CamRanger 1001 Mac User's Manual - Speed&
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Speed&
• The!CamRanger!has!all!the!same!distance!and!interference!limitations!as!normal!
WiFi.!Long!distances!and!solid!objects!will!slow!the!connection!speed.!
• The!CamRanger!application!can!handle!very!large!image!files.!However,!waiting!for!
those!files!to!transfer!from!the!camera!and!then!over!WiFi!can!be!time!consuming.!A!
common!operating!mode!is!to!shoot!RAW!along!with!a!small!or!medium!sized!JPG.!
• Newer!and!faster!Mac!computers!do!perform!better!overall,!particularly!for!
intensive!tasks!such!as!showing!the!100%!resolution!images.!
Commands&
• Depending!on!the!camera!and!the!mode,!capture!can!fail!if!the!camera!fails!to!
acquire!focus.!
• Intervalometer!and!Bulb!commands!are!stored!on!the!CamRanger!hardware!such!
that!the!Mac!does!not!need!to!remain!on!and!connected.!!
• When!an!operation,!command,!or!setting!is!not!available!or!not!working!the!issue!is!
often!related!to!the!camera!setup.!For!example:!
o Toggling!to!AF!is!disabled!if!the!camera!lens!switch!is!set!to!MF.!
o Live!view!will!fail!on!Canon!cameras!if!Live!View!Shooting!is!disabled!in!the!
camera’s!menu.!
o Capture!fails!because!the!removable!media!on!the!camera!is!full.!
• For!Canon!cameras,!the!Live!View!focus!mode!within!the!camera’s!menu!must!be!set!
to!“Live!View”.!
• Adjusting!or!viewing!the!number!of!bracketing!shots!is!not!currently!supported.!The!
display!assumes!three!shots.!However,!if!the!number!of!shots!is!actually!2,!5,!7,!9,!
etc.!the!bracket!amount!is!still!correct!it!will!just!incorrectly!display!3!shots.!
• Some!features!are!simply!not!supported!by!some!cameras.!For!example!continuous!
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
!for!more!
detailed!information.!
• There!is!no!way!to!cancel!an!Intervalometer!or!Bulb!command.!The!only!way!to!stop!
it!is!to!power!off!the!CamRanger!device.!
Images&
• The!thumbnails!are!not!downloaded!until!after!the!image!has!been!recorded!to!the!
camera’s!card.!On!most!cameras!this!is!relatively!quick.!However,!depending!on!the!
camera,!speed!of!removable!media!and!number!of!shots!taken!in!succession,!there!
can!be!a!lag.!
• CamRanger!can!be!used!to!view!and!download!pictures!captured!through!other!
means.!So!a!photographer!could!be!capturing!images,!or!a!RF!or!light!trigger!could!
capture!images!and!the!CamRanger!application!would!automatically!download!the!
thumbnails.!
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