How to control digital camera (DSLR) with ImageJ

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How to control digital camera (DSLR) with ImageJ

ikki
Hi there,
I am trying to use canon 650D DSLR to capture images with imageJ or FIJI.
However, I can not find the suitable driver and plug-in for it. I have tried to find TWAIN driver for it, but I cannot find it. Also, I've tried micro-manager, but also it can not detect my camera.
So, dose anyone successfully control canon camera with imageJ?
Thanks for help!
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Re: How to control digital camera (DSLR) with ImageJ

Thomas Julou
Hi Ikki,

> I am trying to use canon 650D DSLR to capture images with imageJ or FIJI.
> However, I can not find the suitable driver and plug-in for it. I have tried
> to find TWAIN driver for it, but I cannot find it. Also, I've tried
> micro-manager, but also it can not detect my camera.
> So, dose anyone successfully control canon camera with imageJ?

My first try would be to use Micro-Manager, an awesome open-source software for microscopy. The default user interface is indeed written oin Java on top of imagej. So you can easily script acquisition and image processing in beanshell and use existing imagej plugin :)
DSLR camera are supported using the GPhoto <https://micro-manager.org/wiki/GPhoto> device adapter (Mac, Linux, based on the open-source libgphoto2 ) or the TheteredCam <https://micro-manager.org/wiki/TetheredCam> device adapter (Windows, depends on a commercial driver <http://www.breezesys.com/DSLRRemotePro/>).

I tried it on a mac a few years ago and I could easily set it up to work. However, the software is primarily written for microscopy so you might need to tweak a bit your acquisition / processing to get it to work smoothly with huge RGB images…
Best,

Thomas
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