SLR Booth is an app for Android devices allowing you to use your digital SLR camera and your mobile device to make the ultimate professional-quality DIY photo booth. Whether you are looking to run a professional photo booth business or want to assemble a DIY photo booth for personal use, SLR Booth is what you are looking for.
Current features:
- Use with Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras (see supported cameras list).
- Easy uploads to social media sites like Twitter and Instagram, adding a #hashtag to photo posts, allowing easy searching
- Allows emailing of photos from within the app
- Instant Printing over WIFI
- Live-View preview
- Supports Multiple layouts
- RAW file support
- Trigger options include touchscreen, keyboard, bluetooth remote, or USB foot pedal
- Supports portrait and landscape orientations
Requirements:
- A supported Canon or Nikon DSLR camera.
- An Android device running Android operating system version 4.2 or higher, with an USB on-the-go (OTG) port.
- A usb cable to connect your camera to your android device. (This should come with your camera).
- The SLR Booth app.
- (Optional) IPP/AirPrint compatible printer.
I am trying to buy this app but it says that I can only install the software to my phone or tablet, but i want it to run on my laptop? Please help
It is an Android laptop?
no it is not, will it only work on android bases computers? if i were to get an android based laptop will it work then?
Yes, the app requires an Android device running android 4.1 or higher, with USB OTG support.
Greg,
This sounds EXACTLY like the app I’ve been looking for!! I hope to see that it is. I have not yet purchased a tablet because I want to make sure I get something that is compatible,Would the Samsung Galaxy Tab E 16GB be? If not, what would you suggest that is still pretty affordable?
Thanks in advance!
Looks like the Samsung Galaxy Tab E supports USB OTG, so you should be good to go
Hi Greg, I just learned about SLR Booth and I’m excited to get it going for a upcoming party I’m planning. I’ve been fiddling with the free version of the app to make sure that all of the equipment I have is compatible. When I took some test shots, I noticed that the files were saved on the Android, not the camera’s SD card. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a setting I missed? Would really appreciate your help!
Hi Chris, that’s a limitation of the free version – it will only store downsized images with a watermark on your tablet. The full version will keep the full size originals on the camera.
I have installed AMIDuOS which is an android simulator. I am able to install your software but when I connect the camera, your app isn’t able to see the camera (but windows can).
Do you have any knowledge of how I can get around this?
Thanks,
Steve
Haven’t used AMIDuOS, but with Genymotion I have to explicitly setup a USB filter to allow the Android VM to see the USB device
Just a couple of questions.
Firstly your software is the best and most simple one i’ve seen on the web to date. Not only that, but it is also the cheapest!
Is this software only for android or have you created it to work on windows?
Steve
Thanks for the compliments! If you’re happy with the app, a positive review on the app store would be much appreciated. 🙂 The app is Android-only, unfortunately for you, but you can use an Android simulator such as Genymotion to run it on a PC or Mac.
Can it run on using Logictech C920 Webcam?
Sorry – doesn’t work with webcams, only SLR camaras
Hi Greg,
Can this apps works with Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0?
Can I use Canon Selphy CP 820 (since it’s not a wifi one)?
They Selphy CP820 will only work if you share it over the network – it can’t be plugged directly into your tablet.
photos taken are saved in the tablet?
to publish after in facebok
Yes, photos are saved on the tablet, and you can upload to facebook directly from the app.
Hi greg,
From your posting u mentioned connecting your hiti printer via your mac to your tablet. Are you able to print directly via this app without needing to mend the mac?
If so, we have a hiti 720, do you think it will work for us too?
Will you be able to guide us on how to make this work please?
I haven’t tried the hiti 720, but I assume it needs a custom driver to work via USB. To print to it via the app, you’ll need to plug it into a PC or Mac, and share it over the network.
Hi,
Ich finde die Software super. Hab mir auch gleich die Pro Version besorgt.
Gibt es eigentlich eine Möglichkeit, das wenn man keine Bilder macht, er eine automatische Diashow der gemachten Bilder macht? Auch wäre ein extra Button zurück dafür ziemlich genial.
Habe meine Box nur so aufgebaut, dass man nicht an die Tasten kommt um das Programm zu verlassen, somit komm ich leider nicht an den zurück Button 🙁
Viele Grüße
marco C
Hi Marco – unfortunately I don’t speak German and have to rely on Google Translate. 🙂
I’ll be looking at adding a slideshow after an idle period soon – I think that’s what you’re getting at.
Does anyone know why slr booth is coming up incompatible with my galaxy tab 4? I have this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J8DL78O?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00
Sadly, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7 does not support USB OTG, and cannot control a camera via USB. No idea why Samsung chose not to support it. (Strangely, it is supported on the LTE version of the Tab 4, but not the regular version)
This is what gets my Samsung Tab 4 to work. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YOX4JU6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I bought it a while ago to transfer files and gave it shot when I got SLR Booth. Happy to share it works for me!
hi greg!!
can you recommend me a hp All-in-one model ? thanks!
The HP Slate 21 and 17″ models both look like they should work.
Hi Greg, nice Software so far! Just started testing. I Would like to print via network from my samsung tab 3. I tried my brother j5910dw, which is an IPP Printer, I think. I can see the printer in my brother app, but not in SLRBooth. Any suggestions? regards, Totti
That printer looks like it supports AirPrint (IPP), along with quite a few other protocols. Perhaps you need to enable AirPrint on it? I’m guessing their app for Android uses Google Cloud Print
Greg,
I am using the tablet in landscape. I made a custom template with the directions provided.
Using 1800×1200 single template.
Everytime I use it, it tries taking 6 pictures. I can’t find anything in settings that will correct this.
I have tried various pixel configs and everytime 6 pics.
Please help
Mike
Hi Mike,
If you want to send the template file to info@slrbooth.com, I can take a look and see what’s up.
Where I can buy the brakets for the tablet and dslr camera set up for tripods
Thank for that information
I got mine from Amazon, but you should be able to find them on ebay or aliexpress as well.
http://www.amazon.ca/Universal-Microphone-Concerts-Wedding-Meetings/dp/B00JFLAVFY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1444266528&sr=8-4&keywords=tablet+mic+stand
Just bought this cool piece of software.Getting the printer(using a Canon Selphy CP910) to show up is a bit fiddly but it works. It just needs Green Screen / ChromaKey + Voice Prompts and it will be a very viable option for Photobooth Service Providers and not just the DIY Crowd.
How did you it?
Any way we can change when it says “look at the camera” since I would want to use this where they dont speak english…
Thanks for the idea – this has been added (and look for full multi-language support in an upcoming release!)
If you want to power the tablet at the same time of been in use, how would that be possible when the camera is attach to a device with only one usb port?
If your device only has a single USB port, you would need to use a powered USB hub or USB OTG Y cable to charge and connect to your camera at the same time. It looks like support for simultaneous USB and charging is heavily dependent on the device, so you would want to research which cable/hub might work for your specific tablet.
Hey Greg,
this is actually also my problem, can u maybe recommend a tablet that hast multiple usb ports? Because even with a hub, as far as i researched so far, it’s not possible to charge and use otg at the same time.
Or maybe there’s a tablet which is not charged by the usb port. sorry – but it’s really hard to find these informations 😀
regards
Dennis, if you’re planning on doing events that last more than a couple of hours, you might want to look into an all-in-one. AOC, Acer and HP all make 21-24″ all in ones with multiple USB ports and dedicated power. Unfortunately I don’t think a powered USB hub will charge a tablet unless it has been rooted.
Hey Greg,
thx for your reply. In the meantime i ordered this ( http://lavalink.com/products/samsung-galaxy-tab-usb-adapters-hubs-poe-hubs-2/usb-otg-host-charge-adapter-tab4-tabpro/ ) but it does not work, unfortunately, and i dont know why exactly. (im using a Galaxy Tab 4 10.1). Alltogether im getting closer to what i need – indeed i want to run in on events. The Tab lasts like 3-4 hours.
When u talk about these all in one pc’s – does your app run on these?
RCA Viking 10″ Android tablets have 2 USB ports AND a separate power jack, for about $100 US. At WalMart and other fine stores
The Insignia Flex 10″ tablet at BestBuy is about $100, and with display set at about 50% brightness, lasts more than 4 hours, with battery capacity remaining. Your dSLR camera running LiveView is likely to exhaust it’s battery before the tablet, in my experience.
Will this work with a camera using a eyefi card?
You can certainly use an eyefi card in the camera while shooting, but the communication between your tablet and the camera has to happen over USB, not wifi.
how do i connect the usb keyboard? Do you use a usb hub? so the connection is tablet – otg – usb hub – Keyboard and camera?
It depends on your device – if you are using a tablet with only one USB otg port, then yes you would need a USB hub to attach additional devices. Some devices such as all-in-ones have multiple USB ports and so don’t need a hub to use additional USB devices.