Comments on: DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control 1.0

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:30:55 +0000

Raymond,

More happy news. I tried to use the checking program only I can’t decompress it. I get an error that the file is not a valid archive.

By: raymond

raymond — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:14:17 +0000

Steve, actually I was thinking the other way — I probably haven’t tested properly with an empty card, so it’s more like I know it works when there are multiple images already on the card.

The script does not presume a particular file number — in WIA the script can ask “how many images do you have” (dev.items.count) and get a reply such as “4″ in which case the script will try to download item 4 (dev.items(4)) regardless of the name.

If you have time perhaps you can try to run the WIA test program I described here and send me the result, it should show a lot of technical details which may help.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:20:14 +0000

Thanks Raymond,

I’ve just tried the script again making sure the card in the camera was freshly formatted. Is the program looking for a 0001 file number? I do not reset my count to zero with each card formatted.

By: raymond

raymond — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:00:08 +0000

Thanks Steve for those additional details. Very interesting. Is the camera empty (no images) at that point? Anyway I’ll try to see what is causing this. Seems like the script is not understanding how many images are on the camera and/or is trying to download the wrong one.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:40:46 +0000

Using CC2 an a Vista Home Premium machine –

When the camera is connected the dialogue box says the device is not capible of taking new pictures.

After clicking “Start Tether” and tripping the shutter the following script error pops up:

Line: 65
Char: 2
Error: Parameter is incorrect
Code: 0
URL: file:///C:/Program%20Files/DIYPhotoBits.com%20Camera%20Control/Camera%20Control.hta

Thanks for letting me play.

Steve

By: raymond

raymond — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:54:11 +0000

Steve, if you could let me know the details (e.g. line number) of the script error message and if you are using CC 1 or CC 2 that would help me to add it to my long list of bugs to fix!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:03:32 +0000

Oddly enough all the remote controls seem to work. The camera was in Manual when I connected it. I was able to change the exposure settings and activate the shutter from the computer. When the program starts a dialogue box pops up and says the device isn’t capible of taking new pictures. When the shutter is tripped a progress box opens briefly and then a script error is thrown. I’ll reinstall as suggested.

By: raymond

raymond — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:17:01 +0000

@Steve, sorry about that — it seems to be lucky draw at the moment though some folks have success after reinstalling. I’ll have to do a new version that lets you to tethered even if remote control isn’t supported on your camera.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:09:51 +0000

I hoped I’d be one of the lucky ones. I had to tinker with Vista just to install the program and it says my D200 isn’t capible of taking new pictures. Wish there was a solution to this.

By: raymond

raymond — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:44:24 +0000

@James and PP. On Vista the RAW (NEF) don’t import on some people’s PCs. XP it works for everybody. And *some* people tell me it works for them on Vista so I’m not sure. Have you tried shooting RAW+JPG? How about installing the Vista NEF codec or any Nikon software that came with your camera.

@D300, glad it works for you. Wow, RGB histogram – no idea how I could do that.