CaptureBeam Control

C++ module for camera discovery and control using various protocols.

Target Camera Brands

Canon
Nikon
Sony
Fujifilm (stretch)

Prospective Protocols

PTP/IP (current focus)
PTP/USB
Bluetooth
HTTP APIs
Shutter release

Current features

Wireless control of Canon camera shutter and exposure settings over PTP/IP
Automatic PTP/IP vendor detection and API selection
Decoupled camera control API using events to facilitate control over only a binary stream
Rich packet API to allow flexible bidirectional packet definition and parsing to/from binary
Minimal implementations of several protocols:
- Buffered TCP sockets
- PTP
- PTP/IP
- HTTP
- XML
- UDP multicast
Easy portability to new platforms
- Currently supports Windows and the ESP32 microcontroller (build with PlatformIO)
- Will later add Linux/macOS and possibly Android

Upcoming features

WiFi camera discovery using UPnP/SSDP
Camera manager to automatically add/remove camera instances from discovery events
- When complete, will allow full control/feedback of camera control and discovery over a single binary stream such as TCP or WebSockets
PTP over USB (and possibly Bluetooth control)
Support for Sony and Nikon cameras
Interactive applications for desktop, mobile, and embedded