Download

Notice: if Google Play tells you the download cannot be found or that your device is incompatible, make sure to check the devices page before asking why!

Please read the rest of this page before installing DSLR Controller. You will have questions otherwise.

Open the Google Play website

Open the Google Play application

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There is also a free compatibility test app called Remote Release available on the Android Market.

Usage

Install the application on your device, then connect your camera. A popup should ask you if you want to open DSLR Controller. If you confirm, the application will start and connect to your camera.

If you have any questions, be sure to check out the discussion thread on the forum.

Controls

You can tap anything on screen that looks like a button to switch that option or bring up the configuration dialog for that option. If an option is not available, it will not look like a button.

Additionally, after you have used an option, or you tap-and-hold instead of just tap an option, it will become highlighted. The highlighted option is configurable using the volume up and volume down buttons.

Auto focus is done when you tap the liveview image, if auto focus is supported on your camera model and the current camera mode. If you see AF in the top-left corner of the screen, auto focus is supported. If you see R-MF only incremental focusing may be supporting using the arrow buttons. If your lens is set to MF, focusing will not work at all. Tapping the liveview image again during auto focus will cancel the auto focus. Tapping the liveview image is comparable to half-pressing and half-releasing the shutter button on your camera.

When the camera is focused using auto focus, you will enter focus mode. This disables all buttons aside from the shutter button. Changing any options is not possible in this mode. Using the shutter button however will skip automatic refocusing of the image. Tap the liveview image to exit focus mode.

The shutter button in the application works the same as the shutter button on your camera, though you should treat the button in the application as only doing full-presses, not half-presses. Exact behavior depends on the current mode:

Shooting Mode	AF Mode	Focus Mode	Action
Single shooting	AF or AF-S	Not focused	Auto focus, take picture
Single shooting	AF or AF-S	Focused	Take picture
Single shooting	R-MF or MF	-	Take picture
Continuous shooting Bulb shooting	AF or AF-S	Not focused	First press: auto focus, start shooting Second press: stop shooting
Continuous shooting Bulb shooting	AF or AF-S	Focused	First press: start shooting Second press: stop shooting
Continuous shooting Bulb shooting	R-MF or MF	-	First press: start shooting Second press: stop shooting

Depending on the current focus mode, you can also move around the zoom area (and focus area, depending on mode). To do this, tap-and-hold on the liveview image. The rectangle will turn blue, and center around your finger. While it remains blue, in 1x zoom mode you can drag it around the screen. In 5x and 10x zoom mode, dragging is not supported, it will only center around your finger when you first tap-and-hold.

Issues

DSLR Controller is no longer in BETA, but it still has a number of issues and missing features. We are working hard to resolve these problems. It is important you read the following:

Starting the application by itself usually does nothing (unless the camera is already connected and not in sleep mode). You should start the application through the popup when you connect the camera to your Android device. If your camera is already connected but in sleep mode, half-pressing the shutter button on the camera itself wakes up the camera and will trigger the popup.

The exception is when you are using a device that requires root for DSLR Controller to work, and doesn't work without root. In that case, you should connect your camera, either turn it on or half-press the shutter button, then tap the DSLR Controller icon to start it.

When DSLR Controller is running either in the foreground or in the background, there will be a camera icon in the notification bar. It should automatically disappear after a few seconds if you exit the application. Please note that whenever the notification icon is visible, DSLR Controller is running and drawing power. If you are no longer running DSLR Controller but the icon remains for more than 15 seconds, there has probably been an internal crash or communication error.

When the notification icon remains, you have received a communication error popup, or the app is frozen, perform the following steps:

• If the app is still on screen, press the back button and wait 15 seconds
• Turn off your camera
• Disconnect the USB host adapter
• Wait 15 seconds
• If the notification icon remains, try killing the application through a task manager
• If none of these things helped, reboot your Android device

As long as the icon is visible, DSLR Controller is running and drawing power !

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