Open-source Windows app digiCamControl promises just that capability for Nikon digital SLRs, and Canon support is under development as well. Doubly so when you consider that with a Wi-Fi connection, you can leave your camera shooting somewhere in which it might perhaps be difficult - or even dangerous - for you to remain for any length of time. The ability to set your camera up in precisely the right position and then shoot remotely, changing settings and tripping the shutter without fear of changing your careful framing, is mighty cool. Among the myriad features available on modern interchangeable-lens cameras, remote control via a tether has to rate as one of the coolest - and yet perhaps most easily overlooked.
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