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As A F said, it's possible to use Canon EDSDK and it's Java wrapper - https://github.com/kritzikratzi/edsdk4j/wiki. It works like a charm.
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It is possible. Technically they call it "Tethering Capture" from computer.
For example Photoshop Lightroom supports some of EOS cameras for tethering. Please see:
http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/tethered-camera-support-lightroom-4.html
The "EOS Utility software" does also support tethering/remote shooting. From the menu, choose “Camera settings/Remote ...
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Yes, it is possible to hook up to the camera and capture images outside of EOS Utility. This can be seen in multiple programs available for Android and iOS which do specifically this. As far as how to write a program to do that, that's unfortunately a programing question, not a photography one and is off topic for Photography. You'd probably have better ...
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If you are asking can the computer control an EOS camera and take pictures without a photographer's interaction the answer is Yes. There are some limits to what you may do via EOS Utility, the primary one being that you can't change the focal length of a zoom lens without physically moving the zoom ring (or the push/pull barrel) on the lens. You can adjust ...
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I don't know any DSLR or P&S with motorized zoom, AFAIK only video cameras have such ability and many of them can be controlled remotely too.
I'm not sure about your budget, but wireless tethering is possible with many brand new DSLR cameras. it seems you just didn't know the correct terms and what to look for.
For example Nikon D5200. using Nikon ...
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