DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

Fun stuff.

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gessman Loc: Colorado

Awww, very nice. Excellent! At first glance on my monitor it appears a bit dark but the download shows off all the little subtle shots of light you gave it and it is beautiful. I commend you and thank you for letting us see what you've done. I, for one, would be interested in seeing more if you're so inclined. Thank you.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Looks like DavidPine has responded to you for which I am appreciative since I'm not familiar with WU-1a. If it's anything like Canon's tethering software, while it does some basic stuff it is devoid of the variety of features these other apps in question deliver. I'll have to familiarize myself with WU-1a to see what all it does. I don't even know what, if any, models of Nikon have built-in wifi. When I jumped from film to digital I also jumped from Nikon to Canon and it's been about all I can do to keep up with what I'm doing not to mention the rest of the world of cameras. Thanks for jumping in here and I'd be happy to hear anything additional you might care to share with us about WU-1a.

Michael66 Loc: Queens, New York

Thanks for the response! But the unit did allow you to control things? We are talking about external software, not something internal to the camera. If so, then some better software is called for.

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

The Olympus OM D EM 1 has it built in and a downloadable free app. Its one of the best features on this camera.

I use it with my S4 and it works great.

gessman Loc: Colorado

Thank you for that information. Many of us aren't that familiar with Olympus. Olympus has always had a cult following seemingly just outside the mainstream created by Nikon and Canon but sure seems to be coming on in certain areas with some very unique and innovative developments. It sounds like this is just another area where the loyal fans reap the benefit. Perhaps you can educated some of us further and tell us if the app you mention has extra features such as time lapse, mega-multiple hdr shots, focus stacking, bramping, etc., as do some of the non-manufacturer apps available for Nikon and Canon such as CamRanger and DSLR Controller. Are there apps available on the Apple or Android platforms of which you are aware? Finally, could you tell us what the "S4" is? I tried to Google it but it wasn't immediately clear to me what it is without sorting out all the hits that were returned talking about "leagues," "hacks," and other such esoteric language that didn't seem to apply in the context you introduced. I can't tell if it's a lens or just what and really don't want to spend all morning trying to understand the Olympus system. Thank you again for your comments.

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

The software was my biggest concern. It seemed to me to be an afterthought. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance but I don't think Nikon did either. I gave it to my 16 year old grandson to use on his D7100. I simply like how easy the CR is to operate and the number of controls it allows me to adjust without any fuss whatsoever.

gessman Loc: Colorado

I have a wonderful friend who has a Nikon P600 bridge camera that comes with wifi installed and there is an app for Android users for remote control of the P600. It has bare essential control features, shutter speed, aperture, iso, focus, zoom, and shoot. I love that the zoom works on the bridge and wish it did on a dslr. To me that makes the 16.1 megapixel, 60x & 120x zoom an extremely viable unit especially when added with a tripod head remote control whether it be the $50 Polaroid which would handle the P 600 or the larger unit we've been discussing in this thread.

pfrancke Loc: cold Maine

Hi Gessman, I wanted to share yesterday and tonight's project that I was working on if ok with you. An example of why I am so happy with the Android software.

The moon was out and looking bright and I wanted to go to bed, but said to myself that I'd like to try to image stack / average the moon.

I had trouble getting the tablet to see the camera and finally got smart enough to hit the "connect" button under wifi.. Sheesh, the things I have to constantly relearn. BTW, using the tablet at night is a pleasure compared to using it during the day. So easy to see!!

So I used the dslrcontroller to get and set the focus and take the shots. I still managed to bump the tripod, so out of the 5 shots I took I only used three of the images. Anyway, they were at F/8, ISO at 100, and I did 1/200, 1/160, and 1/125 (If I were to do this over, I think I would leave the settings the same)

I loaded the images in PS and doubled the resolution, and then I moved the three moons to the same spot (damn thing moves fast). And averaged the images together (the theory being that this increases detail and gets rid of some noise). Then I reduced the size back to what it was, cropped it, sharpened and leveled it and got the best shot of the moon that I ever did. Thank you for encouraging me to try something!!!

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gessman Loc: Colorado

Very, very nice and no small feat on a moving target and yes it does move faster than casual observance would lead us to believe. You did an excellent job and I appreciate you sharing it with us. I can barely wait on the remote control issue to become full blown and in the hands of people more imaginative than myself to see what the size of the envelop really is. Thanks for posting this and please let me urge you to do more and initiate threads and share your achievements with the rest of us. This thread, as others I have started, didn't get much traction but if more and more start showing up in the Gallery, more folks will be exposed to the possibilities.