[ubuntu-studio-devel] Entangle, was:Re: What should be included by default in Trusty?

[Kaj Ailomaa]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2014, at 05:12 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
> 
> Entangle - For camera tethering. I just purchaced a DLSR and have been 
> playing around with that. DSLRs have so much stuff on them... settings
> and 
> other things. A tethhering program allows control of the whole camera
> from 
> the computer. It allows previewing a shot from a large screen instead of
> a 
> small camera screen. it allows taking a series of shots with no camera 
> touches which may inadvertantly move the camera and so stop motion 
> animation can be done... my 8 year old son had lots of fun with this, we 
> need a surface that doesn't move too :)
> 
> A tethered camera does not have to use the SD card in the camera as it 
> imports each shot as it is taken. The whole set of shots can have a
> unique 
> root name and be numbered starting at 0000. The picture info can also be 
> unique to the shoot. The copyright, owner etc. can be set for the
> session.
> 
> I have noticed that at least any of the portrait studios I have been to 
> also use some sort of tethering program.
> 
> --
> Len Ovens
> www.ovenwerks.net
> 

That does sound like something very useful.