Re: Nikon D3300 delay before taking a shot

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:41:39PM +0300, Kostis Andrikopoulos wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a new user, and i have been trying to control my Nikon DSLR with
> gphoto. Specifically, i use the python3 bindings [0] for libgphoto2.
> 
> My problem is that between the time that the capture function is called,
> and the actual time that the camera shoots, there is a slight delay.

How long is the delay? What is the libgphoto2 version in use?
 
> Is this expected behaviour? Can fix this? I include the script i am using.

The script seems fine.

Ciao, Marcus

> Cheers,
> Kostis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [0]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gphoto2

> import gphoto2 as gp
> 
> camera = gp.Camera()
> ctx = gp.Context()
> camera.init(ctx)
> 
> _ = input("press enter to capture")
> cap = camera.capture(gp.GP_CAPTURE_IMAGE, ctx)
> photo = camera.file_get(cap.folder, cap.name, gp.GP_FILE_TYPE_NORMAL, ctx)
> photo.save("test.NEF")

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