I like to control (especially zoom, focus and start/stop recording video) my canon 600D with ML firmware installed. Will be possible by using the Raspberry python (for example) make this kind of control? I have not found any conclusive information on the internet ...
That is very simple. The keyword you need to search for is PTP. In the magiclantern wiki you'll find some information. You can control basically everything on camera.
Thanks for the reply, but you could be a little more specific?
I've done several researches but they not resulted as I intended.
I think if I send LUA functions (such as "get_focus", "set_focus", "get_zoom", "set_zoom", for example), through "./ptpcam --chdk «LUA function»" (I work with Ubuntu) I can control the canon 600D. But this method does not work, perhaps because the ML does not accept LUA scripts.
Another method I tried was to libptp2, but didn't resulted maybe because I don't know the camera's properties.
Suggestions?
Thank you, once more.
Any help, please.
CHDK-ptp won't work.
You should check out http://www.gphoto.org/. The gphoto2 commandline frontend does fulfill all your needs.
http://www.gphoto.org/doc/remote/
Thanks for your reply.
I tried gphoto2, but could not change the values of focus and zoom (among others), while the camera is capturing movies.
In shell mode, the gphoto2 ("gphoto2 --shell"), I identified the various configurations ("list-config") and I got the following results:
/main/actions/uilock
/main/actions/syncdatetime
/main/actions/autofocusdrive
/main/actions/manualfocusdrive
/main/actions/eoszoom
/main/actions/eoszoomposition
/main/actions/eosviewfinder
/main/actions/eosremoterelease
/main/settings/datetime
/main/settings/reviewtime
/main/settings/output
/main/settings/movierecord
/main/settings/ownername
/main/settings/artist
/main/settings/copyright
/main/settings/capturetarget
/main/settings/capture
/main/status/model
/main/status/ptpversion
/main/status/batterylevel
/main/status/lensname
/main/status/serialnumber
/main/status/shuttercounter
/main/status/availableshots
/main/imgsettings/imageformat
/main/imgsettings/imageformatsd
/main/imgsettings/whitebalance
/main/imgsettings/whitebalancexa
/main/imgsettings/whitebalancexb
/main/capturesettings/exposurecompensation
/main/capturesettings/autoexposuremode
/main/capturesettings/picturestyle
/main/capturesettings/bracketmode
/main/other/d402
/main/other/d407
/main/other/d406
/main/other/d303
/main/other/5001
The command "get-config /main/actions/eoszoom" always gives the following result: "Label: Canon EOS Zoom \ Type: TEXT \ Current: 0." So how can I change the zoom value?
With results above, I do not see how to change focus value.
What am I doing wrong?
Hi Paulo,
I'm trying something similar to you with a Pi, but I'll probably be using another language (C in my case).
But, coming back to your question what you've posted looks slightly wrong - here's what I have from my 600D.
gphoto2: {...ern/libptp2-1.1.10/src} /> list-config
/main/actions/uilock
/main/actions/syncdatetime
/main/actions/autofocusdrive
/main/actions/manualfocusdrive
/main/actions/eoszoom
/main/actions/eoszoomposition
/main/actions/eosviewfinder
/main/actions/eosremoterelease
/main/settings/datetime
/main/settings/reviewtime
/main/settings/output
/main/settings/movierecord
/main/settings/evfmode
/main/settings/ownername
/main/settings/artist
/main/settings/copyright
/main/settings/customfuncex
/main/settings/capturetarget
/main/settings/capture
/main/status/model
/main/status/ptpversion
/main/status/batterylevel
/main/status/lensname
/main/status/serialnumber
/main/status/shuttercounter
/main/status/availableshots
/main/imgsettings/imageformat
/main/imgsettings/imageformatsd
/main/imgsettings/iso
/main/imgsettings/whitebalance
/main/imgsettings/whitebalanceadjusta
/main/imgsettings/whitebalanceadjustb
/main/imgsettings/whitebalancexa
/main/imgsettings/whitebalancexb
/main/imgsettings/colorspace
/main/capturesettings/focusmode
/main/capturesettings/autoexposuremode
/main/capturesettings/drivemode
/main/capturesettings/picturestyle
/main/capturesettings/aperture
/main/capturesettings/shutterspeed
/main/capturesettings/meteringmode
/main/capturesettings/bracketmode
/main/capturesettings/aeb
/main/other/d402
/main/other/d407
/main/other/d406
/main/other/d303
/main/other/5001
I couldn't see the two lines bolded above in your list-config output. Assuming this is just a copy/paste issue here's the next steps.
Check what values you can set like so:
gphoto2: {...ern/libptp2-1.1.10/src} /> get-config /main/capturesettings/aperture
Label: Aperture
Type: RADIO
Current: 4.5
Choice: 0 4.5
Choice: 1 5
Choice: 2 5.6
Choice: 3 6.3
Choice: 4 7.1
Choice: 5 8
Choice: 6 9
Choice: 7 10
Choice: 8 11
Choice: 9 13
Choice: 10 14
Choice: 11 16
Choice: 12 18
Choice: 13 20
Choice: 14 22
Choice: 15 25
Choice: 16 29
So, here's how I set the aperture fully closed:
gphoto2: {...ern/libptp2-1.1.10/src} /> set-config-index /main/capturesettings/aperture=16
Or fully open:
gphoto2: {...ern/libptp2-1.1.10/src} /> set-config-index /main/capturesettings/aperture=0
You'll need to play around with the config params as some are only read-only.