Manage Canon, Nikon Photo & Video from your iPad
April 13, 2015
Note: The Manfrotto Digital Director will be available in June, but can be pre-ordered now from Adorama on a first-come, first-served basis. Credit cards will not be charged until orders are shipped.
Want to manage your Canonor NikonDSLR’s still and video features and workflow from your iPad? The new Manfrotto Digital Director, introduced today at NAB, is the only Apple Certified interface—including app and hardware—that lets you take control of your entire workflow process intuitively. All the key features found on a Canon or Nikon DSLR can be modified and viewed via the Digital Director. You can control exposure, ISO, shutter speed and aperture, among other features, directly from your tethered iPad.
The Digital director’s hardware includes a techno-polymer electronic board, a metallic connector, power supply and Apple-certified cable connection to ensure a stable connection between iPad and camera. Controls can be adjusted in real time, and the results can be viewed live on the iPad.
But it’s the software that sets Digital Director apart, and the fact that Digital Director has been approved by Apple’s Made for iPhone/iPad program certainly helps. Cool features include an interactive focus tool, which lets you choose the focus point on screen and then zoom in on it in order to fine-tune focus. Once the video has been recorded or still image has been captured, the file can be downloaded onto the iPad so the photographer can check image details and modify the exposure.
Here’s a good video overview of the Digital Director, provided by Manfrotto:
Manfrotto Digital Director Key features:
Control over each phase of workflow
Digital Director’s intuitive App transforms yur iPad into an interface that manages all phases of video and still image workflow, from setting exposure and other parameters on your camera to sharing files.
Real-Time Remote Control
Exposure, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, manual focus, white balance, image quality, and focus and camera drive modes can all be monitored and modified dynamically via real-time Live View on your iPad.
Remote shooting using Retina display
A certified cable connection enables the real-time interactivity between iPad and camera. This includes dynamic histograms and audio level displays.
Interactive focus
Point to any spot on the screen; a digital zoom magnifies that area so you can fine-tune focus for maximum accuracy.
Download image files to iPad
Hi-res files can be downloaded to your iPad, where you can check focus and exposure, or open the image in your favorite iPad image or video editor for post-production.
Intuitive image adjustment
You don’t have to open other apps, however, since final image adjustments can be made using Digital Director’s exposure, light, contrast, crop, rotate, histogram and EXIF information tools.
Simplified Digital Asset Management
You can control image ratings, job organizing, creating shoot profiles and albums, from within Digital Director.
Content distribution
Once the image or video is ready you can share it via FTP, email, or on social networks by simply selecting the files on the iPad’s camera roll.
The Manfrotto Digital Director will be available on June 1 for Canon and Nikon DSLRs for $499.88. It can be pre-ordered from Adorama now.
