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
Requires Dragonframe 3.7.4 or newer. (4.x, 5.x, 2024.x are newer).
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 any potential flicker that can be caused by electronically controlled aperture lenses, please consider using a fully manual aperture lens.
Learn More about Aperture Flicker
Setup Instructions
- Create a new scene or open an existing scene. (Dragonframe will not connect to your camera unless you have a scene open.)
- Power your camera by AC power if possible, or use a fully charged battery.
- Close any other applications that might connect to your camera.
- - For macOS, 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.
- 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.
- In order to enable Depth of Field Preview in Dragonframe, the depth of field preview function must be assigned to the standard button (on the camera).
- 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.
- Proceed to the Cinematography workspace to adjust the camera exposure settings, check focus, and take test shots.