CamRemote 1.0.9

Long exposures, more automatic recording choices, a simpler Drive picker and a tidier window. See which cameras work.

New in this version:

• Long exposure: a tab next to Photo and Time-lapse. Pick a length from 1 second to 8 minutes. Up to 30 seconds the camera times it; longer, CamRemote holds the shutter open on Bulb, so keep the window open until it's done. Tell it the ND filter on your lens and it suggests a length from the meter. Your shutter speed comes back when you leave the tab.
• Automatic recording, your way: it can watch for any animal, birds only, or people. Pick how long it waits after they've gone before it stops, and whether it focuses on what it found.
• Drive in two short rows: Single, Burst, Timer or Bracket, then only that one's speed, delay, step and photos. Anything else your camera has is under the small ▾ button.
• The histogram and meter float over the picture. Drag them anywhere, drag the corner to resize, and click for levels.
• Grid, zebras, peaking, histogram and rotate sit in one row under the picture. R rotates too.
• The window opens at the picture's shape, with no black bars, and comes back where you left it.
• Super 35 crop for the A7S III and FX3.
• Settings your camera doesn't have are hidden instead of greyed out.
• Send log (in Setup): if something goes wrong, one click sends the log to the developer. Nothing is sent unless you press it.

Fixed:

• Menus close when you click their button again, instead of closing and opening straight back up.
• The focus magnifier turns off properly in photo mode.
• Quick taps on the picture no longer pile up and confuse the camera.
• No stuck copies of CamRemote left running after you close it.
• On the A9 II, clicking to focus names the spot size (Spot S, M or L) the same way the Focus area buttons do.

Tested on an A7S III from Windows. The Mac version is built from the same code but hasn't been tried with a camera yet.

One remote at a time: the camera only takes one, so close CamRemote on your computer before you use Sony's app or the upcoming iPhone app.

Windows may show a blue Windows protected your PC box: click More info, then Run anyway. On a Mac, drag CamRemote to Applications and choose Replace.