SD Card to USB
Oct 27, 2020 07:23:06 #
jcryan
Loc: Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
TriX wrote:
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I agree with TriX that what you are describing is essentially tethering. I am starting to explore tethering to an android phone or tablet. There are a number of apps out there that will do this easily. I had to try a few until I found one that worked well with my equipment.
Oct 27, 2020 08:24:23 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Yes, I went with the CamRanger too. Worked a lot more reliably.
Interesting you using the Fuji app with Canon.
Anything special to do to use that?
I’ll have to borrow my friend’s 5D IV and give it a go.
Interesting you using the Fuji app with Canon.
Anything special to do to use that?
I’ll have to borrow my friend’s 5D IV and give it a go.
Sorry, I didn’t phrase that well - I’m using the Canon Connect Ap with my Canon 5D4 and the Fuji Ap with my Fuji X-T2. I haven’t tried either at more than a few feet, and they both work fine for live view, camera control and. Image transfer. My CamRanger is the version 1 and only supports Canon and Nikon, but I do plan to compare it to the 5D4’s WiFi before I get rid of it. The new version 2, which is smaller and cheaper can also support Fuji and Sony I believe.
Oct 27, 2020 09:57:47 #
Oct 27, 2020 12:33:05 #
Alphabravo2020 wrote:
Hi all.
Is there such a thing as an SD card with an attached cable having a USB plug on the other end? I'm thinking of something for studio work that would allow photographs to be read/displayed by a PC as soon as they are taken/written to the card. I know there are wifi apps for this but if I recall they are slow and do not upload the full resolution image.
TIA
Is there such a thing as an SD card with an attached cable having a USB plug on the other end? I'm thinking of something for studio work that would allow photographs to be read/displayed by a PC as soon as they are taken/written to the card. I know there are wifi apps for this but if I recall they are slow and do not upload the full resolution image.
TIA
I think your needs would be best served if you use USB to tether the camera to a computer.
Oct 27, 2020 13:17:27 #
You can use a program on your computer to connect directly to the computer with a cable. I am using "Control My Nikon" with my Nikon D300. Works fine. There should be one for Cannon. Search the internet for suggestions.
Oct 27, 2020 13:27:30 #
Alphabravo2020 wrote:
This seems to be the closest thing to what I was trying to describe. But I'm not sure it works like I was thinking.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VRIAAOSwTepfQPbe/s-l1600.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VRIAAOSwTepfQPbe/s-l1600.jpg
If you post the link where you found the item in this photo, perhaps it would help find similar items. Clicking on the link you provided only brings up the photo, not the site where the item is named or described. I can understand what you are looking for but cannot find it by trying to guess the name or descriptive terms of the item. Also, from the pic, it appears that with the flat cable, perhaps the memory card door could be closed.
I shoot with Pentax and have used a program called PKTether with intermittent results for quick transfer to a laptop. It did not save the photo to the memory card, only to the computer. However, I recently upgraded to a Penta K70 and PKTether is not supported for or by the K70. I'd truly like to find a program that would allow me to tether it to my laptop. Wifi has to be set up each time I turn on the camera and I have not tried it much yet.
Several years ago I worked for a school photography company that had a program called, Camdex which was developed for the company and supported Canon cameras for tethering and saving the photos to the memory card in the camera.
Oct 27, 2020 13:32:08 #
Ahh.
Here is the ebay link. It looks like it can extend the SC Card with a serial cable but I'm not sure how if the USB cable talks to it or not.
https://ebay.us/Oy4HgZ
Here is the ebay link. It looks like it can extend the SC Card with a serial cable but I'm not sure how if the USB cable talks to it or not.
https://ebay.us/Oy4HgZ
Oct 27, 2020 13:50:10 #
cahale
Loc: San Angelo, TX
Alphabravo2020 wrote:
Hi all.
Is there such a thing as an SD card with an attached cable having a USB plug on the other end? I'm thinking of something for studio work that would allow photographs to be read/displayed by a PC as soon as they are taken/written to the card. I know there are wifi apps for this but if I recall they are slow and do not upload the full resolution image.
TIA
Is there such a thing as an SD card with an attached cable having a USB plug on the other end? I'm thinking of something for studio work that would allow photographs to be read/displayed by a PC as soon as they are taken/written to the card. I know there are wifi apps for this but if I recall they are slow and do not upload the full resolution image.
TIA
Are you wanting something to use while the SC card is still in the camera? Rather than taking the 3 seconds to remove the SC card and insert into the reader available on most recent computers?
Oct 27, 2020 13:53:11 #
Alphabravo2020 wrote:
Ahh.
Here is the ebay link. It looks like it can extend the SC Card with a serial cable but I'm not sure how if the USB cable talks to it or not.
https://ebay.us/Oy4HgZ
Here is the ebay link. It looks like it can extend the SC Card with a serial cable but I'm not sure how if the USB cable talks to it or not.
https://ebay.us/Oy4HgZ
That’s just “kludgy” and not going to work. Just use the USB cable - so easy - LR has tethering built in - zero cost except a cheap cable. BTW, the data still gets written to the card, just copied to the computer or tablet also.
Oct 27, 2020 14:28:11 #
sure, an adapter that will interface just about any different size card (mine takes 4 different size cards) to usb into the computer. works like a charm...takes both (not at the same time) cards that my Canon 5 mrk 4 uses, and just to make things easier, I have an HDMI cable going from the computer to a hugh TV screen. I easily cull the images from that card (jpgs or raw) before downloading to the computer using the canon provided dpp software... Ed
Oct 27, 2020 14:41:14 #
TriX wrote:
That’s just “kludgy” and not going to work. Just use the USB cable - so easy - LR has tethering built in - zero cost except a cheap cable. BTW, the data still gets written to the card, just copied to the computer or tablet also.
As I posted previously, I shoot Pentax and have used PKTether, but that program does not support the K70 I now use as a primary camera. Most of the tether programs I have seen do not support Pentax cameras for tethering. Also, my Kx, when connected by cable to my computer, is only recognized as an external drive for transferring photos directly. My K70 when attached to my computer via a USB cable is not recognized at all. Therefore, that route is out for my cameras.
Also I do not have, or use, LR so that would be an extra cost. Then, what if it doesn't work for me? in the long run, a tether program that works for my Pentax (or maybe a cabled SD card) would be much less expensive and more efficient method of seeing immediate results on a laptop. It certainly does improve efficiency and results for portraiture.
Oct 27, 2020 14:42:36 #
TriX wrote:
BTW, the data still gets written to the card, just copied to the computer or tablet also.
That probably depends on your setup. I had my D850 tethered to the latest LR earlier today and all the photos I took ended up in LR but not on the memory card in the camera.
Oct 27, 2020 14:46:35 #
Photo-Noob wrote:
That probably depends on your setup. I had my D850 tethered to the latest LR earlier today and all the photos I took ended up in LR but not on the memory card in the camera.
I’ve never been a fan of LR tethering...
Oct 27, 2020 14:58:21 #
cahale wrote:
Are you wanting something to use while the SC card is still in the camera? Rather than taking the 3 seconds to remove the SC card and insert into the reader available on most recent computers?
No, looking for a method to tether a camera to a computer to have a larger and better image to check the results.
Oct 27, 2020 15:06:31 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
No, looking for a method to tether a camera to a computer to have a larger and better image to check the results.
the large tv screen from the computer via HDMI to the screen does that quite well.
...card reader adapter to usb to computer to Large TV screen via HDMI cable.....
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