Is it possible to do remote capture on a Canon EOS DSLR? I have an infra-red remote, but when I connect the camera to the PC via USB I only get the option to download pictures from it.
I'm a pretty proficient Windows user, currently on XP, Vista or Win7 depending on which machine I use. The laptop is Win7, so any information with a bias in that direction would be most appreciated. :)
If you're on Windows, then you'd use the "EOS Utility" application (which you can download from Canon if you haven't already got it).
This application supports:
As others have said, if you use Windows or Mac OS-X, then you can use the EOS Capture utility which is part of Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) - You can install this from one of the disks that came with your camera, and then update it from here.
An alternative, if you're a Lightroom 3 user, would be to do the tethered capture from within Lr itself, since the EOS 400D is a supported camera.
On Linux or MacOS, you could try using gphoto2, which definitely supports the 400D.
See, for instance, this guide to creating timelapse movies using gphoto2
I've tried the evaluation copy of DSLR Remote on two different still projects and it's really great. A simple but functional application.
