthecamera’sremovablemedia.TheapplicaIonwilliniIallyloadthemostrecentthumbnails.Toloadmorethumbnails,pressthe“LoadMore”buKonattheboKomofthewindow.


Anynumberofthumbnailscanbeselectedbypressingathumbnail,orallmaybeselectedbypressing“SelectAll”attheboKomofthewindow.Selectedthumbnailswillhaveagreyborderaroundthem(asseenabove,2imagesareselected).AferselecIngthumbnailstheymayeitherbedeletedorsaved.The“Delete”buKonatthelowerlefwilldeletetheassociatedimagesoftheselectedthumbnailsfromthecamera’sremovablemediawhenselected.The“Save”buKonatthelowerrightwillsaveallassociatedimagesoftheselectedthumbnailstotheimagedirectoryspecifiedinthepreferences.Imagesaresavedregardlessofformat.

Imageswithinthecardcontentsviewcanbeviewedbydoubleclickingontheimage.Theimagewillthenappearinthemainimageviewwindow.

Notethatthethumbnailsarepresentedinchronologicalorderbeginningwiththemostrecent.However,forNikontheyaregroupedfirstbyformat,suchthatallJPG’swillbelisted,thenTIFF’s,andfinallyRAWimages.

ControlsWhenthe“Control”viewisturnedon,thecamerasehngsandimagecapturingopIonsareontherighthandsideoftheapplicaIon.TurningtheControlsviewoff,willhidetheseopIons.ThumbnailsoftheimagescapturedwithintheCamRangersessionwillconInuetoappearontheupperporIonofthescreen,themainimageviewwillshowlivevieworcapturedimages.

ImageOnlyWhen“ImageOnly”isselected,theadvancedcontrolstab,cameraproperIes,andcameraacIonsontherighthandsideoftheapplicaIonarehidden.ThethumbnailsofimagestakenwithintheCamRangersessionwillnotappearontheupperporIonofthescreen.

When“ImageOnly”isnotselected,theadvancedcontrolstab,cameraproperIes,cameraacIons,andthumbnailsarevisiblewithintheCamRangerapplicaIon.

HelpThe“Help”dropdownfoundontheWindowsCamRangermenubarisusedtoaccessusersehngs,registeringCamRangerdevices,andtoaccessthishelpmanual.

SeJngs-CamRangerPreferencesTheCamRangerpreferencesconfigurevarioususeropIonsrelatedtosaving,viewing,andsharingimages,andsehngviewopIons.Thepreferencesareaccessedbyclicking“Help”ontheWindowsmenubarandthenselecIng“Sehngs”onthedropdown.


• SavedImageDirectory:Asimagesarecapturedtheycanbesavedintoaspecifieddirectory.Ifpicturesfromthecamera’smemorycardaredownloadedtotheWindowscomputertheywillbestoredinthisfolder.Notethatallimagesdisplayedinthemainviewaresavedbydefaulttothephotodirectoryonthecomputer.

• CustomPrefix:ThiswillgivetheimagestakenduringthesessionauniqueItleprecedingtheimagenumberwhensavedtothecard.

• Auto-DownloadImages:Whenthisfeatureisselected,theimageswillautomaIcallybesavedtothedirectoryduringtheCamRangersessionregardlessiftheimagesarecapturedfromthecomputerorthecamera.ThisdoesNOTresultintheimagesbeingdisplayedwithintheCamRangerapp.IfshooIngJPEG+RAW,onlytheJPEGfileswillbesavedintheimagedirectory.TosavetheRAWfilesonthecomputer,selecttheRAWimageswithinthecardcontentandselectthedownloadopIon.IfshooIngRAWonlywithAuto-downloadselected,theRAWfileswillbesavedintothedirectory;notethatthiswillslowdowntheperformanceoftheCamRanger.

• Auto-ViewImages:ThisfeatureisusefulwhencapturingimageswithcameraandonlyusingtheapplicaIonforimagedisplay.Whenthisfeatureisselected,pictureswillautomaIcallypop-upinthemainimageviewscreenwhencaptured.Bydefault,theimageswillbesavedastheypopupinthemainimageview.IfshooIngJPEG+RAW,onlytheJPEGfileswillbesavedintheimagedirectory.TosavetheRAWfilesonthecomputer,selecttheRAWimageswithinthecardcontentandselectthedownloadopIon.

• FileNameOverlay:Whenthefilenameoverlayfeatureisselected,theassociatedimagefilenamewillbepresentwhenviewingimagesinthemainviewingscreen.

SavingandViewingOpEons

RefertotheCamRangerSharesecBonofthismanualonpage21formoreinformaIonaboutthesharingfeatures.


RegisterByselecIng“Register”withinthe“Help”dropdowntheusercanregisteraCamRanger.TheusermustbeconnectedtotheInternettocompletetheregistraIon.

UserManualThisusermanualappearswhentheUserManualtabisselected.

AboutThe“About”tabisusefultodeterminewhatversionoftheCamRangerWindowsapplicaIonisonthecomputer.ThefirstdigitsrepresenttheCamRangerapplicaIonversionandthelastdigitrepresentstheCamRangerunit’sfirmwareversion.


Incorpora0onwithLightroomorCaptureOneWhilecameracontroltheCamRangerfromwithinLightroomorCaptureOneisnotpossiblewiththeCamRanger,itispossibletohaveimagesautomaIcallyimportintothesethirdpartyprograms.First,specifyafoldertoautomaIcallydownloadimagesto,refertotheWindowsCamRangerMenuBar:Se6ng-PreferencessecIon,onpage19,forsavingopIons.Thisfoldercanthenbesettoasa“watch”folderwithinLightroomorCaptureOneandsettoautomaIcallyimported.

CamRangerShareInorderfortheCamRangerSharefeaturetowork,theCamRangerfirmwaremustbeupdatedtoversion6andupandtheCamRangersofwaremustbeupdatedtothemostrecentversion.WhenthephotographerisinaCamRangersession,otherscan viewimagesandliveviewontheirpersonaliOSdevices,Androiddevices,and/orMacorWindowscomputerusingtheCamRangerShareapplicaIon.TheCamRangerShareapplicaIonisfreeandcanbedownloadedfromwww.CamRanger.com/downloads.IndividualsusingtheCamRangerShareappcanonlyviewimagesandliveviewwhentheCamRangerisconnectedandthemainCamRangeruserhasenabledsharingfromwithinthesehngs.

TheWindowsSharesehngs,asseenbelow,canbeaccessedbyselecIng“Help”fromtheWindowsmenubarfollowedby“Sehngs.”

• EnableSharing:ThisopIonturnssharingonoroff.Whensharingisdisabled,nootherdeviceswiththeCamRangerShareappwillbeabletoconnect.SharingmustbeenabledinorderfortheAutoSharing,AutoShareThumbnails,andShareLiveViewsehngstowork.

• AutoShareImages:AnyimagesviewedonthemainscreenbytheCamRangeruserwillbesharedwithCamRangerShareusers.

• AutoShareThumbnails:AllimagescapturedwilldisplayasthumbnailsonCamRangerSharedeviceswhenAutoShareThumbnailsisenabled.TheCamRangerShareusercanscrollthroughthepicturesathisorherownpace.

• ShareLiveView:TheCamRangershareuserwillbeabletoseethecamera’sliveviewon


theirpersonaldevicewhenShareLiveViewisenabledandthemainapplicaIonisstreamingliveview..

• ShowClients:TheCamRangerusercanseewhatdevicesareusingtheCamRangerShareapplicaIonduringtheCamRangersession.

AssumingthatalldeviceshaveagoodconnecIonwiththeCamRanger,asthenumberofusersincrease,theperformancedecreasesslightly;adding1secondpershareddeviceforeachsmallJPGthatisdistributedisagoodruleofthumb.Similarly,sharingliveviewwithanaddiIonal1or2deviceswillnotsignificantlydegradeperformance,butasmoredevicesareaddedtheframeratewillreduce.AddiIonally,adevicewithaverypoor/slowconnecIoncandegradetheperformanceforeveryone.ThephotographerusingtheCamRangerappcanalwaystemporarilyturnoffsharingtokickoffallshareddevices.AsthenumberofusersincreasesthetherearepracIcalperformancelimits.Dependingonthescenario,pracIcalmaximumsof5-15clientsaretypical.TheamountofdatabeingsharedaswellasthenetworkstrengthtoalloftheclientsdictatesthepracIcalmaximum.

IftheCamRangerisonlyconnectedtotheCamRangernetwork,theCamRangerShareappuserswillalsoneedtoconnecttotheCamRangernetwork,usingthesamepassword,howevernoregistraIonisrequired.IftheCamRangerisbridgedtoanexisIngInternetnetwork,theShareappusercanconnecttothesameInternetnetworkthattheCamRangerisconnectedto,andsIllusetheShareapp.ThoseusingtheshareappshouldstaywithinrangeoftheCamRangerorbridgednetworkwhenusingtheapp

FormoreinformaIonabouttheCamRangerShareApplicaIon,refertotheCamRangerShareAppUserGuideVideo(Note:thisvideoisdemonstraIngthesetupwithaniPad,butthegeneralconceptandusewiththeWindowscomputeristhesame).

CamRangerShareUsersTheCamRangerShareappisfreeandavailablefordownloadfortheWindowsontheCamRangerwebsite,hKp://camranger.com/downloads/.OncethephotographerhasstartedtheCamRangersession,theCamRangerShareusermustconnecttotheCamRangernetworkfromwithintheWindowscomputernetworksehngs.Onceconnectedtothenetwork,theusercanaccesstheappandviewtheimagesthatthephotographerchosestoshare.ThoseusingtheshareappshouldconsultthephotographeraboutthenetworkconnecIonandshouldstaywithinrangeoftheCamRangerwhenusingtheapp.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmR-Kd1valY

http://camranger.com/downloads/

Tips&Troubleshoo0ngBelowaresomeIpsandtroubleshooIngforcommonquesIonsorissuesarrangedbycategory:

Registra0on• IftheCamRangerWindowsapplicaIonisre-installed,thecomputermayneedtobere-

registered.• MostregistraIonissuesareduetonothavingInternetconnecIvityorenteringtheserial

numberincorrectly.• IfyousIllhaveissues,[email protected].

Connec0on• 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• TheCamRangerhasallthesamedistanceandinterferencelimitaIonsasnormalWiFi.

LongdistancesandsolidobjectswillslowtheconnecIonspeed.• TheCamRangerapplicaIoncanhandleverylargeimagefiles.However,waiIngforthose

filestotransferfromthecameraandthenoverWiFicanbeImeconsuming.AcommonoperaIngmodeistoshootRAWalongwithasmallormediumsizedJPG.

• NewerandfasterWindowscomputersdoperformbeKeroverall,parIcularlyforintensivetaskssuchasshowingthe100%resoluIonimages.



Commands• Dependingonthecameraandthemode,capturecanfailifthecamerafailstoacquirefocus.• IntervalometerandBulbcommandsarestoredontheCamRangerhardwaresuchthattheWindowscomputerdoesnotneedtoremainonandconnected.

• WhenanoperaIon,command,orsehngisnotavailableornotworkingtheissueisofenrelatedtothecamerasetup.Forexample:• TogglingtoAFisdisabledifthecameralensswitchissettoMF.• LiveviewwillfailonCanoncamerasifLiveViewShooIngisdisabledinthecamera’smenu.

• Capturefailsbecausetheremovablemediaonthecameraisfull.• ForCanoncameras,theLiveViewfocusmodewithinthecamera’smenumustbesetto“LiveView”.

• AdjusIngorviewingthenumberofbrackeIngshotsisnotcurrentlysupported.Thedisplayassumesthreeshots.However,ifthenumberofshotsisactually2,5,7,9,etc.thebracketamountissIllcorrectitwilljustincorrectlydisplay3shots.

• Somefeaturesaresimplynotsupportedbysomecameras.ForexampleconInuouscapturemodeisnotsupportedontheCanon40DandmanyolderNikonsdonotsupportbulbshots.Seethecameracapabilitymatrixatwww.CamRanger.comformoredetailedinformaIon.

• IftouchfocusingdoesnotworkonaCanoncamera,thelikelycauseisthattherearAFbuKonhasbeenchangedtosomeotherfuncIonandmustberesetbacktoitsdefaultAFbehavior.

Images• ThethumbnailsarenotdownloadedunIlafertheimagehasbeenrecordedtothecamera’scard.OnmostcamerasthisisrelaIvelyquick.However,dependingonthecamera,speedofremovablemediaandnumberofshotstakeninsuccession,therecanbealag.

• CamRangercanbeusedtoviewanddownloadpicturescapturedthroughothermeans.Soaphotographercouldbecapturingimages,oraRForlighttriggercouldcaptureimagesandtheCamRangerapplicaIonwouldautomaIcallydownloadthethumbnails.

• IfshooIngtomulIplecards,ensuretheplaybackcardissettothememorycardofinterest.SoifshooIngRAWtocardoneandJPGtocardtwoandviewingtheJPGsisdesired,thensettheplaybackcardtocardnumbertwo.

CamRangerPTHubandTripod• TheCamRangerTripodtabwillonlybepresentwithCamRangerfirmware6andup.Toupdateone’sCamRangerfirmware,visithKp://camranger.com/firmware-upgrade/forfurtherinstrucIonsonupdate.

• Ifthetripodheadbecomesunresponsive,securelyreconnecttheserialconnectortothetripodhead.

• ThespeedofthetripodmayvarydependingontheweightofthecameraandbaKerylifeofthetripodhead.

• WhenusingtheCamRangerPTHub,theCamRangerbaKerywilldrainmorequickly.


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http://camranger.com/firmware-upgrade/

ForanyandallquesIonsrelatedtoyourCamRanger,[email protected].



Documents

Windows User’s Manual - CamRangercamranger.com/downloadFiles/User Manual - Windows.pdf · Launch the CamRanger Windows applicaIon. The applicaIon will connect to the CamRanger and