7 Jul
2011
7 Jul
'11
12:41 a.m.
On 06/07/2011 12:40, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Dave Caroline
<dave.thearchivist at gmail.com> wrote:
Getting a bit off topic, because it's not open source, and being
Pentax-specific is hardly any use to Dave, but Pentax Remote Assistant
allows fairly complete remote control over most Pentax DSLRs.
http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/scms_docs/K20D_Remote_Assistant.pdf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dred242/2203339290/
I remember a series of pictures taken using a Pentax DSLR under program
(well, interval timer) control from a sounding balloon at about 20 miles
altitude:
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2008/07/28/pentax-k10d-in-space/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arena5/sets/72157606119049987/detail/
It's been done by others with different cameras (including a compact
Canon, for example, from near here in Yorkshire) too.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
This evening I have had a google/look at
available open software if
any for camera control
For Canon cameras, look at CHDK: http://chdk.wikia.com/
CHDK on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHDK