How to view directly on a laptop

[Eggle]

Our pro photographer has a Canon DSLR and a mac laptop. He has the ability to view photos and I think the camera display directly live on his powerbook.
How would he do this?

[Monumental]

Eggle said:

Our pro photographer has a Canon DSLR and a mac laptop. He has the ability to view photos and I think the camera display directly live on his powerbook.
How would he do this?

You get software with the camera that allows you to run it remotely via a laptop. Or at least my Canon did.

[Eggle]

My mac has image capture and iphoto on it. I can also get aperture for it too, if I need it.

[BlueMR2]

Aperture is free to try for 30days. I quite like it.

[Eggle]

BlueMR2 said:

Aperture is free to try for 30days. I quite like it.

But does it do what I want to do?

[10JH]

Think you want EOS Capture

[Olivero]

10JH said:

Think you want EOS Capture

This, then shoot teathed using a USB cable. A powered one if you get longer than 2m.

[BlueMR2]

Capturing Images as You Work
For certain kinds of shoots, such as product shoots done within your office studio, you may want to immediately see test shots on your computer to check on lighting and other production factors. You can connect your camera directly to your computer and have each shot immediately appear in an Aperture project as you shoot. You can review an image in detail, make production changes, and then shoot and immediately see the results again. This process is called tethered shooting, and it’s ideal for checking the details of a shot while setting up the final shot.


Note: For a list of cameras that Aperture supports for tethered shooting, go to http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html. See your camera’s manual for information about setting up your camera for tethered shooting.

To use tethered shooting, you first connect your camera to the computer using a USB or FireWire cable. You then select a project for the images to be stored in. Aperture provides a Tether Settings dialog for specifying your tethered shooting settings, and you can also use this dialog to specify any other import settings (just as you would normally specify import settings in the Import browser).

After starting a session, you can use Aperture to view and capture images. You use the Aperture Tether HUD to control your camera and take photos as you work.

[Eggle]

BlueMR2 said:

http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html.

Link not going where it should Blue.
The canon software doesn't seem to run with Adobe software. I have PS, both elements and CS on the mac. I was hoping to run it in that

[crmcatee]

As others have said. The Canon software that came with the camera has this function. You won't need Aperture if all you want to do is view your images.

[BlueMR2]

Eggle said:

BlueMR2 said:

http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html

Link not going where it should Blue.
The canon software doesn't seem to run with Adobe software. I have PS, both elements and CS on the mac. I was hoping to run it in that

It just had a full stop after it in the text, i got rid of it so the link above will work now. Its just a link of what cameras will work, most common ones are on the list.