CamRanger 1001, Mac User'S Manual

Page 1: ... Mac User s Manual Supports Mac OS 10 7 Lion and 10 8 Mountain Lion ...

Page 2: ... HDR 11 Camera Properties 12 Exposure Compensation Bracketing 12 Camera Actions 13 Capture 13 Auto Manual Focus Toggle 13 Live View 14 Movie Mode 14 Mac CamRanger Menu Bar 14 CamRanger Preferences 15 Saving 15 Viewing 15 Controls 16 File Saving Options 16 Connection 16 View 17 Card Contents 17 Controls 18 Image Only 18 Window 18 Help 18 Incorporation with Lightroom or Aperture 19 Tips Troubleshoot...

Page 3: ...dicating that it is charging The yellow orange light will turn off leaving only a green power light when it is fully charged Charging takes approximately 2 hours The CamRanger battery is accessible by removing the bottom cover The bottom cover is the side with the CamRanger serial number Simply grasp the side edge corner of the cover near the USB connector and pull back to remove To replace the co...

Page 4: ...registration pop up does not appear from the Help tab on the Mac CamRanger menu bar click Register and the following screen will appear Enter the 8 character CamRanger serial number The serial number is located both on the bottom of the back cover as well as above the battery underneath the back cover Note the serial number contains only letters and NO numbers Press the Register button to register...

Page 5: ...able Note units purchased through retailers will have a USB mini cable which will work with most cameras A few select Nikons use a different cable which may be purchased separately or the cable that came with the camera will also work The male A end is inserted into the USB port at the end of the CamRanger and the other end is connected to the USB port of the camera Then ensure the camera is turne...

Page 6: ... is currently communicating with the camera Connected Disconnected o Camera Battery Status Indicates the approximate battery charge on the camera o Camera Model Name o Lens Model Name Note not all cameras or lenses are supported o Shots Remaining Indicates the number of shots currently remaining on the camera s removable media using the current settings Quitting maximizing and minimizing a window ...

Page 7: ...he screen The thumbnails may be scrolled left and right when more are downloaded than can fit A thumbnail may be selected to view the corresponding image The image is then displayed in the main image view The currently selected thumbnail is indicated with a yellow outline When both a JPG and RAW file format is captured only the JPG thumbnail is displayed For Canon JPG and RAW files can be viewed F...

Page 8: ...s live view button after starting live view within the CamRanger application Nikon cameras do not allow any control of the physical camera while live view is active within the CamRanger application Captured Images Captured images will be displayed in the main image view in one of two ways by selecting a thumbnail in the thumbnails section of the application or through the Auto View Images feature ...

Page 9: ...d meta data associated with the image in the main image view The following meta data is provided Shutter Speed Aperture MegaPixels Note this is not file size but image resolution ISO Metering Mode Exposure Compensation Value Within live view the data tab will simply inform the user that live view is on and provide a toggle switch to toggle the display of the histogram The histogram is updated in r...

Page 10: ...ws the use of the CamRanger as an intervalometer as well as specifying exposure times when the camera is in bulb mode Time Lapse The entry fields are used to specify the initial delay before the first shot the number of shots to take and the delay in between each shot After configuring the settings click the Start button to begin the intervalometer process The intervalometer commands are stored on...

Page 11: ...o be varied There are three options Shutter Speed Aperture and ISO The Initial Delay field specifies the amount of delay if any to take before beginning the bracketing sequence The initial value for the selected property is set with the Start Value field The total number of images to capture is specified by the Number of Shots field The possible Step Size values are up to 3 stops and specify how m...

Page 12: ... modes For example the diagram above is from a session with a Canon camera and for most Canon s the auto exposure mode and focus mode cannot be set Disabled properties are indicated with a darker button background Exposure Compensation Bracketing Clicking the bracketing button will display the following control Clicking the exterior arrows pointing to the left and right will adjust the exposure co...

Page 13: ...ng a continuous drive mode a dialog is displayed allowing the user to select the number of images to capture When the Capture button is pressed that number of images will be captured Canon When in a continuous mode pressing and holding the Capture button behaves in the same way as pushing the physical trigger on the camera o It is noted that there can be a very slight lag between the pressing of t...

Page 14: ...view is relatively intensive and there may be slight performance lags in other areas Movie Mode o The Movie Mode toggle button is used to turn live view on and off but within movie mode only for supported cameras o When movie mode is on the main image view is updated with the live images o The Capture button changes to Record and pressing the Record button will start and then stop the recording of...

Page 15: ...images are stored on the camera s memory card Custom Prefix This will give the images taken during the session a unique title preceding the image number when saved to the card Auto View Images This feature will automatically display images as they taken Pictures will display regardless of whether they are captured from the Mac or the camera Auto Save Images When this feature is selected the images...

Page 16: ...cting File on the Mac CamRanger menu bar followed by Save To auto save images as they are captured refer to the Mac9CamRanger9Menu9Bar 9 Preferences9section9found9on9page915 Connection CamRanger Connection A state dependent Connect or Disconnect button is available to the user as a troubleshooting option to avoid closing the application in the case of connection problems Nikon Connection Mode o Af...

Page 17: ...s a RAW image A small green T indicates TIFF while no icon is used to indicate JPG formatted images Any number of thumbnails can be selected by pressing a thumbnail or all may be selected by pressing Select All at the bottom of the window Selected thumbnails will have a yellow border around them After selecting thumbnails they may either be deleted or saved The Delete button at the lower left will...

Page 18: ...creen and the main image view will display the captured images The camera settings and image capturing can be controlled from the camera and are not controlled on the Mac application Image Only When Image Only is selected the advanced controls tab camera properties and camera actions on the right hand side of the application are not The thumbnails of images taken within the CamRanger session will ...

Page 19: ...iFi light should both be on The password to connect to the CamRanger WiFi is the CamRanger serial number in all CAPS If there are still issues connecting turning the WiFi off on the Mac may help If the CamRanger application is connected to the CamRanger device but no camera is connected it will attempt to connect to a camera approximately every 5 seconds If the Mac is outside of or near the edge o...

Page 20: ... Capture fails because the removable media on the camera is full For Canon cameras the Live View focus mode within the camera s menu must be set to Live View Adjusting or viewing the number of bracketing shots is not currently supported The display assumes three shots However if the number of shots is actually 2 5 7 9 etc the bracket amount is still correct it will just incorrectly display 3 shots...