Camera RC

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Features

• Live View of the current camera picture.
  
• Setting of shutter speed, aperture and ISO value and all parameters available in Sony's programming interface.
• Setting the focus point for the camera's autofocus.
• Creation of image sequences with different autofocus points ("focus bracketing") for improving the depth of field with an external stacking software.
• Rotation of the live view for pictures in portrait format etc.
• Trigger the camera (still image and movie).
• Zooming (digitally and optically if available in the camera).
• Self-timer.
• Overlay of different grids.
• Real time histogram.
• Transfer the files from the camera to the notebook.
• No installation necessary, unpacking the ZIP file is sufficient if the Java Runtime Environment is installed.
  
• User interface in German and English, manual only in English yet.
  

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Screenshots

In the user interface's standard view you can adjust the most important settings (aperture, shutter speed, ISO value) and trigger the camera:

Further camera settings can be adjusted in a separate window:

If available in the camera, digital and optical zooming is possible:

A special timer dialog allows the time controlled, automatic triggering of the camera in more detail than the self timer built-in into the camera:

With the focus bracketing dialog you can create sequences of pictures with different focus:

Unfortunately Sony's API does not allow to set the focus directly; therefore, in this mode, the camera's autofocus point will be driven along an user defined line before a picture is taken.

The histogram (in the live view in real time) can be used to estimate the exposure:

And you can transfer files from the camera to your notebook's harddisk:

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Download

Attention: To use Camera RC you need additionally the current Java Runtime Environment. Download it at www.java.com (ca. 50 MB).

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Change Log

• A German manual is available finally.
• Small changes in the German user interface.

• The Zoom dialog's skin has not been updated when changing the skin in the Preferences dialog.

• The focus bracketing crosses have not been removed from the life view panel when closing the Focus Bracketing dialog with Cancel.
• The skin, set in the Preferences dialog, has not been saved when closing CameraRC.
• CameraRC has set the skin at program start always actively to the system skin; this prevented the user from forcing the application to use another (not built-in) skin by setting the Java VM option swing.defaultlaf.
• Corrections in the manual and new chapter 14 describing the use of the Java VM option swing.defaultlaf.

• Focus bracketing is supported now by driving the auto focus point automatically along a user defined line.

• Zooming is supported.
• The application crashed when transferring files from the camera and the camera was not set to one of the allowed modes.
• Better handling of features available in Sony's API but not available in a camera model.
  

• The "Bulb" shutter time is supported now.
• Handling of the long time shutter speeds is improved; e. g. the live view is activated automatically again after taking a long time shutter speed picture, and the Timer dialog is working now with the long time shutter speeds.
  
• Some minor bug fixes in the Transfer Files dialog and the Timer dialog.

• The user interface is available in German.
• The "Look and Feel" can be changed.
• These settings can be adjusted in a new Preferences dialog.
• All dialogs have Help buttons to open the user manual at the appropriate location.
• The camera can be triggered with the left mouse button now when the mouse pointer is over the Live View or the Last Taken Picture panel. This is useful with a wireless mouse: It can be used as a cheap remote control device in this way.
• Even if the camera is triggered directly (i. e. not with the software but the camera's trigger button) the last taken picture can be shown in the Last Taken Picture area now.
  

• Grids in different sizes can be layed over the live view and the last taken picture.
• A histogram can be shown.

• New dialog Transfer Files for copying and moving files from the camera to the PC is available. All basic functionality Sony's API provides is implemented now.
• Tooltips for the control elements added.
• Some minor bugfixes.

• Documentation updated: Successful test with a Sony HX60.

• New dialog Camera Settings is available; all camera parameters provided by Sony's API can be set now.
• New dialog Camera Commands is available; it replaces the former Generic Methods split pane in the main window.
• Shortcuts for all buttons available.
• Event handling improved.

• The live view and the taken picture can be rotated (in steps of 90 degree). Useful if the camera is mounted in portrait format on a tripod.
• The live view's and the displayed taken picture's colors can be inverted. Useful when copying negative slides.
• Some shortcut keys are defined.

• "Touch AF" functionality added: You can set the point where the camera's autofocus is working on.
• Reentrancy problems with the underlying JSON parser solved - making the application more stable.

• Timer dialog added.

• First published release.

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Links of Interest

• Sony PlayMemories Camera Apps (https://www.playmemoriescameraapps.com/portal/):
  Install applications directly with your browser on the camera. The free app Smart Remote Control is needed to use Camera RC.
  
• Sony Imaging Edge Mobile  (https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/iemobile/en/):
  Remote control software for Sony cameras using a smartphone or a tablet computer. Does basically the same as Camera RC on a notebook.