Re: live view shooting

Hi,

The problem is that there can only be 1 session to the camera,
so the whatever is doing the preview captures and the full captures need
to be the same program.

This is a bit tricky with just the commandline tool, so you need to write
either your own program (eg. with python bindings), 

From the same program capturing liveview and photos intermixed should work,
if not that would be a bug.

Ciao, Marcus

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 07:35:27PM -0300, Jaime Vázquez wrote:
> I can capture with live view, take one or more photos and then return
> to live view again without problem.
> i'm coding in python using gphoto2 and kivy as graphic interface.
> However, when I close the app a Canon G7X must be turned off and on to
> work again, but with a Nilkon 3200 i don't have this issue.
> 
> 
> saludos
> jaime
> 
> El mié, 30 de dic. de 2020 a la(s) 19:23, Alan Corey
> ([email protected]) escribió:
> >
> > It's perfectly possible to get viewfinder images onto the computer, at
> > least from the library and C.  I wrote it for an old Canon but it also
> > works on a Nkon.  Some will depend on your USB speed, my Canon is USB
> > 1.0.  I can still get about 8 FPS, and I'm comparing them to be a
> > motion detector.  On a Raspberry Pi ZeroW.
> >
> > The program does shoot 3 fullsize frames if it sees a change, then
> > goes back to watching viewfinder images.
> >
> >
> > On 12/30/20, Dimitri Junker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi, I just asked a similar question, but for Nikon. What about live view do
> > > you need? For me it was to keep the mirror up. Or do you actually need the
> > > live view? And where? On the camera screen or on the computer
> > > Greetings
> > > Dimitri
> > >
> > > Am 30. Dezember 2020 15:20:19 MEZ schrieb Khoroshyy Petro
> > > <[email protected]>:
> > >>Hi List.
> > >>Is there any seamless way to shoot using gphoto2 or python gphoto using
> > >>live view?.
> > >>I can take photos and I can run live view, but if I am in live view
> > >>mode I
> > >>have to stop it and take a photo. That does not work well. If  I simply
> > >>close LiveView then the photo camera (Canon 40D) became unresponsive to
> > >>gphoto till the camera restart.
> > >>I guess I close live view incorrectly, is there any correct way to do
> > >>it?
> > >>Am I missing something?
> > >>I appreciate any hints.
> > >>Thanks,