Is there Anyway to See my Photo's Appear on my MBP whilst I take pictures?

[george_brown8]

<p>I am trying to find out if there is a way of which I can take photo's with my Nikon D200 and simultaneously it will be wirelessly uploaded to my Macbook Pro.<br>

My reason for this is because I mostly specialise in Portraiture, and this would help me get the edge out of that complicated lighting and whether I've made the right focus. Of course this is an alternative to having a wire connected to the computer at all times and clicking every now and then 'Import'.<br>

<br />I was just curious? Is this option available? Could someone point me in the right direction?</p>

<p>To Clarify. I take photo. 2 Seconds Later I glance to my Macbook Pro and the picture appears full screen. This is what I am trying to achieve.<br>

Help is very much appreciated.<br>

Thankful Regards,<br>

George</p>

[colin turner]

<p>Tether the camera to your Mac via usb cable. Use Nikon Camera Control software and you can control it from your laptop. </p>

[godfrey]

<p>With an Eye-Fi "pro" card in my Panasonic G1, I can set it up to transfer image files to a folder on my PowerBook that Lightroom is configured to watch. It's not exactly "2 seconds later" (more like 35 seconds or so on average) but it works well.</p>

<p>However, the Eye-Fi cards are SDHC, not CF and I don't think they work with adapters very well for CF card cameras. Could be wrong on that. </p>

[Charles_Webster]

<p>@Godfrey, what format files and how large? I have been looking for some hard data on EyeFi Pro transfer speeds. 35 seconds per transfer would make it unusable for me.</p>

<p>@George, Nikon makes a WiFi transmitter module, but I don't know if it works with a D200.</p>

<p><Chas></p>

[colin turner]

<p>The WT-2 is the only one of the family which is d200 compatible. </p>

[godfrey]

Panasonic .RW2 files, about 14M each.

 

35 seconds is a rough estimate, I didn't time it with a stopwatch. I was experimenting with an 8G pro XP card that belongs

to a friend to see it it would be useful. For me, it would be.

 

My Olympus E-1 connected by FW400 cable, takes a similar amount of time to transfer raw files (10M@) via Studio 2.

[Charles_Webster]

<p>Wow! I'll stick to my USB cable. Canon 50D RAW files ~17MB each takes 4 sec from shutter click to full screen on my Dell XPS 1530 laptop.</p>

<p><Chas></p>

[godfrey]

<p>In the case of the E-1, that's 2003 technology vs your 50D's 2008 technology. Big difference in internal write bus speed. </p>

[mariosforsos]

<P>Godfrey's idea can also be used by tethering your laptop (as opposed to using a wi-fi card) and having LR "monitor" a specific folder (I think in LR it is called "watched folder") to which you designate all captured images are automatically stored. Then, once you shoot an image it will automatically be transfered to your hard drive, added to the folder and within 2-3 seconds it will also appear in your designated LR collection ;-))))</P>

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<P>Now, this does require that you have a CF card inserted in your camera, but that should not be a big problem. There are also some LR plugins which also support direct camera tethering (I had read about them some time ago) and several, even free, applications/utilities which also do the same (there are even some which allow you to partly control your camera from your computer.</P>

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<P>Finally, there is an iPhone application (and a Mac counterpart) which allow you to control your camera directly from your iPhone, look and frame the image, set all controls and then take the photo! It's called DSLR Remote (google it) and you do need the "server" software running on your Mac (it's free anyway) and your Mac to create a wifi network (also piece of cake)...;-)))))</P>

[george_brown8]

<p>Wow, thanks for the quick responses! This is fantastic, all these options. The D200 produces about 6mb files, and I do in fact own CF cards. They are actually, All I have. An 8GB and 4GB. What's more is a cable isn't an option, I used to use a wired trigger for my flash strobes during portraiture shoots and I can tell you, the amount of times I pulled the cable out due to my own carelessness was embarissing! Buying a wireless transmitter was a life-saver. I believe it will be the same with that.<br>

I actually organised a forest photo-shoot yesterday, of which at 20 minute intervals we reviewed the photo's during the photoshoot on the Macbook Pro. This wasted time and I really want to avoid this. So the WT-2 seems perfect. A couple of questions though:<br>

Colin Turner mentioned that WT-2 is the only wireless transmitter to support the D200, I've been looking around and apparently the WT-3 is specialised solely for the D200? Am I wrong? A complete overview of the WT series is here, where it states the above fact:<br>

http://www.systeminsight.co.uk/Nikon_Wireless_Overview.htm<br>

Lastly, assuming the WT-3 is compatible with the D200, this listing on ebay seems a fantastic opportunity:<br>

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nikon-WT-3-Wireless-Transmitter-/250634136593?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Photography_DigitalCamAccess_RL&hash=item3a5af56c11<br>

Because in comparison, the WT-2 is about £400 extra, and I'm running on a tight budget! So am I Right that this is what I need to achieve my target?<br>

Again! Your help is very much appreciated!<br>

<br />Regards,<br>

George</p>

[colin turner]

<p>My mistake.<br>

http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16447/~/nikon-wireless-transmitter-compatibility-chart</p>

[george_brown8]

<p>So the WT-3 will work fine for what I'm working towards?</p>