I can tether my Canon EOS 60D and manually capture pictures to Aperture. Is there any way to automate this so that photos are taken at regular intervals?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 27", 12GB RAM, 250GB SSD
Hello jim,
maybe an Automator workflow would do the trick. I cannot try it with my camera right now - batteries empty and no charger here, but the workflow should work like this:
Set the camera up for tethered shooting and bring start the seesion, then start this workflow:
Good Luck
Léonie
The problem with the Automator action is that it doesn;t work for all cameras. As I wrote in that other post my 40D will work tethered but the automatotr won't fire it off.
Hi, Frank,
we've been cross posting again; had I seen your script before, I wouldn't have bothered to post the Automator Action 🙂
I like your script more!
BTW: I did not use the "Take Picture Action" for exactly the reason you pointed out, but used "Watch me do" GUI scripting.
Cheers
Léonie
Thanks Frank, I'll try that out and report back.
I think the supplied Canon Apps will do it, too. (Eos Utility)
Thanks Keith but the EOS Utility doesn't run on Lion.
Frank, I'm trying out your script and get the message:
error "System Events got an error: Access for assistive devices is disabled." number -1719 from menu bar 1 of process "Aperture"
What am I doing wrong?
Jim
Hello Jim,
the Gui scripting "click button" that both Frank and me used in the Scripts part, needs the "Access for Assistive Devices" to be enabled. You can set that from the System Preferences "Universal Access" panel.
Regards
Léonie
Sorry, I guess it doesn't work on 10.6.8 either for camera capture!
OK, found it - there was a preference needed setting.
Sorry about that.
Forgot to mention that for this script to run you need to turn on Enable access for assertive devices in the Universal Access System Preference pane:
This is needed is because this script uses GUI scripting.
regards
Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano - OK I'm a day late and a dollar short! See you got it figured out, good. Let me know how it works.
Jim,
I have a Canon and have EOS utility running (as well as the other Canon software) EOS is version 2.8.1. I must have downloaded upgrades when I installed Lion.
Go to the Canon site, you should be able to get versions for your camera and Lion.
I just checked this morning. None of the Canon updates say they are for 10.7
Actually looking at my SL clone the Canon apps were all universal so I guess I just copied them over to lion. What's not working for you?
Remember as long as the app is intel or universal it will run on Lion.
regards
How can I capture pictures at regular intervals?
