canon eos 5ds r
Canon EOS 5Ds R

Canon EOS 5Ds R setup instructions for stop motion animation or time-lapse photography with Dragonframe
Supported Versions
Dragonframe 4.1.9: YES
Dragonframe 3.7.3: YES
Dragon Stop Motion 2.3.8: NO
(Dragonframe was previously called Dragon Stop Motion)
Live View
The Canon EOS 5Ds R provides a live view via its USB connection. The live view size is 960 x 640.
Camera Settings
Dragonframe controls the Canon EOS 5Ds R ISO, shutter speed, aperture (with digital lens), image quality, and size.
Product Info
You can find the Canon EOS 5Ds R manual and specifications at the Canon website.
Manual Lens to Avoid Flicker
To avoid flicker that can be caused by electronically controlled aperture lenses, please use a manual Nikon lens ('D' series). Learn More about Aperture Flicker
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Canon EOS 5Ds R
Setup Instructions
- Power your camera by AC power if possible.
- - If you do use a battery, make sure it is fully charged.
- - If you use AC power, remove the battery.
- Close any other applications that might connect to your camera.
- - For Mac OS X, Open Image Capture, select your camera, then in pop up area in lower-left select Connection camera opens: No application. (See Picture)
- Make sure Dropbox is not a client of the camera.
- You may need to quit Google Backup and Sync, since it can interfere with the camera even if you turn off syncing.
- If you have anti-virus software, white-list Dragonframe so that it may access your camera.
- Create a new scene or open an existing scene. (Dragonframe will not connect to your camera unless you have a scene open.)
- Set the Mode Dial to Manual (M).
- Set Auto Power Off to Off.
- Set Auto rotate to Off.
- Set Lens to Auto Focus and disable Image Stabilization.
(This step applies to digital lenses. However, we recommend you use a manual aperture lens as described above.) - You may need to remove the CF/SD memory card.
- Set Silent LV shooting to Disable if you use an external flash.
- Set live view Exposure Simulation to Enable.
- Set Release shutter without card to ON or Enable.
- Set Live View Shoot. to Enabled.
- Set Auto Lighting Optimizer to Off.
- Set Aspect ratio to 3:2.
- Set Add cropping information to Off.
- Turn OFF the camera's WiFi connection, if it has one. Otherwise it can interfere with the USB connection.
- Connect your camera to the computer with an appropriate USB cable.
Find camera troubleshooting tips in Frequently Asked Questions