If your camera is supported, and you followed all of our setup instructions, and Dragonframe can’t seem to talk to it… it may be a permission issue. There was probably a point, when you first ran Dragonframe on macOS Catalina, that it asked if Dragonframe could access Photos… and you said ‘no’. Quit Dragonframe and … Read more
First, make sure your camera is supported by visiting the Camera Support page, taking care to note which versions of Dragonframe support the camera (if any). Follow any setup instructions provided. Then you will want to verify that the computer itself can see the camera. If you are on a Mac, use “Image Capture”, which … Read more
Your camera is supported and set up properly, but the software is not detecting it. Or the software sees the camera but then stops working after a while. There are a variety of connectivity issues that people experience, but the causes are usually the same. So we will start with likely causes first: The USB … Read more
Note that we strongly recommend using a manual aperture lens (such as a Nikon lens) with a Canon body. With a digital lens, the aperture will close down to slightly different positions for each shot. This is not a problem for still photography, but for stop motion or time-lapse it creates “flicker”. For Canon cameras, … Read more
This is where a basic photography class could be helpful. There are all sorts of considerations for lenses, angles of view etc. Here is a simple rule to help you out: if you are shooting miniatures—imagine there is a tiny crew of people shooting your film. Where would they put their little camera? If you … Read more