Seeking an app for automatic photography.

Win10. SurfacePro4, Olympus E5.

I need an off-the-shelf app to allow the tethered camera to take a
picture whenever these's a movement on the screen-as-viewfinder.

Peter Jason wrote:
Win10. SurfacePro4, Olympus E5.

I need an off-the-shelf app to allow the tethered camera to take a
picture whenever these's a movement on the screen-as-viewfinder.


http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/..._Manual_EN.pdf

Page 110 - "Olympus Studio 2" tethered via USB

Link to Studio 2 software, as well as license key.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54448558

"For Windows
Download from: http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/...dioWindows.zip

Use license key: 0202 1000 2628 0855 7309
"

Now, I couldn't find a manual for Studio 2. I did
find this article. I don't see the viewfinder presented
on the PC screen.

http://www.lmscope.com/produkt22/OLY...kopie_en.shtml

It suggests to preview the picture, you'd make a connection
to the HDMI 1080i output. To obtain a "live view".

This can convert HDMI via a USB3 connection.
But the reviews for the BlackMagic USB based Shuttle are terrible.
The Surface Pro 4 likely has a "real" USB3 port, so it will pass
the "bandwidth test" the software for this product uses. On the
PCI Express card version of the Shuttle, there is an FPGA doing
MJPEG compression (to reduce bandwidth). It's not clear whether
the Shuttle does that too or not. And right now on Newegg,
I'm not seeing a competitor for this thing. There really
should be more products like this one. I picked USB3 because
that's likely all the Surface Pro 4 has to offer.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9SIA4P01ZS3049

Then, the capture box would need to "come in" on a known
software interface like WIA, so that something like
"surveillance software" can detect movement.

It's probably easier to just plug in a webcam that
comes with surveillance software. Then, you still need some
way to cobble the action of that webcam (shooting a photo),
to getting the E5 to shoot a photo with a slight delay.

Cheap point and shoot cameras can have AOI (area of interest)
capabilities. If the camera has its own image processor,
it's easier to add features in there, than cobble them together
externally. The $150 Point and Shoot I bought, would not have the
low light capabilities of your camera, but the CPU inside
the thing is nothing short of amazing. (It does feature
detection in the image in real time.)

If the Olympus software had shown a Viewfinder image in
their software, then I would just punt you elsewhere. As
when materials are present to build on, someone can craft
software for it. If there isn't a display of capability
somehow (no "Viewfinder" over USB), to prove there is a path,
then the solution is going to be a lot worse. While the HDMI
output of the camera is probably beautiful and crisp, you
still need a way to capture it. There are a lot more PCI
Express cards for this, than USB3 solutions (at the moment).

Paul

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"Peter Jason" wrote in message
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Win10. SurfacePro4, Olympus E5.

I need an off-the-shelf app to allow the tethered camera to take a
picture whenever these's a movement on the screen-as-viewfinder.

Yawcam

http://www.yawcam.com/

On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 12:09:10 -0000, "MJP" wrote:

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"Peter Jason" wrote in message
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Win10. SurfacePro4, Olympus E5.

I need an off-the-shelf app to allow the tethered camera to take a
picture whenever these's a movement on the screen-as-viewfinder.

Yawcam

http://www.yawcam.com/

Many thanks; I'll check this out & report back.
Peter

On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 12:09:10 -0000, "MJP" wrote:

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"Peter Jason" wrote in message
.. .

Win10. SurfacePro4, Olympus E5.

I need an off-the-shelf app to allow the tethered camera to take a
picture whenever these's a movement on the screen-as-viewfinder.

Yawcam

http://www.yawcam.com/


I'm afraid the app gives an error....

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Java(TM) Platform SE binary


Java(TM) Platform SE binary has stopped working


A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will
close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

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(Windows has yet to reply.)

On Sat, 04 Mar 2017 10:52:14 +1100 "Peter Jason" wrote in
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On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 12:09:10 -0000, "MJP" wrote:

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"Peter Jason" wrote in message
.. .

Win10. SurfacePro4, Olympus E5.

I need an off-the-shelf app to allow the tethered camera to take a
picture whenever these's a movement on the screen-as-viewfinder.

Yawcam

http://www.yawcam.com/


I'm afraid the app gives an error....

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I tried it too and it crashed on startup every time.