good thing it worked for you, that’s how it should be.
i’ve been puzzling to get it working and just gave up at a certain point.
then i found this program and it worked instantly for me.
in the end it’s all about the result, everyone has got their tools to reach that goal.
give it a try, it has alot of cool features that the canon software doesn’t have, i’ll stick to lightroom for my post processing though

Sime

I’ve used DSLR Remote Pro and it had problems keeping up. You shoot a photo and it takes like 1-2 seconds to send it to the PC. Guess, it just depends on what you’re shooting as Nathan pointed out.
It’s kinda cool for self-portraits, cause you can do time lapse shots, meaning, you can have your camera shoot every 10 seconds (or whatever time setting you like) and see the photo on the PC display and adjust your position, pose, whatever. It also has some photo booth mode, but I haven’t tried that, yet.

Thanks!

I have used C1 as my primary RAW converter for years and do have Lightroom installed as well. I will admit that it would be great if Phase One and Microsoft would get together on this one and build an integrated product but the two separately work very well and I can find any of my images in a heartbeat. I gave Lightroom an honest try but I found once the catalog got to over 70K images it slowed way down to a crawl when searching for images. Expression Media is lightning fast in searches. I have found the RAW conversions that I produce from C1 vs Lightroom to be superior as well. They do something in their sharpening algorithm that is just nicer than Adobe’s.

No doubt that Adobe makes a very fine product in Lightroom but in my opinion it is targeted at the prosumer market. For those that are really very serious about their photography they should take a hard look at C1 and Expression Media. I have used DSLR remote on many occasions and it works great.

I love Capture One 4 Pro and not only for it’s tethering, but also for it’s control and quality. One downside it can be slugglish at times and suspect it could be greatly be improved ‘under the bonnet’ should Phase One be inclined to do so – which they aren’t (IMHO).

Great to read someone elses opinions/views – thanks

PS> My views/opinions here.

Reznor, as Vernon pointed out, if you are shooting 3-5 shots per second, you shouldn’t be tethering. You are obviously shooting something like sport. Even if I was on set to shoot for a Sports brand, for instance a guy running full tilt down a running track and shooting at 5 frames a second, I wouldn’t tether. Because of the nature of the work, I’d be using ultra quick memory cards and swapping them out every 30-40 shots for my assistant to look through.

Lambert, You can indeed control the camera from your laptop. Being a fashion photographer, this option isn’t much use to me. But for the Still Lifers out there it’s a godsend! Making small adjustments and shooting from your laptop can save you lots of time. I guess this review was from my personal point of view. A fashion photographer wanting to tether and being a Lightroom user, would it replace what I already had.

Robd, I must confess to not knowing a heck of a lot about Aperture apart from when (prior to me using Lightroom) I tried it and it corrupted my library twice. So I binned it. I know a lot of people who use it though and swear by it and I am told Ap2 is nice piece of software.