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Android app tethers handsets to Canon cams, live view fanboys rejoice (video)
8/6/2011




We're living in a post-pc world, folks. High time you got with the program and junked that heavy and outmoded relic called the computer. But how does one take tethered snaps from a Canon, sans EOS Utility? Meet DSLR Controller, an Android app from Chainfire that turns your little green robot into an ostensible live view monitor, and gives you decisive control over your shooter's finer sensibilities. It lets you tweak exposure, aperture, shutter, white balance and focus with sensuous swipes of your fingertip. To make the whole shindig work, you'll need an Android device packing a USB host port and an "on-the-go" USB cable -- which lets your handset wear the pants in the phone / DSLR relationship. We should also warn you that the $8.51 form is currently still in beta and thus streams video in live view mode at a less than optimal 15fps. Those and other foibles may be palliate by the final release, but if you're looking to strengthen your tethering voodoo immediately, hit the source below, and watch a vid of your photographic future after the break.

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