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[8-Jan-2023] Progress: ​Control one camera from my Mac

A project log for Photogrammetry Rig with 30 Sony Cameras

Use Sony Camera Remote API to control 30 cameras, including NEX 5R, NEX 5T, NEX 6, A5100, or more. Build Control Panel UI and Hardware Rig.

addie-liuAddie Liu 01/09/2023 at 04:380 Comments

Progress: Control one camera from my Mac with following items, not yet deploy to the SBC yet:

- Shutter speed (with fixed values, not yet get from the Camera API)
- F Number (with fixed values, not yet get from the Camera API)
- ISO (with fixed values, not yet get from the Camera API)
- White Balance (with fixed values, not yet able to add in the UI)

- Trigger Shutter Release
- Trigger Half Shutter Button to lock everything
- Zoom In and Out (not yet show the zoom value after zoom)
- Set AF point by clicking on the LiveView screen
- Rotate the LiveView as well as fix the coordinate of focus (in case when the camera is rigged vertically or upside down)

https://github.com/liuaddie/vfx_cams/commit/fdf12d8d617b98a3c31306ee975335bea8b723cb

Some issues and details are still pending to implement for the controller part. But I am trying to ignore them first, and do a quick deployment to all SBCs to get an overview. So the SBCs should be able to auto sync the scripts after I updated the scripts, otherwise I have to do it one by one. The first method in my mind would be
- git pull
- install requirement
- run the controller script
every time when the SBC is started.

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