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3D Ponderings about - Sony DSC-QX10, DSC-QX30, DSC-QX100 and ILCE-QX1

Started Sep 8, 2014 | Discussions thread
abwz
abwz Regular Member • Posts: 119
Re: QX1 + QX30 testing

Grzegorz Popiela wrote:

abwz wrote:

no luck

both cameras are set in multi-camera mode

playmem app on android is set to multi-camera mode

i never see anything resembling step 2.3 at http://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/www/disoft/int/playmemories-mobile/en/multi/android.html

instructions are written for actioncams, not qxs, but i am reasonably sure i have gotten past that

next step is uninstall/reinstall app, unless an older android device doesn't have it installed - battery charges now

in the meantime i go awhile out

btw - i can see why the default has the cameras as hotspots - in multicamera mode android device wifi is dedicated to cameras & has no internet - hitting 'help' on playmen app takes you to browser with 'no internet' message :}

So, i guess that's it, the triggering of multiple QXs is not yet implemented in the app or not possible, i must have misunderstood the docs - apologies...

Thank you very much for your time and effort, i appreciate it!

Eventually, i'll probably get the new QX1 anyway and play with the remote API, but probably not too soon... it's a pity the API only works with WiFi, with good old cables the connections would be easier, faster and more reliable too!

wait - no - i did not say any such thing as "not possible"

i am still having problems getting the lenses connected in multicamera mode

either it is very difficult to reconfigure from single camera connection to multicamera connection or it has something to do with the hardware/software configuration i have been using

i will be retrying with a clean slate today

once the lenses are correctly connected, we shall see if multiple trigger works, and if so, i will take a series of simultaneous images of a full screen digital stopwatch on a 7" tablet, which will tell us something about synchronization accuracy

incidentally, much of this testing doesn't require a pair of QXs - anyone with more than one wifi controllable cameras may be able to set up the multiple camera configuration - if i get the QXs working, i will see about adding my NEX 5r

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