I was trying to use gui solutions on linux to enable tethering shoot in my camera and none worked so I wrote a script using gphoto2 to read implement this, so I'm sharing it because maybe someone is facing the same issues I faced.
The project is setup assuming you're shooting with Raw+JPG option.
Setup
To use it first you need to clone the repository
git clone https://gitlab.com/silvamateus/theter-config.git
It still don't set up automatically (it's planned for future releases) so you'll have to copy the folder tether-conf
to $HOME/.conf
(or the path you set up in the variable XDG_CONFIG_HOME
) and make sure the shellscript tether
is in your path: I recommend putting it inside $HOME/.local/bin
.
Just make sure the path you put it in is in your PATH
variable.
You may change the default image inside the tether-conf folder (placeholder.JPG) to one of your liking. Just make sure to rename it to the proper name placeholder.JPG
Running
To run the script you just need to run:
tether name-of-the-shoot
.
Or if you want to save the project in a path other than $HOME/Pictures/name-of-the-shoot you can:
run the command as
CUSTOM_PATH=path/to/the/folder tether name-of-the-shoot
;export CUSTOM_PATH in your shell file (.zshrc, .bashrc, etc) and then run the command as specified prior.
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