Cascable Studio: Tether & More 4+

Now it saves local storage!

As a Sony shooter, the main dealbreaker for me to shooting tethered was that I had to keep all the RAW files in the local storage until the photoshoot is finished, and only then I could transfer to a SSD. That with Creators, C1 or Cascable. I'm very pleased to see that v7 finally addressed that and each file only goes temporarily into the local storage before it's moved to the external one quickly. This is a game changer, you have no idea how happy I am. The only thing missing now is the ability to keep the last soft proof done to a preview file, to every upcoming photo that is displayed in the preview window, as the shoot goes on. Even better, if it could apply one or more LUTs so a photoshoot planned in black-and-white can be previewed with a LUT that applies my favourite bw conversion, and perhaps film sim, in the preview window leaving my RAW untouched in the SSD. I know you can now use a LUT for the live view, but I'm talking about the preview window. That would be amazing, but even without that feature, I am ready to purchase the non-subscription iAP because Cascable now solved my main problem!
Thank you!!

Developer Response ,

Both of those cameras are fully supported via USB with Cascable. Please see the app’s connections guides and your camera’s instruction manuals for details. If you’re still having trouble, contact our customer support and we’ll get you up and running.

Amazing app

I’m not one for writing reviews, in fact this may be my first on the App Store, but I felt obliged to express just how good this app is. I haven’t used it extensively yet, but so far its been exactly what I was after. I have recently purchased a Nikon Z6 and was in the market for a remote shutter release. I quickly stumbled across the issue of not being able to have a cable in the camera whilst using an L bracket with the camera in portrait orientation. It became clear that my only option was to go wireless. I tried using SnapBridge, but it didn’t tick all of the boxes. There is no bulb mode option for one, meaning no exposures longer than 30 seconds.

Compared to what I was going to spend on a remote shutter release, the price of this app is a steal. I would’ve gladly paid for it if it only served as a means of firing the shutter, and the fact that it does so much more is a bonus. The ND filter calculations option and the fact that you can transfer RAW files straight to your phone as a temporary back up in the field to name a just a couple.

It’s clear that a lot of thought has gone into making this by the developers, and for that I say thank you and well done!

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your review!

Almost great...

The way this app handles raw is better than photo as you can choose if you wish to export raw or jpeg to the editor of your choice without having to first save to the files app to select a jpeg.

However the problem for me is that when you import raw+jpeg it only previews its own rendering of the raw file which although quite good, matters to an Olympus user like myself as I value Olympus colours in their jpegs.

You have to export a jpeg to another app to see its colours not got for viewing and pruning pics. I like download everything the choose which raw and which jpegs to keep before copying to back up storage.
(If you like Cascable raw rendering you can keep it in a jpeg by exporting while the editing window is open.)

I would like to see the flowing options then I would be glad to pay the asking price:

1: Choice between switching view to the jpeg or raw file while pics open and also in library view.
Only showing raw means all jpegs must be exported to see their colours.

2: Choice of which to delete, the raw/jpeg or both.
It’s annoying that you have to delete both and really slows down pruning in workflow.

3: Probably can’t do this one due to apple restrictions, but it would be great in have the option to transfer pics over the apple camera usb 3.0 cable as the WiFi on Olympus is very very slow and power draining when it comes to all those raw flies. Meaning time wasted and having to carry an extra battery.