Xangle Camera Server helps you on your bullet-time production shots by simplifying the hardware configuration and by providing you with fast output preview

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Key features for studio bullet-time using Xangle Camera Server

1. Multi-camera control

   • Control all settings from a single interface: iso, f-stop, shutter speed, white balance

   • Auto focus cameras lenses all at once, and fine-tuning per camera 

   • Optical & Digital zoom control (Android, Canon powershot)

   • Live view (Canon, Raspberry Pi cameras)

   • Set camera numbers manually from the interface, or simply by turning on the cameras in the right order

   • JPG and RAW support (with jpg extraction from RAW files)
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2. Triggering

   • No trigger cables required: usb triggering with a precision < 1ms depending on camera model.

   • Interval triggering: fire all cameras one after the other at a specific timing (1ms to 200ms)

   • Jump-and-Freeze triggering: interval + freeze starting at specified camera number

   • Complex trigger sequences; fire cameras face to face, or any crazy idea you can have in mind! Build your trigger sequence from Excel and paste it inside Xangle

   • Multiple-shots triggering with buffering on the cameras (Canon)
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3. Connectivity

   • Connect your cameras by usb directly to your Windows computer (24 cameras or less) 

   • Scale up to 250 cameras using Windows computers and usb-hubs (24 cameras per computer)

   • Scale up to 250 cameras using Raspberry Pi computers (4 cameras per Pi) - preferred solution
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4. Fast transfer speed

   • Fully optimized for networked configuration

   • Download 176 raw 18mp images on a 1-gigabyte network in 40 seconds

   • Optimize based on your requirements by lowering jpg preview images, or by skipping jpg extraction of some of the raw files

   • Throttle file download on slower networks

   • Performance monitoring: optimize your system and find bottlenecks
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5. Web based external monitors

   • Access most of the software modules through a web browser on any device connected to your local network (smartphone, tablet, computer, tv)

   • Navigate / lock external devices from the main admin interface
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6. Images review

   • Multiple individual frame review: open as many browser pages as needed with specific angles to review (http://ip-address:8091/frame/30 = camera 30 preview)

   • Library review gallery: navigate through all sets (left-right keys) and individual frames of a set (top-down keys) & rating + comments for each set
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7. Troubleshooting

   • Live notification on camera disconnection

   • List & status of all connected nodes (Windows computers, Raspberry Pi computers)

   • Raspberry Pi update, reboot from the main user interface

   • Disk space monitoring

   • Performance graph

   • Notification events
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8. Files / folders management

   • Files and folder naming with tags and presets

   • Two lists of presets (usually for your actor name, and FACS names)

   • Live automatic backup to your external hard-drives. Add multiple backups of specified files (raw, jpg, both) to one or multiple external locations
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9. API support & Plugin system

   • Xangle Camera Server API allows multiple remote operations including sending camera trigger signal, change settings, retrieve camera list, etc.

   • Extend functionalities with your own plugins
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Full features list (“Pro” column): /features

Specs / requirements

• Windows 10 computer

• Canon cameras, Android phones or PiCam v2 / HQ

• < 25 cameras: usb-hubs

• > 24 cameras: Raspberry pis (4 cameras per pi, no configuration required), network switches, router

  Diagrams & gear links: /gear

How is it working?

1. Request a trial license or purchase a license

2. Download the software and install it on your computer

3. Launch the software

4. Connect your cameras by usb in the right order (numbering)

5. Run an auto-focus pass from the software

6. Calibrate the cameras

7. Trigger the cameras from the dashboard

8. Review your images from the Library

Full instructions: https://doc.xanglecs.com/

As seen on the interwebs

Light-painting + aerial using 176 cameras (Montréal, Xangle):

Cross-triggering using 176 cameras (Montréal, Xangle):

Bullet-time with Red Bull (Poland, Time Busters):

Bullet-time at The Cube (Australia / Splice Boys):

Grapefruit camp with the Atlanta Braves (Orlando / Beam Imagination & Xangle) - full project here.