Supported Cameras

Cam2Com uses Olympus and Canon SDKs to talk to the cameras. There are many different SDKs from both manufacturers. Cam2Com uses only some of them, so it supports only some of the cameras that possibly can be controlled from a computer.

This table lists camera models that worked with Cam2Com as of October 2010.

Canon

Olympus

CD SDK

Only one such camera can be used at one time.

These cameras are only supported on
Windows 2000 and XP

"Wheat" SDK (2.0)

Only one such camera can be used at one time.

These cameras are only supported on
Windows 2000 and XP

"Rye" SDK (3.x)

Multiple cameras can be connected to the
computer and used at the same time.

These cameras are supported natively on
Windows 2000, XP and Vista.

On Windows 7, run Cam2Com in "XP Service Pack 3" compatibility mode.

  • PowerShot A60
  • PowerShot A70
  • PowerShot A75
  • PowerShot A80
  • PowerShot A85
  • PowerShot A95
  • PowerShot A300
  • PowerShot A310
  • PowerShot A400
  • PowerShot A510
  • PowerShot A520
  • PowerShot S45
  • PowerShot S50
  • PowerShot S60
  • PowerShot S70
  • PowerShot S230
  • IXY DIGITAL 320
  • DIGITAL IXUS v3
  • PowerShot S330
  • PowerShot SD100
  • IXY DIGITAL 30
  • DIGITAL IXUS II
  • PowerShot S400
  • IXY DIGITAL 400
  • DIGITAL IXUS 400
  • PowertShot SD110
  • IXY DIGITAL 30a
  • DIGITAL IXUS IIs
  • PowerShot S410
  • IXY DIGITAL 450
  • DIGITAL IXUS 430
  • PowerShot S500
  • IXY DIGITAL 500
  • DIGITAL IXUS 500
  • PowerShot G3
  • PowerShot G5
  • PowerShot G6
  • PowerShot S1 IS
  • PowerShot S2 IS
  • PowerShot Pro1
  • C-3030 Zoom
  • C-3000 Zoom
  • C-211 Zoom
  • D-490Z/C-990Z
  • D-460Z/C-960Z
  • D-360L/C-860L
  • C-2100 Ultra Zoom
  • SP-700
  • SP-500 Ultra Zoom*
  • SP-350 Zoom*
  • C-70 Zoom/C-7000
  • C-500/D-595
  • X-350/D-575/C-360 Zoom
  • C-8080 Wide Zoom
  • C-7070 Wide Zoom
  • C-5060 Wide Zoom*
  • C-5050 Zoom*
  • C-4040 Zoom
  • C-3040 Zoom
  • C-2040 Zoom
  • C-770 Ultra Zoom**
  • C-765 Ultra Zoom
  • C-760 Ultra Zoom
  • C-750 Ultra Zoom*
  • C-740 Ultra Zoom*
  • C-730 Ultra Zoom
  • C-700 Ultra Zoom
  • C-4100 Zoom/C-4000 Zoom
  • C-3100 Zoom/C-3020 Zoom
  • E-100 RS
  • C-40 Zoom/D-40 Zoom
* This camera is supported but a firmware upgrade may be necessary.
** This camera officially is not supported, but there were reports that it works.

NOTE: Even though a camera may be listed as working above, it may still not work with Cam2Com as the version of the firmware in the camera is very important. See below how to determine the firmware version. Firmware can be updated in the camera by sending it to an Olympus service center. Known versions of firmware are listed in the Firmware Compatibility Chart. Read about other firmware problems in the Bugs, Limitations, and Such section.

Different camera models may have slightly different sets of features controlled; it depends on how SDKs work with those cameras and whether or not the feature is present in the camera at all (like zoom or LCD modes).

NOTE: Cam2Com cannot work with serial ports.


Multiple Cameras

Cam2Com can work with multiple cameras at the same time. However, while it can simultaneously control multiple Olympus "Rye" SDK (3.x) cameras, it may work only with one Olympus "Wheat" SDK (2.0) and with one Canon CD SDK camera at one time.

It is also possible to connect one Olympus "Wheat", one  Canon CD camera and several Olympus "Rye" cameras and take pictures with all of them at the same time.


Firmware upgrades can be done in a number of different ways:


How to check the firmware version:
You will need any picture file that had been taken with your camera. If you have a utility to read the EXIF header information check the value of the "Software" tag. If you don't have such a utility, open the file in a text editor like Notepad and search for a string beginning with 'v552', 'v553' or similar. This string is the firmware version. The whole string looks like v553u-77, v552u-A79, etc.

Cam2Com also can display the firmware version of the camera, but only if it can take pictures with it. See "Detecting Camera Capabilities" for details.


Cam2Com does NOT work and will NEVER work with these cameras: C-720UZ, C-50, E10, E20, C-5000, and many others. The firmware of these cameras cannot take commands from the computer.

Future cameras: Cam2Com has the ability to self-adjust to some cameras that may be released in the future. At this time  it is impossible  to know which future cameras will or will not work with Cam2Com. See Automatic detection of new cameras for how to start using new camera models with Cam2Com.