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October 17th, 2002, 02:15 PM
The S2Pro offers both USB1.1 and Firewire (IEEE1394) compliant interfaces which may be used to connect the camera to a PC for the purpose of transferring images. The Firewire interface offers the capability to transfer data at speeds much higher than USB1.1 (almost 20 times as fast according to the specification) USB1.1 is a common but very slow option for transferring images of the size the S2Pro is capable of taking.
Tethered Shooting
Using the Firewire connection, the user can also take advantage of the ability to control the camera in tethered mode. We haven't experimented with this much, but in theory, the studio photographer could fire the camera and download images directly to the hard disk of the connected computer.
Tethered firewire functionality requires the use of Hyper Utility software.
Card Readers
Most photographers will use an add-on card reader (either USB or Firewire connection) rather than use the camera itself as a card reader. There is nothing wrong with using the camera to download files, but you will either need to ensure that the batteries are well charged so the transfer is not interrupted, or remove the CR123 batteries and use the AC Adapter
Tethered Shooting
Using the Firewire connection, the user can also take advantage of the ability to control the camera in tethered mode. We haven't experimented with this much, but in theory, the studio photographer could fire the camera and download images directly to the hard disk of the connected computer.
Tethered firewire functionality requires the use of Hyper Utility software.
Card Readers
Most photographers will use an add-on card reader (either USB or Firewire connection) rather than use the camera itself as a card reader. There is nothing wrong with using the camera to download files, but you will either need to ensure that the batteries are well charged so the transfer is not interrupted, or remove the CR123 batteries and use the AC Adapter