Cascable Studio: Tether & More

This app is a game-changer for me. And any complaint I have on it is made moot by the fact that it’s the only app I’ve found (after months of searching) that gives me usable tether-like review of my images on the ipad, even using an old 5D Mark II. It’s a little clunky to figure out, and I find myself having to reset my connection more than I’d like, and the zoom in to check sharpness isn’t pixel-perfect. But those are small potatoes compared to the *nothing* option, which is all I had before. If I didn’t need to often unplug and plug back in the usb for the camera connection to reset, this would be a 5 star review. I mainly need the ability to go over my composition on a larger screen than the camera LCD provides, and occasionally remote trigger. This app does all that and more. The camera settings and focus controls are great, the live view function is a super nice option. I’m so happy to have finally found this app. EDIT: Almost forgot… thank you to the developers for including a one-time buy option. Subscription only software is the worst.

Using Cascable for real estate photography and occasional portrait shoot. Works smoothly with workflow. Wish I knew what WiFi extender could help speed up transfers (currently 4-8 seconds on Nikon D5300. Also I wish there was bracketing feature. Sometimes the image fails to show in preview. Sometimes focus doesn’t work and have to reset. This could be unrelated, could be a power issue with camera. UPDATE: I just went through the recipes tutorial. This type of complex repetitive programming is just what I was hoping for. Could be a game changer. It seems bracketing IS available and much more I just never knew it! Only thing I would fix is the scrolling, I often scroll up/down 2 or 3 stops quickly and go way past the setting I want. Reminds me of Wheel of Fortune. I think they used to have a way to quick scroll by keeping finger on the screen.

Update: The developers quickly responded to me and explained that the bulb timer mode is what works for what I was going for. Awesome customer service and great app, now that it works for astro I’m stoked! Original: Awesome app, way better than other camera control apps. However, I bought the pro version so that I could use the intervalometer for astrophotography, and it doesn’t work how it should. After going to the robot mode and selecting intervalometer, it lets you set a time interval to wait between the set number of exposures (or time, depending on your settings) that you’re taking them. I have found that the only thing that this interval does is wait that amount of time before taking the first picture, and the the other pictures all take back-to-back with no pause to let the sensor cool. Fix this and it would be about perfect!