gphoto Alternatives

gphoto is described as 'GPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 1400 cameras' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to gphoto for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad apps. The best gphoto alternative is digiCamControl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like gphoto are qDslrDashboard, CaptureGRID, qStopMotion and Entangle.

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  1. digiCamControl icon
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    A DSLR camera remote control open source software Features:

    • Control you camera remotely from your computer via USB
    • Trigger image capture via release button on camera body or remotely from your computer.
    • Handhold the camera, shoot, and have the resulting images displayed on.
    24 digiCamControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. qDslrDashboard is a cross platform application for controlling Nikon, Canon and Sony cameras. It uses the PTP and PTP/IP protocol to communicate with the connected DSLR camera. Currently qDslrDashboard is available for Android, iOS, Linux, OSX and Windows platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  3. CaptureGRID icon
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    Smart Shooter allows you to fully control your camera from your PC, giving you freedom to explore and experiment to help take the perfect picture.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. qStopMotion icon
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    qStopMotion is a free application for creating stop-motion animation movies. The users will be able to create stop-motions from pictures imported from a camera or from the harddrive and export the animation to different video formats such as mpeg or avi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Entangle icon
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    Entangle provides a graphical interface for “tethered shooting”, aka taking photographs with a digital camera completely controlled from the computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Sofortbild icon
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    Sofortbild is a native macOS app for tethered shooting using Nikon DSLR cameras.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Multican icon
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    a Canon EOS class remote control utility which is able to remote control 350D, 300D, 30D, 20D and 5D. It is possible to control more of such cameras in the same time up to six cameras attached. Multican allows scripted remote control of multiple cameras.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. Stop Motion Capture animates a video from single frames. It uses your digi cam to capture these photos. Furthermore it contains various technologies, such as onion skin, bluescreen or export.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Breeze Systems - Digital Photography Software Tools Products, Remote Capture, Editing, Organizing For controlling Canon EOS digital SLRs from a Windows PC including the following recent models: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EOS 50D...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. LightroomTether is a free plugin for Adobe Lightroom v2 which automates the running and configuration of StudioTether.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Remote releasing is using a remote control to activate the shutter of the camera. This is to prevent shaking the camera, and is often used with bulb shots and/or tripods.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  12. Shutter is an easy to use camera remote control for iOS with advanced features such as composition & exposure assist, intervalometer, exposure & focus bracketing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
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