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What is max distance you can tether camera to computer via cable?


9 years 4 months ago #416036 by Luca
If you have a 40' or 100' cable (random lengths I'm using as example) connecting your camera to your computer for a tethered connection.   Will it still work or do you have to worry about data drop or corruption?  

I'll be shooting in RAW if it makes any difference.  
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9 years 4 months ago #416043 by Joves
It depends on the gauge of the wire. The heavier the wire used the better. I have never tethered my camera though, but I do not think you will lose data, but the speed at which it gets there is another thing. I know that with my extension cords I will not go over 50 feet with a 12 gauge wire. I have a 10 gauge cord that is 100 feet that I can plug my 12 into. The reason I do not do that is it is bad on your power tools, because you get a drop in amperage to the tools. I have not dealt with communication wiring much myself except to add Cat 5 cabling in homes. In that case the furthest I ran that was around 50 feet from a central location. 
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9 years 4 months ago #416052 by Don Granger
I'm going to disagree, and let me say I don't have first hand experience with this and only making a hypothesis that at some point you will lose data quality.  I just have no idea at what length that starts to degrade.  
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9 years 4 months ago #416066 by Stealthy Ninja

Don Granger wrote: I'm going to disagree, and let me say I don't have first hand experience with this and only making a hypothesis that at some point you will lose data quality.  I just have no idea at what length that starts to degrade.  


I dunno man, they can send a signal from one end of the world to another.  I guess it depends on if you have relays and such.  I have no idea how far an electronic signal can travel before it stops sending reliable 0 and 1 signals.

Optical fibre would work better if that was an option.
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9 years 4 months ago #416091 by garyrhook
If we presume that the connection is a USB cable, the distance is governed by the specifications of USB cables.

photo.stackexchange.com/questions/8679/w...an-use-for-tethering

Amazing what a search engine can find, isn't it?
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9 years 4 months ago #416145 by Stealthy Ninja
A what engine?
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9 years 4 months ago #416316 by garyrhook
:rofl:

I know, right?
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9 years 4 months ago #416416 by Roman Omell
You should be fine, what you want to do is reduce the number of breaks in the line as possible.  
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9 years 4 months ago #416500 by Luca

garyrhook wrote: If we presume that the connection is a USB cable, the distance is governed by the specifications of USB cables.

photo.stackexchange.com/questions/8679/w...an-use-for-tethering

Amazing what a search engine can find, isn't it?



Um, thanks.  I thought these forums were for asking questions.  That's why I posted it here. 
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9 years 4 months ago #416612 by Tim Burg
Post up how this works for you.  Although I don't have need for long tethers, after reading this.  I'm curious about this.  
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9 years 4 months ago #416759 by garyrhook

Luca wrote:

garyrhook wrote: If we presume that the connection is a USB cable, the distance is governed by the specifications of USB cables.

photo.stackexchange.com/questions/8679/w...an-use-for-tethering

Amazing what a search engine can find, isn't it?


Um, thanks.  I thought these forums were for asking questions.  That's why I posted it here. 


They are. But I will never understand why anyone would ask a question using far more letters than it takes to enter a phrase in a search engine (and get lots of info back), and choose to wait for a response rather than getting one immediately.

Seems to me it would be more helpful to do some basic research, and follow up with a question such, "it looks like 5m is the maximum length of a USB cable. Anyone have any experience, good or bad, using a cable of that length?"

And in the interest of being helpful, there are wireless solutions for tethering that will get past the physical restrictions of a USB cable. I've seen camranger used live, and it was quite impressive.

Maybe that's just crazy talk. And FWIW I did provide information in my initial reply.
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