Canon & NINA - Forums

Topic starter

Frequent contributor

Sep 25, 2022

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to connect my Canon 1300D with NINA but the camera menu doesn't show the Canon option just Nikon. I've it on 3 different PCs and it is all the same, no Canons just Nikons. Yet the camera is seen from the OS and APT works just all-right with it. I might manage OK with APT but I'd try using NINA once more before I give up on it. Any advice welcome.

wittinobi

Sep 25, 2022

hello,
canon and nina are sometimes strange.
sometimes my canon is shown as "mtp…" or "mtu…" instead of "canon eos…".
i think this depends (on my laptop) on which usb port the camera is connected.
so try another usb port.

regards
wittinobi

andrea tasselli

Topic starter

Frequent contributor

Sep 25, 2022

Actually, I found out what was. EOS utlity messing up the connection. Removed, all is fine.

Björn Arnold

Sep 25, 2022

I recommend using the ASCOM driver. There’s an issue with the integrated Canon driver which may freeze the camera and as far as I know, it hasn’t been fixed yet:
https://github.com/vtorkalo/ASCOM.DSLR

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Rajat Kumar

Sep 25, 2022

I recommend using the ASCOM driver. There’s an issue with the integrated Canon driver which may freeze the camera and as far as I know, it hasn’t been fixed yet:
https://github.com/vtorkalo/ASCOM.DSLR

I use an old 40D and yes NINA does freeze the camera, especially when exposing for platesolving or resuming exposures post meridian flip. I always blamed my old camera processor. Thank you for pointing towards the ascom.dslr!