Camera

The Camera tab in Configuration controls how Onsite captures photographs — in Sample Picture Logs, in G1 drilling form bundles, and in any other form that embeds images.

Built-in cameras

For tablets and laptops with built-in or USB webcams, Onsite lists the available cameras in a dropdown. Pick the device you want to use.

For each configured camera you can set:

• Resolution — the capture resolution. Higher = more detail but larger file sizes.

• Rotation — if the image comes in rotated the wrong way, pre-set a rotation correction here. Saves rotating every photo manually.

External cameras (DSLR and similar)

Onsite supports high-resolution external cameras for lab-grade photography — for example, a DSLR mounted above a calibrated core-photography rig.

To use an external camera, you need a command-line capture tool of your choice — for example, DigiCamControl — that can trigger the camera and save the image to a specified file. Such tools support a wide range of DSLRs, run in the background, and expose a command-line interface that Onsite can invoke.

In Configuration → Camera:

1. Tick Enable command-line interface capture.

2. Supply the command-line instruction Onsite should run when it needs to take a picture — the capture tool's invocation with whatever parameters your camera requires.

When a form asks for a photo, Onsite runs the command instead of using a webcam, and picks up the resulting image file.

External camera setup is more involved than built-in cameras. Refer to your capture tool's own documentation for the correct command-line parameters, and contact support if you need help wiring it up to Onsite.

Default picture path

Onsite stores captured photos in a default location determined by the form and project. Some forms let you browse for an already-taken photo instead of capturing a new one — in that case Onsite uses the default picture path as the starting folder for the browse dialog. Set this in Configuration → Camera if you regularly pick photos from the same location.

Picture file handling

Captured photos are:

• Embedded into the form's PDF export at reduced resolution, so the PDF stays a manageable size.

• Stored as separate original files (JPEG or PNG depending on source) alongside the form.

When you publish a form, you can choose whether to also send the original full-resolution files to the shared folder. See File delivery setup → Embedded picture options.

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See also

• Sample picture log — the main photo-capturing form

• GPS & coordinates — also configured per-device