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Free Tethered Shooting Script for Nikon

May 23rd, 2008 · 83 Comments

Update: This is now obsolete, use instead the the free DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.1 application.

Update: The With Bridge version provides almost instant image viewing in Adobe Bridge without any keypresses.  If you use Bridge instead of Adobe Lightroom then download that version.  I’ve also made a video to show how to use this script.

If you’ve been keeping up with the blogs of various big photography bloggers out there you’ll certainly have been seeing quite a bit about tethered shooting recently. Not that it is a revolution or anything, but it certainly is a help to be able to see your images immediately on a big screen — and that doesn’t just go for those with failing eye-sight but basically the images you see on the LCD at the back of your camera are only the jpg preview, not the RAW (should you be shooting raw).

Even if you are shooting jpg just having to view them on such a tiny screen really makes it hard to tell if they are sharp or perhaps shaded as you are hoping. Sucking them right into your PC seems just so logical.

If you are a Canon shooter then no issue - the software comes with the camera (so I’m told).

If you are a Nikon shooter then it gets a little more difficult. If you are a Mac user you could use Aperture, but for Windows you seem to be stuck with Nikon Camera Control Pro. That’s a $160 or so software which does a lot more than just tethered shooting, but is probably overkill if like me you are a hobbiest just messing around.

So in true geeky DIY mode I thought it can’t be that hard to write a script that sucks pictures out of a USB connected camera and saves them onto the PC. And after a little poking around I find that actually it’s true, it isn’t that hard.

The thing that makes it practical is that most of what you need is built into Windows, another chunk comes as a standard optional microsoft download, such that the glue you need to pull it all together is just a few lines of code.

Part 1 is Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) - that’s built in

Part 2 is WIA Automation Layer - a free download from Microsoft for Windows XP SP2 or higher

Part 3 is a script to tie it all together - which I present here

DOWNLOAD This is now obsolete, use instead the free DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 2.1 application.

 

Requirements:

  • Windows XP SP2 or higher
  • A Nikon DSLR (D40, D60, D200 and D300 tested ok)
  • USB cable

Installation:

Well nothing really, just unzip it and put it in a folder anywhere — I suggest c:\program files\tethered but anywhere would do.

Usage:

  1. Empty your camera card — that’s optional but a good start for reasons that will be apparent later
  2. Plug your camera in via USB — you should make sure USB in your menus is set to PTP
  3. If your PC pops up one of those windows wanting to download stuff, just cancle it
  4. Run “tethered.cmd” by double clicking on it
  5. Open your image viewer of choice - I use Bridge - and set it to look in the c:\tethered folder.  If you are using Lightroom then you’d want to set that to be a watched folder.
  6. You are now ready to start shooting.  Anything you shoot will turn into a file in a folder called c:\tethered within a second of you completing the exposure
  7. When you are done just close the Tethered window.

Notes:

  • All your images are also stored on your memory card so you have a backup without using a D3 and two cards
  • If you shoot more than 1000 images in one session it is liable to give an error as the filenames wrap around.  That’s why it is good to empty your memory card first so that you are starting at file number 000.
  • I’ve tested this with a Nikon D40 and it works fine, in theory it should work with any WIA compatible camera but the other Point and Shoot ones I have refuse to take pictures while the USB cable is connected so I can’t test them.  I’d be very pleased to hear from those of you who have tried it on other cameras and if it worked or not.
  • If you want the images stored somewhere other than c:\tethered then edit the .wsf file to change the location

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83 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Tony Arthur // Jun 6, 2008 at 6:40 am

    It works on the Nikon D300. I could shoot from the camera into Adobe LightRoom via the script. Thanks a lot for your post.

  • 2 raymond // Jun 6, 2008 at 7:38 am

    Thanks very much Tony for letting me know that. My main problem at the moment is finding a long enough USB cable! I bought a couple but neither work with the camera (though they are ok for other things).

  • 3 Scott // Jun 10, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    Just what I needed for my D40. Now I can tell if my shots are not sharp. Raymond, try a USB extension cord. That worked for me. I just wish I knew how to get Bridge to advance to the next photo automatically.

  • 4 HawlendRion // Jun 11, 2008 at 12:55 am

    Just tried it out and it works like a charm. Thanks so much. Using a Nikon D60.

  • 5 raymond // Jun 11, 2008 at 2:29 am

    Thanks Hawlend for confirming the D60 works. I suspect now it should work with any Nikon DSLR but more test reports are always good to confirm or deny that!

    Scott, I have tried an extention cable and my PC can’t recognise the camerea with me — I suspect I need a better quality cord.

    Having Bridge advance automatically sounds useful, I’ll think about how it could be done — perhaps the script can send a “down arrow” key to Bridge.

  • 6 Gene // Jun 19, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    I actually have toneUP which does allow this function. It’s nice for 15 bucks. But I’m glad to see others doing this. I just dont have the ambition (dont see myself suffering this much) to finish many projects anymore.

    gene

  • 7 Chester Tan // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Hey thanks for sharing this great patch. It works superbly fast. The only thing I’d be missing is the ability to review via the camera’s LCD monitor, which seems to be disabled when connected to tether.

  • 8 raymond // Jun 21, 2008 at 4:06 am

    @Gene; ToneUP is a whole other level and I’m not trying to go there, just doing the basics!

    @Chester; Glad it works for you as well. The LCD being disabled seems to be a camera limitation and not controllable. Of course the compensation is that you get to see your images on your PC screen which is so much larger. Try the latest /w Bridge version that means you get a whole screen view of your image within a couple of seconds of shooting it!

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  • 10 Gareth Preston // Jun 28, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    You are a genius :) Well done my friend!!

  • 11 raymond // Jul 3, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Thanks Gareth!

  • 12 Willem // Jul 9, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    I tried it with Vista but it did not work. I did not download the WIA automation layer since I this is for XP only and the wiki page states that it is already built in into Vista.

    So I only downloaded and ran the script.

    I see no images appearing in c:/tethered

  • 13 raymond // Jul 10, 2008 at 5:33 am

    Ok thanks for telling me, I thought it would work but without Vista to test myself I guess it is not surprising something didn’t work.

    Was there any error message?

  • 14 Willem // Jul 10, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    When I run the windows script file “tetheredloop” on Vista is does see the D70 allright. (when I switch the camera of an error message is displayed “no WIA device of the selected type is available”)

    But when I run the cmd file the DOS screen comes up and waits, then nothing happen, no error message on Vista, transfer just does not start.

    Also tested it on XP, works perfectly. As soon as I take a picture, the transfer starts.

  • 15 Willem // Jul 10, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    Further testing : added some display statement into your script. Script gets into the loop but each time the dev.Items.Count is zero. That is why transfer does not start. But why is it zero ? Any suggestions for further tests ?

  • 16 Andy // Jul 11, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    Works perfectly on my D60. Thanks so much for supporting a feature that Nikon wont!

  • 17 Willem // Jul 12, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    I found what the problem is : If I shoot in RAW format it does not count as a picture, if I shoot JPEG it does. Still wonder why it did work with XP. I am now studying the WIA automation info and will write some own scripts and share those later.

  • 18 raymond // Jul 13, 2008 at 12:43 am

    Good detective work Willem! That’s a strange difference between Vista and XP. Do you have installed in Vista the support for Windows to view raw files? That might “teach” Vista that RAW is an image as well.

  • 19 Kristi // Jul 17, 2008 at 2:34 am

    Hi ,
    Well I am hoping someone can walk me through this..holding my hand if need be! I have Vista on my laptop, D60, USB Cable and all the neccessary dowloads. What is new to me is my Bridge program. So I have all the parts but I can’t seem to make it work. I think the problem lies in not knowing how to view it through bridge. I got as far as double clicking onthe tethered file.. then it goes south…. I am a newbie to some of this so please be patient! :)

    Thanks Kristi

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  • 21 greg // Jul 30, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    could you pleeeeease do this for mac, too?

  • 22 Anthony // Jul 31, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Hey I first started to with Capture Pro 2 and it worked great until I found out the price..Yikes!

    I like your system better for the price. However, I find that after acquiring the image I get a window that ask me to Ok the Saving step to the Tetherred Folder. Is there a way to skip this step? I am running XP.

  • 23 Tammy // Aug 1, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    I have Vista and a D50. Assuming that this will work for a D50, if I choose to save NEF+fine jpeg, I should be able to see the jpegs with the tether script but not the NEF because I have Vista. However, the NEF should still be on my card….is that right?

  • 24 Simon Le // Aug 23, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    just found this.
    Thank you for being so clever and working this out.
    Have tethered my D70 and D300 and have 20+ images of my feet for no apparent reason other than for the sheer delight of seeing images transferred to the laptop.

  • 25 george alper // Aug 27, 2008 at 12:34 am

    awesome! screw capture! it works with d2x and d200 in xp sp2, right into millers lab! you fricking ROCK!!!!!

  • 26 raymond // Aug 27, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Appologies to everybody about the late replies, I was away during the summer and now that I’m back I’m still swamped. I’ll try to answer some of the queries though:

    @Kristi
    I don’t have Vista so guessing on this — Did you already open Bridge? Make sure it is viewing the correct folder first.

    @greg
    Don’t have a mac to work on, but I remember reading that similar scripting is possible (even easier) on a mac. Can’t remember were I read it though, I’ll post about it if I run across it again.

    @Anthony
    That’s strange, is it a WIA style dialogue? If so sounds as though you may have other imaging software loaded that is overriding the default behaviour. If you can show me the actual dialuge box it might help to shed some light.

    @Tammy
    Sounds right to me, but you’d have to test. Personally I’d not find that not so good — after all it is the NEF I want to see full screen to get maximum detail, not the jpg.

    @Simon Le
    Ahhh, feed. :) Glad it works for you!

    @george alper
    Thanks so much!

  • 27 Al // Aug 27, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    whjat about mac users?

  • 28 Leon // Aug 28, 2008 at 12:03 am

    All,

    I’m using Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP1 on an HP laptop with a D200. I downloaded the WIA Automation Layer from Microsoft and your script and everything works great!! At the risk of being redundant

    ‘THANKS A MILLION RAYMOND”

    P.S. I’m using LR 2.0 and it takes about 5-6 seconds to get to the screen in LR after the shutter closes!

  • 29 Leon // Aug 28, 2008 at 12:11 am

    All,

    I forgot to mention, I also tried it with my D200 on an HP desktop with Windows XP Media Center with SP3 and it also worked flawlessly!!

    Again–THANKS TO ALL

    Leon

  • 30 raymond // Aug 29, 2008 at 3:12 am

    @al
    Sorry I can’t do that myself but I just posted a link to someone else who has a Mac equivalent script

    @Leon
    Thanks! Good to hear more working Vista results.

  • 31 Leon // Aug 31, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    Raymond,

    Is there a way to transfer the RAW file to the computer? I’ve only been able to get JPEG’s.

    Thanks!

    Leon

  • 32 raymond // Sep 1, 2008 at 1:06 am

    @Leon,

    I can download RAW (.NEF) just fine under XP, but I have heard that this does not work in Vista. Willem (above) tried to resolve this but it seems without success so far.

  • 33 Daniel // Sep 5, 2008 at 7:12 am

    This script rocks! Worked like a charm with my Nikon D50 on WinXP with LightRoom! Thanks!

  • 34 Michael // Sep 8, 2008 at 10:11 am

    I installed the latest Nikon RAW Codec and the script still doesn’t capture NEF files under Windows Vista. I’m eagerly awaiting Willem’s test results.

    Otherwise, this is great. I believe, I should be able to make quick alterations to the JPG and then bring in the NEF’s later (manually) and Lightroom 1.4 should apply it to the NEF properly - haven’t tried it yet.

  • 35 andrew // Sep 16, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    works on D2Hs too - many thanks

  • 36 raymond // Sep 18, 2008 at 3:55 am

    @Daniel, glad it works for you!

    @Michael, I have to get hold of a Vista install somewhere to investigate the new WIA automation object model. I did some research and it seems they changed WIA quite a bit in Vista. I just can’t tell at this point if NEF support will be possible for me to do.

    @andrew, that’s great, glad it works for you.

  • 37 Eugene Tea // Sep 24, 2008 at 3:34 am

    Thanks a lot. I just download it and tried it on my d300 and Vista. It works perfectly. I shoot it with RAW + Jpeg fine. It saved both on my computer and I can open and view it through Bridge. Thanks again, great work raymond

  • 38 Kelly // Sep 24, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    Do you have to have lightroom to view them? I just have photoshop cs2 can I get it to work in that? If so how??? Thanks!

  • 39 raymond // Sep 25, 2008 at 1:15 am

    @Eugene, that’s Great! It proves it is possible on Vista to get RAW files. I wonder why it works in your case and not in others.

    @Kelly, no you don’t need lightroom. I don’t have lightroom either. You can view the images as they are downloaded with whatever tool you normally use — I used Adobe Bridge. See the video I posted two days ago for an example.

  • 40 priscila // Sep 26, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    I own a d200 and i use Vista. I did all the downloads, unzipped…The images tranfer just won’t start.

  • 41 raymond // Sep 27, 2008 at 12:43 am

    priscila, did you start the tethered.cmd script? Take a look at the video for a clearer example of how to start things.

  • 42 priscila // Sep 27, 2008 at 1:05 am

    I just watched the video again. Everything is done and runs smoothly up until the moment I shoot and there’s no prompt for any image….

  • 43 raymond // Sep 27, 2008 at 1:32 am

    Oh dear. Is the black window running still or does it disappear when you shoot? Are you shooting raw or jpg? Some people have only been able to get jpg to work under vista. Try jpg, raw and raw+jpg to see if there is any difference.

  • 44 priscila // Sep 27, 2008 at 1:51 am

    the window is still running…wait! I just tried jpg and it worked!!!!! I tried raw again and nothing. Is that it ? I’ll just have to shoot in jpg or raw+jpg ?

  • 45 raymond // Sep 27, 2008 at 4:30 am

    priscila, I’m afraid this is something particular about Vista I haven’t worked out (I don’t have vista myself to try). But judging from what other people have said, yes, you’ll have to do jpg or raw+jpg with Vista. Hopefully we’ll get a better solution eventually but that’s where we are for now.

  • 46 spida // Sep 29, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    Heya

    Thank you so much for this it works great.
    I have set this up on my Laptop which is running Vista and all I did was download the zip file and it worked.

    Also it works fine with just Raw from my D300.

    Thanks again.

  • 47 priscila // Sep 30, 2008 at 12:17 am

    Raymond, thank you very much for your help. You rock !

  • 48 Charles. C // Sep 30, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    Worked like a charm, ould definitely recommend this to others. Any chance this could develop into something bigger and more useful :) ?

  • 49 Charles. C // Sep 30, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    Sorry I meant “could” and not “ould”.

  • 50 Kev // Sep 30, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    Wow! Thanks Ray!
    I thought this type of thing was only available to pro-photographers, I didn’t realise it was actually free to someone with a bit of skill like yourself, thanks for sharing!

    I can confirm the Bridge version works with a D40x and Picasa2.

  • 51 Jim // Oct 1, 2008 at 1:58 am

    Almost plugnplay on XP-SP3 /D300-NEF combo. Just did a little edit on the wsf to redirect to whichever folder i choose to save and view from. Also got a usb extender to significantly increase distance between camera and laptop when required or maybe, a DIY bluetooth connection hmmm!? Thanks so much for the innovation Raymond.

  • 52 EdSan // Oct 1, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    Hi Raymond. Thanks.
    I have a D60, Vista Premium OS laptop and it works.
    It even recognizes the NEF files too. I view the Nef files via Capture NX 2.

    I am really happy. God Bless.

  • 53 raymond // Oct 2, 2008 at 3:34 am

    @ Charles, glad it worked for you. Any recommendation is always appreciated, how about a blog post? ;-) I’m certainly looking at what more things can be done via this scripting interface and suspect I can do quite a lot - however I think I’ll stick to being a “script” rather than an application. My serious programming days are long gone!

    @Kev, thanks for the confirmation. Did you get Picasa to automatically advance to the most recent frame as it is shot?

    @Jim, I suspect bluetooth would be too slow - and doubt the camera could power an adaptor — but you never know! I need to turn that destination folder into a configurable item for those not interested in editing the code. Thanks for the reminder.

    @EdSan, that’s great, thanks for the feedback.

  • 54 ottzen // Oct 2, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Hey!
    This looks like an awesome alternative to Nikon’s CC, but unfortunately it won’t work for me?
    I get the following error when i merely start the .cmd:
    I:\Tethered\tetheredloop.wsf(2, 21) Windows Script Host: Cannot find the type library for this reference : wia.DeviceManager

    The cmd-promt closes immediatly after that.
    I’m running XP-64 on SP2, don’t know if there are any other interesting facts for you to know?
    I hope you can help me with this, it would be greatly appreciated!

    // ottzen

  • 55 Jim // Oct 2, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    power would be external but yes bluetooth definitely too slow @ 1.5Mbps transferring an 11MB NEF as ViewNX really waiting to display. Initially played with those cheap wireless keyoard mouse but had problems with the channel hop. Looking into wifi dongles just to avoid the WT-4. Again, thanks Raymond

  • 56 raymond // Oct 3, 2008 at 7:10 am

    @ ottzen, I don’t know if the WIA Automation layer is available for 64 bit windows. The one I’m supplying is for 32 bit and presumably doesn’t work. Try registering it manually though and see what happens.

    @ Jim, let me know how it goes!

  • 57 ottzen // Oct 3, 2008 at 10:30 am

    If by “registering it manually” you mean using “regsvr32 wiaaut.dll” then I’m sorry to report a failure there.
    Haven’t been able to find anything about wiaaut.dll on x64 systems. If there isn’t the possibility available from Microsoft, that just sucks.
    But as far as i understand wia is used for webcams and scanners to? These work on x64, though don’t they? My Logitech Webcam Pro 5000 at least works fine…why shouldn’t the wiaaut.dll…(surely its more complicated than that, I just don’t get it)

    Anyone got another tip or trick I could try? =S

    //ottzen

  • 58 raymond // Oct 3, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    ottzen, yes that is what I meant. The dll is for WIA automation which appears to be a higher layer than WIA itself. So even though x64 windows supports WIA doesn’t mean it supports WIA automation.

    So far not been able to research any solution to this. I suspect WIA automation may be orphan as the new correct way to do this is DirectShow.NET but that is MUCH harder and not obviously scriptable.

  • 59 Gary // Oct 30, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    ITS AMZING!! well done!! works great with my D40.

    Any chance of getting it to do time lapse? in put your custom time etc?

    Not sure if this has been cover but any way of getting live view to work on the laptop screen? as the D40 doesn’t have it!

    Thank you again!
    Gary

  • 60 Gary // Oct 30, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    Forgot to say that my LCD screen still works when the camera is connected! but not for viewing images just camera settings! pretty cool!

  • 61 raymond // Oct 31, 2008 at 9:47 am

    Gary, time lapse is on my todo list. Live view is probably impossible on the D40, but a maybe for the D300 if I can get the Nikon SDK and the coding isn’t too hard for me (I’m not a real programmer!)

  • 62 Tom // Nov 25, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    Works fine with a D700, windows XP SP3, and straight into lightroom. Have used the official Nikon program a bit, and whilst it offers a little more sophistication it’s not £120 worth of extra sophistication!

    You’re a genius sir, long may you continue to bring out stuff like this!

  • 63 raymond // Nov 26, 2008 at 3:10 am

    Tom, thanks for the kind words and I’m glad to hear it works with a D700 for you as someone else reported that camera not working for them.

  • 64 bill g // Nov 26, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    hi
    just managed to get tethered connection working works with D50 and D80 works with bridge and lightroom at same time

  • 65 raymond // Nov 27, 2008 at 5:17 am

    Thanks for letting me know bill g!

  • 66 Osman // Nov 27, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    I wanted to use this program with my D8O. I just don’t want to put out the money just for tether shooting if I don’t have too. Well, I downloaded the program into my computer, Windows Vista platform, and it’s telling me that it is not compatible. It’s also giving me an error message.
    Anyone there have any suggestion

  • 67 Osman // Nov 27, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    I am also using Photoshop Element for editing.

    bill g anything different you did when installing the software? I installed and reinstalled the software numerous time.

  • 68 raymond // Nov 28, 2008 at 3:06 am

    Osman, I’m sorry to say I’m not sure. Which version of the script are you using? Please try the 2.0 if you haven’t already. If you could tell me what the error message is that you see that might be a clue!

  • 69 emilio // Nov 28, 2008 at 3:33 am

    “Windows XP SP2 or higher” — does this include Vista Premium? Not working for me. After I [Select Camera] button in hta UI — I get message: “This device does not support taking new pictures” — I have a D200; I use Lr 2.1; thanks for your time.

  • 70 raymond // Nov 28, 2008 at 3:41 am

    emilio - theoretically I don’t see why it won’t work with Vista, the documentation for WIAAut is the same. But in practice some, but not all, Vista users say it doesn’t work for them. While all XP users seem to have no problem.

    Do you have a wiaaut.dll in your system32? Is it the same one that ships with the CC script? Does the WIA diagnostic tool run on your machine?

  • 71 osman // Nov 28, 2008 at 4:29 am

    Raymond—The first error was when I started the program with the D8O plugged in is ” This device is not supported” although it does show the D8O as the camera connected.

    second is when I switch to the RAW image in the control portion it immediately pop up an error message stating “An error message has occurred in the script on this page.”

    On the error portion within is saying that “The WIA device is not online.”

  • 72 osman // Nov 28, 2008 at 4:33 am

    I also have the 2.0 downloaded as well. I will remove it and reinstall it again.

  • 73 emilio // Nov 28, 2008 at 5:25 am

    raymond - I have a wiaaut.dll in system32, but it’s ver 6… while the dll that came with your ZIP file is 5… — where would I find the WIA diagnostic tool?

  • 74 raymond // Nov 28, 2008 at 5:35 am

    The diag tool is here: http://www.diyphotobits.com/2008/10/27/troubleshooting-wia-connections/

    It also comes with the v5 dll.

    Now this is guesswork as I don’t have Vista but what I’d do is try unregistering both dlls then re register only the v6 and try again.

  • 75 raymond // Nov 28, 2008 at 5:37 am

    osman, I think you’re problem is different — Windows Vista is failing to fully recognise the D80. I’ve read of other people having that. Do you connect the camera directly to the PC (no hub)? Sometimes poor connections on hubs can cause USB hardware to not be fully recognised. You have to get the “This device is not supported” error fixed before my (or any other) software will work.

  • 76 osman // Nov 28, 2008 at 6:03 am

    Raymond—Well I did finally get it to work. I followed your video and it is very informative. step by step. The photo does download now to the tethered file you specified on the C drive. I can only see it to how big I can get it on the view option though. Is there anyway I can connect it to other view screen? I have my photoshop element, picasa, or may be explorer viewer? I can do a slide show but I have to press the next all the time?

    I want to thank you for this Raymond. Great script.

  • 77 raymond // Nov 28, 2008 at 6:29 am

    osman, that’s great to here. Do you know what fixed it? So we can suggest others with the same problem may try that same solution.

    As for viewing — external viewers are the only good choice now (I use Bridge, others say Lightroom works too). I need to work on that area more. I think explorer viewer would work; did you try the “push external viewer” option and open an explorer window?

  • 78 osman // Nov 28, 2008 at 6:52 am

    Raymond—I followed the video instruction that you have.

    on the image save location, it always shows the C drive. Is that the only place it usually save I guess?

    Thanks a lot.

  • 79 emilio // Nov 29, 2008 at 4:44 am

    I guess I’m SOL on this one. Downloaded diag tool, ran it & I got ‘No such interface supported’ with D200 on & connected via USB. FYI - diag tool comes with two files in RAR - exe runs while DLL is ‘corrupt’ & thus couldn’t extract; thx for your time & help.

  • 80 raymond // Dec 1, 2008 at 3:20 am

    I’m sorry it hasn’t worked out Emilio. I’ll keep trying and intend to put together some troubleshooting suggestions. My latest thought involves ensuring Nikon drivers are installed in Windows correctly first.

  • 81 john // Dec 6, 2008 at 5:10 am

    what about one for mac and aperture i cant get my d40 t6 connect t6 tether right.

  • 82 paul // Dec 13, 2008 at 9:43 am

    yyyyes, i am in love with this! thank you for making this!!

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