I just ordered a Sinar eMotion22 back but it won't be with me for another month. Until then I would like to prepare the software and auxiliary hardware side of things.
1) I understand that the back will come with Sinar CaptureShop. Is that the best/only option for tethered shooting? Are there any Windows options for tethered shooting? I only have PCs at the moment so I need to work out if the purchase of a new Mac is necessary.
2) I hear that a new piece of Software is on the way and it's called Sinar Exposure. Is this just a change in name or in functionality as well? Will it be available for Windows OS?
3) Under what circumstances are people using Stephan Hess's software (brumbaer) rather than the Sinar software and why? I read that Sinar's latest software incorporates some of his code, but can anyone confirm this? Does this render his own software obsolete?
Any other helpful comments would be appreciated.
(By the way, to Sinar users: Captureshop 5.4.2 can now be downloaded from the sinar.ch website if you are a registered user.)
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hi Graham,
1. I think Rainer has said it all and perfectly concerning the use of Stfan's "Brumbaer tools" (eMotion Reader & eMotion DNG Converter"): it is really a simple and fast workflow, allowing to download and convert files in a very fast batch process. It is ideal if you wish to shoot un-thetered.
As Rainer, and many others, I would suggest you to switch to Mac, instead of PC.. Most of the PC version are "light" version of the original Mac OS versions, like the Eyelike one.
2. The current Captureshop 5.4.2 which has been released 2 weeks ago is including Stephan's Brumbaer tools, with the exception of the "Highlight Recovery" which will be integrated in a next version. All centerfold issues are eliminated, as well as color casts/shifts are corrected by means of "white reference" shooting, as in Stefans tool, but thetered.
The most important changes in 5.4.2 are as follows:
a) Sinar CaptureShop™ 5.4.2 supports Apple Macintosh computers that are equipped with
Intel Core Duo processors (iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro and Mac Pro Xeon).
The user interface of CaptureShop™ 5 is now available also in German and Japanese.
c) A new noise reduction filter is now available. It can be selected on demand and its parameters can be set and customized according to the user's needs.
d) The procedure of the Black Reference calibration for the Sinarback 54 M and 54 MC has been changed.
Now the Black Reference is automatically calibrated with all exposure times and is automatically repeated every 15 minutes. With exposure times of more than 1 second, when altering the exposure time by more than 10%, automatically a new Black Reference is taken subsequently to an image capture.
Notice: On initial operation of Capture–Shop™ 5.4.2 with your Sinarback 54 M/MC automatically a
new firmware is loaded. Please read the respective information in section 8 of this document.
e) With the Sinarback eMotion 22 and eMotion 75 a userdefined White-Shading now can also be performed in tethered-mode operation.
3. Sinar Exposure
this new capture software from Sinar will not be a change in name: this is a completely different application with many new features. Most importantly: it will write DNG files.
A Windows version in planed, once the Mac OSX is released.
Hope this helps,
Thierry