Canon® EOS-1Ds Mark III Digital Field Guide

Chapter 4. Tethered Shooting

In This Chapter

• Tethered shooting pros and cons

• Software

• Improving USB capture rate with Macintosh systems

• Troubleshooting in tethering environments

Shooting tethered involves instantly (well, almost) sending files from the EOS-1Ds Mark III to a computer and monitor through a tethered cable. It has created a radical change in how advertising assignments, in particular, are run. Once the exception, tethered shooting is more or less the rule on a job where art directors and clients are on set and want to see what's going on. Gone for the most part are the days of shooting murky Polaroids that are small, contain caustic chemicals, and take two minutes to process, and then explaining what the photograph will really look like. For better or worse, the image comes up on a large computer screen with much more clarity and detail than ever imagined before.

Tethered Shooting Pros and Cons

There are many reasons for shooting tethered, and a few reasons not to do so as well. The big reason in both cases is that, by shooting tethered, you're able to share the live or incoming images with other members of your creative team, including the art director, stylist, and client. Some photographers feel a loss of control going this route, while others prefer it. Personally, I'd rather receive the input up front than find out after the fact what the art director or client really wanted.

Pros

Tethered shooting is invaluable in terms of being able to view an image that you have just ...