KamLynk
English · Português · Website: https://dionatansimioni.github.io/KamLynk/
Remote control for Sony cameras on Linux: live preview, start/stop recording, exposure
(aperture, shutter, ISO, EV), focus (touch to focus, manual focus), zoom, white balance,
Creative Look/Picture Profile and photo transfer, over Wi-Fi or USB.
Made for the Sony ZV-E10 II, but it uses Sony's
Camera Remote SDK, so other
models supported by the SDK should work too: the interface only shows what the connected
camera reports.
KamLynk is an independent project. It is not made, supported or endorsed by Sony.
Download and run
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Download KamLynk-<version>-x86_64.AppImage from
Releases.
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Make it executable and run it:
chmod +x KamLynk-*-x86_64.AppImage
./KamLynk-*-x86_64.AppImage
Or, in your file manager: right-click › Properties › allow running as a program, then
double-click it.
Runs on any x86_64 distribution with glibc 2.34 or newer: Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+,
Fedora 35+, RHEL/Alma/Rocky 9+, openSUSE Tumbleweed/Leap 16, Arch, Linux Mint 21+ and others.
X11 and Wayland are both supported. No installation is needed; on first start the app adds
itself to your applications menu.
On first start, KamLynk asks you to accept the terms required by Sony's SDK (camera warranty
and prohibited uses, see THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md).
Preparing the camera (ZV-E10 II)
Wi-Fi through your router (recommended)
- MENU › Network › Wi-Fi › Access Point Set.: connect the camera to the same network as the PC.
- MENU › Network › Cnct./PC Remote › PC Remote Function › PC Remote: On.
- In KamLynk, click Search for cameras, then the camera.
- With Access Authen. on (the default), KamLynk asks for the user name and password shown
in Network › Network Option › Access Authen. Settings. It can remember them in the
system keychain.
USB: MENU › Network › Cnct./PC Remote › Connection Method: USB. The first time,
click Allow USB access… in KamLynk (it installs a udev rule and asks for the administrator
password once).
The app shows these steps too. Menu names may vary slightly with the camera's language.
Languages
English and Brazilian Portuguese. KamLynk follows the system language (Portuguese systems get
Portuguese, all others English). To change it, open Settings › Language; the change
applies immediately.
Privacy
KamLynk talks only to your camera. It sends no telemetry and does not connect to the internet.
- Preferences and the list of known cameras:
~/.config/KamLynk/kamlynk.ini
- Log for bug reports:
~/.local/share/KamLynk/kamlynk.log
- Camera logins ("Remember user name and password") are stored only in the system keychain
(KWallet / GNOME Keyring), tied to the camera's SSH fingerprint, so a saved login is never
sent to a different camera. "✕" in the camera list forgets the camera and its login.
Building from source
Sony does not allow redistributing its SDK, so it is not in this repository. Download
Camera Remote SDK for Linux 64bit (x86) from
https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/sdk/en/index.html (KamLynk is tested with
v2.02.00) and accept Sony's license. Then, on Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt install build-essential cmake ninja-build qt6-base-dev qt6-declarative-dev \
qml6-module-qtquick-controls qml6-module-qtquick-layouts qml6-module-qtquick-window \
qml6-module-qtquick-dialogs qml6-module-qtqml-workerscript libudev-dev xvfb \
qt6-svg-dev qt6-wayland qtkeychain-qt6-dev qt6-tools-dev qt6-l10n-tools
./scripts/setup-sdk.sh ~/Downloads/CrSDK_v2.02.00_*_Linux64PC.zip # copies the SDK to third_party/crsdk
./scripts/build-libxml2.sh # libxml2.so.2 required by the SDK (first time only)
cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja
cmake --build build
./build/kamlynk # real camera
./build/kamlynk --demo # simulated camera, no hardware needed
Tests: cd build && ctest --output-on-failure.
Portable AppImage
./scripts/build-appimage.sh # builds in a glibc 2.34 container, runs the tests, creates dist/KamLynk-<version>-x86_64.AppImage
./scripts/test-appimage-distros.sh # runs the AppImage in containers of several distributions
Requires Docker. The build runs in packaging/portable/Dockerfile (AlmaLinux 9 /
manylinux_2_34: glibc 2.34, GCC 14, official Qt 6.10, QtKeychain). The glibc 2.34 floor comes
from Sony's SDK binaries. Fallback libraries (a newer libstdc++, GLib, OpenSSL, Kerberos,
libsecret) live in usr/optional/ and are used only when the system lacks them.
Translations
Source texts are in Portuguese; the English translation is i18n/kamlynk_en.ts (Qt Linguist),
compiled into the executable. After changing UI texts:
cmake --build build --target update_translations # adds the new texts to the .ts file
linguist i18n/kamlynk_en.ts # translate them (or edit the XML)
Project layout
| Folder | Contents |
|---|
src/core | Camera-independent logic (CameraController, CameraProperty, codecs, FakeBackend, Language) |
src/sdk | SonyBackend: integration with the Sony SDK |
src/app | main.cpp, live view item, QML type registration, keychain |
qml | User interface (Qt Quick) |
i18n | Translations |
tests | Unit and UI tests |
scripts, packaging | Build, SDK setup and AppImage packaging |
License
KamLynk's source code is released under the MIT License.
The AppImage also contains Sony's proprietary Camera Remote SDK libraries, distributed under
Sony's license agreement, and open-source components (Qt under LGPL-3.0, libusb under
LGPL-2.1, QtKeychain, libxml2, libssh2, OpenSSL and others). See
THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md and LICENSES/.
Sony, ZV-E10 and related names are trademarks of Sony Group Corporation or its affiliates.
