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Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:01:53 +0000

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By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:12:23 +0000

@Charlie, I have Camera Control Pro 2 and ControlMyNikon and both do not support using a wireless remote when in Live View mode. I think this is just a limitation of the camera. I can confirm this on the D40, D80 and D300.

Some alternatives to get this to work would be a mouse/keyboard with a long cord or wireless, or use windows speech recognition with a headset – i’ve used this with some success with controlmynikon.

I’m curious – what type of scene are you shooting where you plan to use liveview tethered plus a wireless remote?

Hope that helps

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:11:59 +0000

@Max, that was a big missed opportunity. Must be time for another coffee to help me wake up!

By: Max

Max — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:10:25 +0000

@Matt, You’re supposed to tell @Charlie that the only logical thing to do is to have him send you his D3s

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:04:40 +0000

@Charlie, I don’t actually have a copy of Camera Control Pro 2 so I can’t answer for certain, but that sounds like a bug. It might be a design feature though so check your manuals to see if this combination is supported. It is possible that both the wireless shutter release and tethering are trying to use the same electronics in the camera (seems unlikely) so maybe they can’t be used together.

I’m pretty sure most of the programs here support using the shutter release button on the camera while tethered. There should be little difference (electronically) between this and a wired remote so that should be OK. The easiest way to be certain is try one of the free Nikon SDK based options to confirm it works with your equipment.

By: Charlie Harbin

Charlie Harbin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:54:10 +0000

Hi. I am using Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 with a Nikon D3s. I had the same problem with my D300, namely, when in live view and tethered to the computer, a wireless remote shutter release will not focus and fire the shot. Unplug the tether, the wireless release works flawlessly, or turn off live view and it again works. Is something in the program shutting down that function for some reason? Do you know if any of the programs mentioned here will support using a remote to release the shutter. Oh, my wired release also will not fire it while tethered (IN LIVE VIEW); turn off LV, works fine.
I’m so confused!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:16:39 +0000

@Terry, There doesn’t appear to be a way to either force rotation of the image or have it pay attention to the JPEG orientation tag in DIYPhotoBits Camera Control. I’d suggest trying the “Push external viewer to display the latest image” feature to open the image in an external viewer that does offer one or both of those features.

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:24:05 +0000

Hi,
I have just recently downloaded DIYphotobits and after some trial and error have finally got it to work with my sony laptop and my wee nikon D60.
My question is, I take most of my pictures in portrait and was wondering if there is a way of setting the view images up to display in in this format as they are coming in landscape. which means I either have to tilt my head or the laptop to study the image.

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:06:23 +0000

Hello,

There is new Nikon remote control software for the PC called ControlMyNikon over at http://www.controlmynikon.com. It uses the Nikon SDK for controlling the camera.

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Choosing the Right Tethering Software for Nikon DSLR Cameras | Tether Talk — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:29:14 +0000

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