Promote announces advanced thethering for the Panasonic GX8.

You finally have access to advanced thethering features on your GX8 thanks to the P-CTRL-1 Promote control. Until now only the Panasonic GH4 was supported. And below you can watch a video to see how it works on that camera. The Control can be purchased at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) or on [shoplink 55694 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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ADVANCED TETHERING FOR THE PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-GX8

Photographers can now externally control the Panasonic GX8 and perform advanced techniques using the handheld Promote Control or USB Tether desktop software.

Promote Control and the GX8:

• Full camera control in a pocket-sized remote
• One Shot Mode
  • Set shutter speed, aperture, ISO; trigger camera externally to avoid camera shake
• Advanced HDR Bracketing
  • Up to 45 images per bracket
  • Steps from 1/3 to 9 EV
  • Rapid HDR workflow
• Fine control Time-Lapse & HDR Time-Lapse
• Integrate with 3rd-party pano heads & dollies
• Weather sealed (great for outdoors)
• Long battery life (up to 100 hours)
• More features will be added in the future with free firmware updates
• Promote Control requires firmware version 3.22 or later

International customers! We are offering $50 discount on shipping of Promote Control outside USA and Canada now through September 30, 2015. Enter code ‘50OFF’ at checkout.

USB Tether software and the GX8:

• Control your camera from PC or laptop
• View camera settings*
  • Exposure Mode, Shutter Mode, Focus Mode
• Change exposure settings*
  • Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO
• Capture images remotely*
• View images as they are taken
• Automatically download full-size images
• A fully functional 14-day trial version can be downloaded at here

*Also available in Promote Control.