Photo by Jacob Garcia

My D70, like most digital cameras, has a USB port that allows me to connect it to my computer and download photos. Many cameras also let someone have you to control them using your computer when they are connected. This is called tethered shooting. You click the shutter and a hardly seconds later the photo is displayed in all its radiance on your big veil superintend. This can come in hellishly handy in studio situations. It’s a great trick fitted immediately checking that you’re capturing the shots you want without squinting at a 2 or 3 inch LCD.

On a lark it occurred to me to do something goofy with my camera (more on that in a unimportant). On the disposition to barmy village I came up with a way to do basic tethered shooting on Linux.

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