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• 1 Daniel // Dec 11, 2008 at 12:47 am

  My D40 works quite well.

  Thanks for the updates .

• 2 raymond // Dec 12, 2008 at 1:13 am

  Glad it works for you, as I have a D40 I’m able to test it here myself so there is a better chance I’ll make it work right!

• 3 Kevin // Dec 12, 2008 at 1:33 pm

  It also works on my XP system with my D80. Someone said they couldn’t run it on their NLite install of XP on an EEE. I tried it on an EEE 901 without an NLite install and it works just fine for me.

• 4 Pete L // Dec 13, 2008 at 9:42 pm

  Many thanks for developing Camera Control 2.1 on 1st trial seems to work OK with D300 & XP pro. 1 thing I have noticed is the shutter speed is not displayed in whichever mode & is not controlable in M & S modes am I missing something? Otherwise great, I look forward to future updates.

• 5 Pete L // Dec 13, 2008 at 10:17 pm

  Just tried connecting a D200 I get the Script error message – file:///C:/Program%20Files/DIYPhotoBits.com%20Camera%20Control%202.1/Camera%20Control.hta
  and no camera detected.
  Also tried a D90, seemed to work? recognised OK but then CC2.1 crashed! Reconnected camera seems OK again. But no preview for raw. So works with some issues!!

• 6 nick // Dec 14, 2008 at 3:54 am

  Great project! Keep up the good work! It Works on my D200. It’s crashed a couple times. Once, I believ when I turned off the camera while the tether was still “Start tether”. Thanks again. I took a screen shot of another error. I couldn’t find an email address to send it to, though.

• 7 John // Dec 14, 2008 at 2:02 pm

  D3 is recognized and all controls work. No raw preview though. It would be great if you could overcome that issue.
  Good Luck

• 8 Francis // Dec 14, 2008 at 8:25 pm

  I had some problems initially, but they ended up being with my camera setup and not with the program. It now works great on my D50 running Windows XP. Thanks for an awesome program!!

• 9 Graham Martin // Dec 16, 2008 at 12:30 pm

  Brilliant. Worked for my D200. The only thing I can’t work out is what the “Start and Stop Tether” and “Push External Viewer” section is for… can anyone help advise this rather thick photographer here (or show me where I can find help).

• 10 raymond // Dec 17, 2008 at 6:43 am

  Thanks for all the updates. I obviously need to do some more documentation, will try to do that next.

• 11 carl // Dec 18, 2008 at 12:25 am

  Fantastic! Works prfrctly with my D50 on windows XP. It would be amazing to be able to do time lapse from this (just a thought)…

• 12 raymond // Dec 18, 2008 at 4:07 am

  After I get these tutorial videos done time lapse will be next…

• 13 Daniel // Dec 18, 2008 at 5:12 pm

  And also bulb mode please! e.g. being able to assign arbitrary values for how long to keep the shutter open – 14 sec, 200 sec, 2000 sec etc… will be helpful for astrophotography or night photography when you don’t have an infrared remote…

  Oh and as for the infrafed remote – here’s a tip that you may not know – Nikons operate on the same frequency as many TVs (Sanyo comes to mind) – so a universal remote (both cheaper and easier to find rechargeable batteries for) will work just as well…and control your TV/dvd etc.

• 14 mark // Dec 22, 2008 at 10:32 am

  works brilliantly with the D700. the pairing with adobe bridge works awesome! wonderful job mate

• 15 zald // Dec 22, 2008 at 1:09 pm

  fantastic . Thanks man….It’ ll be awesome if it can be triggered from camera, more flexibility and movement for photographer.

• 16 Graham Martin // Dec 22, 2008 at 2:17 pm

  I think I’ve discovered what the “Tether start/stop” is for… it allows triggering from the camera. The Push External Viewer” pushes the image taken to be the selected image in Adobe Bridge. I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong!

• 17 raymond // Dec 23, 2008 at 6:54 am

  Daniel, Bulb is going to be hard — I’m not sure I can do that but I’ll see how it might work.

  Graham, yes that is correct. Sorry I’ve failed to explain that properly — needs another howto video!

• 18 Daniel // Dec 24, 2008 at 7:46 am

  That would be really appreciated (especially if a timer could be built in – I’m thinking from the perspective of a lazy astrophotographer – set the timer to start the exposure at 4:20 am and stop after 4:50 etc.)

• 19 marla // Dec 26, 2008 at 6:08 pm

  Great little script. thank you for putting the time and effort into this.
  One question: I am considering getting a mini laptop notebook that does not have video card. Is the video card required to make it all work (sorry, not very technologically savvy here.)
  Thanks

• 20 Daniel // Dec 27, 2008 at 5:23 pm

  ^ Marla – thinking about the EEE pc (or something similar?) I use the tethering with mine and it’s fine (I think even the mini laptops have integrated intel graphics chips).

  So it should be absolutely fine.

• 21 marla // Dec 27, 2008 at 6:05 pm

  thank you Daniel!

• 22 raymond // Dec 28, 2008 at 8:00 am

  Daniel, good thought — I am all for inventive laziness! And thanks for explaining to marla — yes that’s right that no special video card is required on a laptop to make this work. As long as it has a normal screen as any laptop would and a USB connection then the hardware is there. A full install of Windows XP is needed though on the software side. Some of the mini XP-lite installs seem to be missing the WIA facilities.

• 23 raymond // Jan 3, 2009 at 2:03 am

  Daniel, a basic time lapse feature is in the new 3.0 of the script, but not yet the scheduled start/stop or the bulb. Will need to find some more time to think on those!

• 24 Willem // Feb 8, 2009 at 5:38 pm

  version 3.1 works with D70 on XP, not on Vista.
  Can release shutter on Vista, but image download does not start.

  Also tested with old Sony DSC707 in PTP mode : does recognise Sony camera but comes up with error on line 431, name not found.

• 25 willem // Feb 8, 2009 at 6:41 pm

  Coorection, after full reset of everything, also Vista now works with my D70.
  Only problem is that when I toggle from jpg to raw on the screen and then back, an error message is reported on line 510, char 4, parameter incorrect and as result no preview is shown (although image is still transferred without problems).

• 26 raymond // Feb 10, 2009 at 9:33 am

  willem, thanks for the additional test. I’ll take a look at those lines and see what I can come up with.

• 27 John // Feb 16, 2009 at 3:54 am

  Is is possible to control the external flash groups? I spend a lot of time adjusting off camera flash settings as I go about my “strobist” duties.

  I’d love to simply adjust these using your Camera Control and fire away.

• 28 Graham Martin // Feb 16, 2009 at 9:20 am

  It all works splendidly for me – the only problem I have is nothing to do with Camera Control itself but I wonder if anyone can help me with some advice… When using Bridge on the second screen attached to a laptop the Preview pane ‘freezes’. If I move the window back to the laptop screen all is well. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions. btw The laptop is an HP Pavillion 6940.

• 29 raymond // Feb 17, 2009 at 2:39 am

  John, no sorry control of the flashes is beyond me. I too try to do strobist things but try to stick to the setting flashes to a set power then using aperture and shutter speed to push the subject and ambient exposures about.

  Graham, strange — I too use bridge on a laptop with an external monitor and it seems fine. I have CS3, and you?

• 30 Graham Martin // Feb 17, 2009 at 11:01 am

  Hi Raymond
  I use CS3. I’m assuming this is a laptop issue because I get similar problems with Real Player. I think it’s to do with Bridge creating the preview in some form of video.

• 31 Pappy // Apr 29, 2009 at 8:52 pm

  When do you think you will make it work on Vista for the D40?

• 32 Thor // Jul 27, 2009 at 9:24 pm

  This (version 4.0 with windows xp) worked wonderfully with the Nikon D50.
  This video was shot with 15 second interval and then compiled using sony vegas.

  http://www.thorthought.com/thewayyousayit/video/video%20-%20itisfun.htm

  Thanks!

• 33 Brian // Sep 16, 2009 at 5:17 pm

  Looks great. works fine on my D80. Like Daniel would appreciate bulb control for astro use.

• 34 leshman // Nov 5, 2009 at 9:08 pm

  any camera control for sony Alpha350 ?

  thanks

• 35 Dick // Nov 13, 2009 at 1:31 pm

  Hi,
  Tried it with the D70 and D300 on Vista. With the D70 only the Aperture can be changed. If I put the camera on S or M, and try that in DIY Camera Control then still I can’t change shutterspeeds.
  D300 works rather well. In shutterpriority it would be nice if aperture would also be updated in the value the camera says. When choosing JPG I get a script-error and only NEFS are stored. But nevertheless nice program.

• 36 Isaac // Nov 17, 2009 at 1:48 am

  Do this program work with Windows 7?

• 37 raymond // Nov 18, 2009 at 7:54 am

  I’m not sure, I guess it would be similar to Vista in that some basic functions work but not all.

• 38 kellie trenkle // Nov 21, 2009 at 6:17 am

  i’m thinking that since the D300 & the D3 work with this that i could probably get my D700 to function. has anyone tried the D700 yet?

• 39 Bryan // Nov 22, 2009 at 4:28 pm

  Just tested it with my D70s on Vista… It won’t work for the RAW files, but jpeg works great. Thanks for the app!

• 40 raymond // Nov 23, 2009 at 7:46 am

  kellie, other people have noted that it does work with the D700.

• 41 George // Jan 3, 2010 at 12:23 am

  Works pretty well with the D40 on Windows 7 (so I’m assuming on Vista as well), but if you do something stupid (e.g. try to mess with the shutter when in A mode), it’ll stop working and you have to restart it. Bracketing hasn’t worked in S or A mode for me.

• 42 Sean // Jan 3, 2010 at 8:50 pm

  Version 4.1 works with Nikon D5o on Windows XP sp3. Thanks for this great work!

• 43 mikel // Jan 4, 2010 at 8:59 am

  what are the issues in using this for a d90? it wont destroy the camera wont it?

• 44 raymond // Jan 4, 2010 at 1:28 pm

  mikel, the worst it can do is fail to work.

• 45 mikel // Jan 4, 2010 at 5:16 pm

  i tried it on my d90 on vista and it works just fine.
  thanks!

• 46 lilka // Jan 12, 2010 at 6:26 pm

  what about d300s?

• 47 Vincent // Jan 13, 2010 at 7:22 pm

  Add another yes to D50… seems to work, although I haven’t tested doing a time lapse or bracketing. Good job with the program!

• 48 Vincent // Jan 13, 2010 at 8:31 pm

  Forgot to say: on XP

• 49 Hani // Jan 14, 2010 at 4:32 pm

  Thank you so much for this! I wanted to make a timelapse of the January 15th eclipse (tomorrow!) and found out to my dismay the version of Nikon Capture I have doesn’t work on Vista. This works like a charm

  Nikon D70s, Windows Vista SP1, Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop.

• 50 raymond // Jan 15, 2010 at 12:50 am

  Thanks for reminding me about the eclipse! I’ll see if I can watch it also though I don’t think I’ll try to time lapse it. It is only 68% here which won’t be that obvious I suspect…. Last year I made a DIY solar observatory to watch the eclipse with my son. A good exercise with some maths, some construction and some astronomy all thrown in! For the pin-hole tube type observatory we made for the solar eclipse it turned out you had to have a tube about 2m long to be able to get a clear image.

• 51 Steve // Jan 15, 2010 at 6:52 pm

  Great script! I have D40 and Vista Home Premium. Downloads both jpg and nef files but doesn’t produce the ‘preview’. Doesn’t do downloads if camera set to ‘P’ but does in ‘M’! Haven’t yet tried ‘A’ or ‘S’. You star!!!

• 52 Mads // Jan 15, 2010 at 8:50 pm

  Takes pictures with the D90

• 53 Djago // Jan 21, 2010 at 6:51 pm

  You should add Win7 column
  I have a D70S, Win7Ultimate 32bits, Compaq nc6000 notebook.
  * My D70S is recognized
  * I can shoot jpg (RAW takes jpg),
  * I can’t change S mode from the progam (even with the camera in M, A, P…). I have to change it from the camera, disconnect the camera, reconect the camera, restart the program and then I can use it in the other mode.
  * I can’t use full FPS. The fastest I can use it is about 6 photos every 10 seconds (without transfering them to the PC, of course). D70S can take 3fps with the right settings. This was what I was looking for in a program like this because Nikon’s Capture Pro can’t work without transfering the photos to the PC, rendering the program very slow.
  * Bracketing seems to work.

• 54 Pimple // Jan 31, 2010 at 5:35 am

  Works great on my D70s. Thanks!

• 55 Wayne // Feb 5, 2010 at 1:46 am

  Works with a D700 on Windows 7 64-bit, except for file type switching. Bracketing only adjusts the EV so it doesn’t work in Manual mode, but that’s probably what it’s meant to do.

• 56 frank // Feb 9, 2010 at 9:00 pm

  Works with the D5000 in windows vista only in manual mode M
  Just fine for me
  Thanks

• 57 raymond // Feb 10, 2010 at 12:47 am

  @frank, thanks for the update. Hope to see some new shots of your great glass work art soon!

  @Wayne, yes that is what it is meant to do in 4.1; I’ll fix this in 5.0.

• 58 serena h // Feb 10, 2010 at 9:19 pm

  Anybody tried it with the D300s?

• 59 Adriano // Feb 11, 2010 at 3:13 pm

  I have a D80 with Win7 64-bit and it detects the D80 I can set all parameters even remote release but the pictures don’t show up anywhere.
  Please help!!!

• 60 Easy // Feb 21, 2010 at 2:47 pm

  hi, just to add to the chart, D100 didn’t seem to work, and D1 (yes, there are still D1s around) doesn’t either. XP can detect the D1, shows up in hardware device manager, but opens nikon picture-project with it. After uninstalling that program, photobits still doesn’t detect the camera no matter camera on first or program opened up first. Dunno if i’m the only one. Thanks for the programme though.

• 61 chris // Feb 28, 2010 at 6:12 pm

  Camera controls work with Nikon D3000.
  No preview. Running vista.

• 62 Al Graham // Mar 8, 2010 at 5:12 pm

  D300s seems to work well. Haven’t done extensive testing. camera detected, image transferred after on-camera shutter, image transferred after software button shutter, all control functions changed okay. after testing all control function changes, image would no longer transfer. software restarted and normal operation continued.

• 63 Scott // Mar 9, 2010 at 2:24 pm

  I just tested 5.2 on my Vista Home Premium laptop with my Nikon D40. Seems to work just as expected with RAW files. I did need to select my camera twice to get tethering to function.

• 64 Ollie // Mar 9, 2010 at 6:33 pm

  5.2 + D3000 on Windows 7 with Bridge CS4, and everything works. Bless you man, I love this. Screw the Nikon app.

• 65 Adriano // Mar 9, 2010 at 6:44 pm

  5.2 D80 Win7 64bit still not working

• 66 Ollie // Mar 9, 2010 at 8:03 pm

  Sorry forgot to mention, the above Win 7 with the 5.2/D3000/Bridge CS4 is a 32-bit Home Premium.

  Adriano, I think it most probably is a question of yours being a 64-bit. If there is a D80 out there working properly with a 32-bit 7, then that should confirm it. Haven’t heard of one, though. Hope you get yours going eventually, this is truly a nice, nice app.

• 67 raymond // Mar 10, 2010 at 8:35 am

  I’m really out of my depth with the 64bit thing – the documentation says that WIAAUT is *not* supported under 64bit, but some people say it DOES work for them. So no idea where to go with that one.

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