Shooting while connected to a Computer

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Posted by Carol Hyman on March 23, 2009 at 7:19 PM

This may be of interest to some of you.

Nikon has a software product called Camera Control Pro 2. The software enables you to connect your camera via a USB cable, turn it on, make minor adjustments, and shoot.

The cost appears to be about one and a half. Is it worth it? I don't know. It appears to work quite well.

Now I had to upgrade my version to 2.4 because of compatibility issues with both my Leopard OS (10.5) and the D700, but most of you should not have those problems.

I have an assignment this week of shooting gems and jewelry and I figure the application will help me spot glare on facets more readily than simply looking at the viewfinder.

If any of you are interested, I made screen copies of the five major types of operations. Zap me an eMail and I'll send you the images.

Regards,

Carol

Posted by Steve Sieren on March 23, 2009 at 8:59 PM

Sound great for working something infront but not really for nature stuff unless it's in the back yard. I have a friend that shoots architecture and doesn't shoot unless the laptop is hooked up but he is messing with a lot of hot lights.

Posted by Gene Lugo on March 24, 2009 at 6:51 AM

Phase One's Capture One does the same thing. While NX2 is a pretty cool piece of software, it does not lend itself easily to batch processing. Capture One is the King of Batch. I have seen nothing that is more intuitive or faster - at least as far as the v3.7 product is concerned. Have not tried the v4 yet.