shooting wireless to laptop

[Stephanie Miller]

Can somebody help me out. I would like to set up my laptop when I do a photoshoot where the clients can see the pictures on my laptop as I take them. Can someone please tell me how I might achieve this. I have a Canon 30D and was wondering if I need any special equipment to get this done?
Thanks Stephanie

[toneepham]

There is an actual program but I forgot the name of it.

[breal101]

The remote capture program is in EOS utilities, it allows wired USB2 connection camera to laptop. Wireless would require additional equipment.

[mjae69]

I've been wanting to do the same thing.. I also have the 30d. I can't remember (I'm a little flaky sometimes) but doesn't it have some kind of wireless built in it? For some reason I was thinking it has bluetooth capibilities. I have bluetooth on my laptop as well - would this kind of set-up work?

[breal101]

I have to admit I don't know much about the 30D. Doesn't the grip on the 40D have a wireless setup, again not sure. They should work with a USB cable though. You can use one up to 5 meters in length.

[Smayhew]

Check out the WFT-E3 this is what you are looking for Google it and there is lots of info on it

[beep]

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/wft/wft-e2/index.html

[tcphoto1]

I simply connect a firewire from my 1Ds to the Powerbook. It's not wireless but quite reliable. I've never heard good things about the Canon wireless system.

[TeeJay]

I think the 30D uses the WFT-E1 transmitter. By setting up an FTP server on your laptop you can shoot and display the images taken in real-time on your laptop - or as I do - project them onto a wall at an event.

It's fairly straighforward, bit of a pain, as long as you have some idea of network etc - but the trouble is worth it.

The FTP server that I use is called PixAgent and can be downloaded FREE from www.pixagent.com. They do two versions, the other "pro" version (which you pay for) just has a few more whistles and bells - but I find the basic package to be fine.

Unless you are at a particularly large event, you shouldn't even need a router (which increases efficiency and range), although if using a router the setup is a little different.
Once you connect the transmitter to your camera you should see a whole new section on the menu.

I posted some more info in a previous thread, I'll see if I can find it.

TJ

[TeeJay]

Just remembered what the "extra" whistles and bells are - it allows you to show a slideshow in real-time, as the images are received - but as I use Lightroom I don't need that facility as LR will do it for me.

TJ

[metalman1010]

TeeJay.

I am very interested in doing this for our company also, as we shoot hockey tournaments here in Wisconsin.

Could you drop me a PM possibly and explain it alittle better or at least post a link to where you might be talking about it.

Thanks,
Ross

[TeeJay]

Surething - I've just tried searching for my original posts - but can't seem to find them :-(

I'll have a look for some info when I get to me desk in the morning (it's 9:00pm here at the moment) and let you know.

I would certainly recommend using a router - as windows in-built wireless network facility is fine in a studio - but not so good over longer distances.

Basically, if you can set up a router to the internet - you shouldn't have any problems with this - as its more or less the same as connecting a wireless PC to a router.

Once you have a WFT-E1 connected (I would imagine it's pretty much the same with a WFT-E2 for newer cameras) you get a whole new menu appear on the camera that allows you to enter the connection details. The FTP software then takes care of the transfers.

I'll try and let you know more tomorrow.

TJ

[metalman1010]

Thanks much.

Now I just will have to covert that to use for Mac!

:)

Ross

[klynam]

I've been wondering about Wireless Compact Flash (CF) cards for a while. Seems most are longer than a standard card so you can't close the door on the camera slot, and the cameras dont support them. Other than that, they should work great! :-)