Camera Live Preview Web UI

photo_app.mp4

Simple web interface for USB-connected cameras using gphoto2.

Canon EOS 600D is tested in this repository, but other gphoto2-compatible cameras may also work.

What It Does

• Live view in the browser
• Trigger photo capture from the browser
• Save captured images to the captures/ folder

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• gphoto2
• A USB-connected camera supported by gphoto2

Install gphoto2 on macOS:

brew install gphoto2

Setup

cd CanonEos
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run

bash start_web.sh

Open:

• http://localhost:5000

Main Controls

• Live Preview Toggle: enable/disable live view
• Shutter Button: take a picture

Captured files are stored in:

• captures/

Notes About Compatibility

• Canon EOS 600D is tested.
• Other cameras can work if gphoto2 --auto-detect finds them and live view/capture commands are supported by the device.

Quick check:

gphoto2 --auto-detect

Optional Server Arguments

python server.py --port 5000 --save-dir captures

• --save-dir controls where captured files are written.

Relevant other repos

Check out https://web-gphoto2.rreverser.com/ to connect a browser directly to a camera.