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Mac   User’s   Manual   for   the   

CamRanger,   CamRanger   Share,   and   

CamRanger   PT   Hub   &   Tripod   

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Supports   Mac   OS   10.7/Lion,   10.8/Mountain   Lion,   and   Mavericks   

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Summary of Contents for CamRanger Tripod

Page 1: ... Mac User s Manual for the CamRanger CamRanger Share and CamRanger PT Hub Tripod Supports Mac OS 10 7 Lion 10 8 Mountain Lion and Mavericks ...

Page 2: ...tions 13 Capture 13 Auto Manual Focus Toggle 14 Live View 14 Movie Mode 14 Mac CamRanger Menu Bar 15 CamRanger Preferences 15 File Saving Sharing Options 16 Connection 16 View 17 Help 18 Incorporation with Lightroom or Capture One 18 Network Bridging 18 CamRanger Share App 20 CamRanger PT Hub and Tripod 21 CamRanger PT Hub Hardware 21 MP 360 Tripod Head Hardware 22 CamRanger CamRanger PT Hub and T...

Page 3: ...ht indicaMng that it is charging The yellow light will turn off leaving only the green power light when it is fully charged The CamRanger baRery is accessible by removing the boRom cover The boRom cover is the side with the CamRanger serial number Simply grasp the side edge corner of the cover near the USB connector and pull back to remove To replace the cover first place the two lower tabs into the...

Page 4: ...lp tab on the Mac menu bar click Register and the following screen will appear Enter the 8 character CamRanger serial number The serial number is located both on the boRom of the back cover as well as above the baRery underneath the back cover Note that the serial number contains only leRers and NO numbers Press the Register buRon to complete the registraMon process A message box will appear indic...

Page 5: ...hrough retailers will have a USB mini cable which will work with most cameras A few select Nikons use a different cable which may be purchased separately or the cable that came with the camera will also work The male A end is inserted into the USB port at the end of the CamRanger and the other end is connected to the USB port of the camera Then ensure the camera is turned on When the camera is conn...

Page 6: ...mate baRery charge on the camera Camera Model Name Lens Model Name Note not all cameras or lenses are supported Shots Remaining Indicates the number of shots currently remaining on the camera s removable media using the current sehngs Quihng maximizing and minimizing a window Red Yellow and Green circle on upper lef corner Red This serves no purpose and does not actually close the window To close ...

Page 7: ... files is not supported A small red R icon on the upper right of the thumbnail indicates that it is a RAW image A small green T indicates TIFF while no icon is used to indicate JPG formaRed images Note only thumbnails for images captured within the current CamRanger session will be displayed Main Image View Live view and captured images are displayed within the main image view Live View Images To i...

Page 8: ...aMon about this feature refer to the CamRanger Menu Bar Preferences sec on of this document found on page 15 When a thumbnail is selected for viewing the image will be displayed on the main image view and can be zoomed in at 50 100 200 or fit to screen by selecMng the magnificaMon of interest below the image The image can then be panned using the mouse Images displayed in the main view are NOT saved...

Page 9: ...s Focus Adjust There are two sets of buRons to move the lens focal plane nearer or further from the camera Each set has three buRons with different sized arrows to specify a large medium or small step in focus Tap the buRon to move the focus by a single increment holding down the buRon will have no affect Focus Stacking Focus stacking is a process of taking mulMple captures with slight changes in fo...

Page 10: ...mera Time Lapse HDR If the camera is in manual exposure mode a small HDR check box will appear allowing the combinaMon of a Mme lapse and HDR sequence If the HDR check box is selected for each Mme lapse capture CamRanger will actually take a sequence of bracketed images using the bracket parameters as specified within the HDR tab Time Lapse Bulb If the camera is in bulb mode shuRer speed and the ca...

Page 11: ...s lowest exposure mid point or highlights highest exposure If the starMng point is set to mid point the resulMng sequence will start at the lowest exposure but with the iniMally set value as the mid point See the Advanced Sehngs secMon for more informaMon on sehng the HDR start point Afer configuraMon press the Start buRon to begin the brackeMng process HDR sequences may be done with Live View acMv...

Page 12: ...e camera properMes which are also listed below that can be set using the applicaMon Not all properMes can be set for all cameras or in all modes For example the diagram above is from a session with a Canon camera and for most Canon s the auto exposure mode and focus mode cannot be set Disabled properMes are indicated with a darker buRon background Auto Exposure Mode ShuRer Seed Aperture ISO Meteri...

Page 13: ...ra behavior is dependent on the camera and camera properMes most importantly the capture mode For most capture modes such as single Mmer or quiet the buRon performs the image capture as expected It should be noted that for some cameras advanced modes such as remote or Mmer the buRon will behave as single capture mode ConMnuous capture mode differs between Nikon and Canon Nikon Afer selecMng a conMn...

Page 14: ...o manual focus such that the user specified focus is not overridden by auto focus upon capture Live View The Live View toggle buRon is used to turn live view on and off When live view is on the main image view is updated with live view images as well as updaMng the RGB histogram in the Data tab if the live view histogram is turned on Note running live view is relaMvely intensive and there may be sli...

Page 15: ...ique Mtle preceding the image number when saved to the card Auto View Images This feature will automaMcally display images as they taken Pictures will display regardless of whether they are captured from the Mac or the camera Auto Save Images When this feature is selected the images will automaMcally be saved to the directory during the CamRanger session regardless if the images are captured from ...

Page 16: ...followed by Save Save as The image displayed on the main viewing screen can be saved to any directory and any name by selecMng File on the Mac CamRanger menu bar followed by Save Images can also be auto saved to the Mac computer via the CamRanger Preferences Image Share When sharing is enabled the CamRanger user can chose to share individual images being viewed in the main image view by selecMng S...

Page 17: ...rompt the user to confirm and then delete the associated images of the selected thumbnails from the camera s removable media The Save buRon at the lower right will save all associated images of the selected thumbnails to the image directory specified in the preferences Images are saved regardless of format Images within the card contents view can be viewed by double clicking on the image The image w...

Page 18: ...Help The Help dropdown found on the Mac CamRanger menu bar is useful for registering CamRanger units and to access this help manual RegistraMon By clicking Register the user can register a CamRanger The user must be connected to the Internet to complete the registraMon CamRanger Help Click CamRanger Help to view this document Incorpora on with Lightroom or Capture One While one cannot control the ...

Page 19: ...he CamRanger the Mac could only be connected to the CamRanger WiFi network making it so the user could not use any other network when the CamRanger was in use Once the bringing is established on the Mac the CamRanger can be connected to the Mac and successfully bridge between the CamRanger and addiMonal network 19 CamRanger Patent Pending ...

Page 20: ...r can scroll through the pictures at his or her own pace Auto Share Live View The CamRanger share user will be able to see the camera s live view on their personal device when Share Live View is enabled If an image thumbnail is not viewed by the CamRanger user in the main image view it will not be shared to the CamRanger Share app users Show Clients The CamRanger user can see what devices are usin...

Page 21: ...ger Share App User Guide Video Note this video is demonstraMng the setup with an iPad but the general concept and use with the Mac is the same CamRanger PT Hub and Tripod To use the CamRanger PT Hub and Motorized tripod a CamRanger is required The CamRanger PT Hub and MP 360 MP 101 Bescor or Hague will only work with CamRanger firmware 6 and up and the latest Mac sofware Refer to www CamRanger com ...

Page 22: ...ries or A C adapter plug neither included VerMcal Tilt Angle 15 degrees Horizontal Panning Angle 360 degrees with unlimited rotaMon If purchased through CamRanger Maximum Camera weight 6 lb 2 7 kg Size L x H x W 5 75 x 4 5 x 4 inches 145 x 115 x 103 mm Weight without baReries 1 75 lb 800 mg Bubble Level If desired place the included adhesive bubble level on the top of the tripod on end with on off ...

Page 23: ...on the tripod head serve no funcMon Level the tripod if necessary for your applicaMon When securing the CamRanger and CamRanger PT Hub to the camera setup do not mount to the tripod Mount the CamRanger and CamRanger PT Hub to the motorized tripod or camera strap and make sure the units can rotate freely around the tripod Diagram of setup for the CamRanger CamRanger PT Hub motorized tripod and came...

Page 24: ...Mon Power cycling the camera and CamRanger as well as restarMng the applicaMon will completely refresh the connecMon When the camera baRery begins to get low certain commands may start to fail or a connecMon may be refused The CamRanger hardware can only be connected to a single Mac at a Mme A second network connecMon such as with an Ethernet cable will likely cause connecMon failures If there is ...

Page 25: ...rrect it will just incorrectly display 3 shots Some features are not supported by some cameras For example conMnuous capture mode is not supported on the Canon 40D and many Nikons do not support bulb shots See the camera capability matrix at www CamRanger com supported cameras for more detailed informaMon Images The thumbnails are not downloaded unMl afer the image has been recorded to the camera ...

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