Multiple cameras tethering

FirstName LastName

• July 08, 2023 13:22

Currently I have two cameras wire connected for tethering (Sony ILCE-7SM2 and Sony ILCE-6000).

Both works fine individually, I am able to take capture using Command+K and live view is working perfectly fine.

Here's the thing. I want to trigger capture for both cameras. There can be up to 1sec of delay. Manually clicking to switch between the camera just takes too long and doesn't meet the requirement of automation. 

I tried to write a AppleScript script using this idea:  
- first set the active camera to item 1 of cameraList  
- capture  
- set the active camera to item 2 of cameraList  
- capture But I can't get the list of cameras.

The list always shows only the active camera. (count cameraList = 1)

I tried a different approach using system event. But I can't find the cameras drop down box/menu to choose and interact with. 

Any help is deeply appreciated !

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  Jack W

  Admin

  • July 12, 2023 08:11

  Moving this to a different topic, as I think you’ll get more help here :)

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  www.shootmachine.co

  • July 12, 2023 12:59

  You are almost there, you just need a different property to initialise your list.

  There are two concepts here: Selected, and Available. 

  You want the "available camera identifiers" - this will give you a list of what is connected (tethered and powered on). Verify in the CO interface dropdown menu in the camera tool, you should see your two Sony cameras) and this should be the same in the available list.

  Then you can iterate the list using "Select Camera" command. 

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  Thomas Axel

  • July 13, 2023 09:46
  • Edited

  I tried chat gpt.

  Maybe you can draw some ideas from there

  tell application "Capture One 21" -- Replace with the version you're using

  -- Get the list of open documents

  set docList to documents

   

  -- Loop through each open document

   

  repeat with theDocument in docList

   

  -- Set the active document to the current document

  set current document to theDocument

  -- Trigger capture for the active document

  activate

  capture

  end repeat

  end tell

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  FirstName LastName

  • July 13, 2023 23:23

  Thank you for your replies,

  I understand the concept of using two sessions.

  I did tried to open 2 sessions (called "documents" in applescript) and try to capture sequentially by switching between sessions.
  But more problems arose. 2 sessions can only be identified if they're opened in different windows. I tried to write a script (even with chatgpt) to switch between sessions in a single window, but to no avail. 
  Besides, when you switch between sessions in a single window, the camera remains the same, which mean you have to switch the camera again, leading us to the intial problem.
  Switching sessions in different windows with script is still a challenge.

  I will try the idea of Selected cameras and Available cameras out, but if it leads to "camera list" again, I don't think this will go well

  Thank you for your replies again. Please let me know if anything good pops up

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