Choosing Tethered Shooting Software for Nikon DSLR Cameras. Most Nikon DSLR owners are unlikely to have experimented with tethered shooting for one simple reason Nikon charges in the order of 1. Amazon for the required software, where as Canon ships tethered shooting software with their DSLRs at no additional charge. Default defaultOption false active available for sale true activeForIndividualSale available for individual sale true availablein stockhas available. The Nikon D800 36MP fullframe, 35. Nikons best DSLR ever. It has over double the resolution of the new D4, for half the price, and. D850 Extreme Resolution Meets Extreme Speed When Nikon introduced the D800 and D800E, it set a new benchmark for DSLR image quality and super high resolution. Nikon D750. Feature set includes 24. MP FXformat sensor and EXPEED 4 builtin WiFi sharing and remote control Nikons powerful 51point AF system. Set your heart on the new D7200, the most advanced DSLR in Nikons DX range. The D7200 sets a new standard for image quality with its DXformat 24. CMOS. There have been free alternatives available for some time now but they werent that easy to locate or use and had to rely on approaches e. WIA that couldnt take full advantage of all of the cameras capabilities. Nikons public release of newer SDKs redresses that and has spurred developers to produce more sophisticated alternatives. These may finally bring tethered shooting to the Nikon masses. Redefine the possibilities of highmegapixel video and still photography with the fullframe performance of the new and improved Nikon D810. The exceptional FXformat. Image Sensor Cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data optional Capture NX 2 software required. What is NKRemote Windows Software that enables professional photographers and advanced amateurs to remotely control a Nikon D810, Nikon D800, Nikon D800E, Nikon D750. Nikon provides top of the range cameras and photography equipment, preparing you for an immersive experience creating beautiful images. Find out how here. Nikon D800 Remote Control Software' title='Nikon D800 Remote Control Software' />Why Shoot Tethered Photographers use tethering for two main reasons Image Review and Workflow Shooting while tethered provides immediate feedback about your work on a larger screen, making it easier to review and adjust your approach mid shoot and let the keepers enter your digital workflow more quickly. More detailRemote Control Previewing, configuring and triggering your camera remotely can be extremely helpful when doing product, macro, time lapse or self portraiture photography. The feature set for free tethered shooting software has traditionally focused upon the needs of Image Review and Workflow users. The new Nikon SDKs allow better support for Remote Control users, especially with the introduction of Live View. Selecting Your Software. The most appropriate tethering software for you will be dependent upon a number of factors User Type Are you using tethering for Image Review and Workflow or Remote Control purposes  The latter user type has fewer options to chose from and may need to resort to commercial options to meet all of their needs. Camera Cameras released prior to the D8. SDKs for older models must exist but Nikon have only released SDKs product July 2. D3, D3x, D4. 0, D6. D8. 0, D9. 0, D2. D3. 00, and D7. 00. Operating System Few tethering software vendors support both the Windows and Mac platforms. Only one Linux option appeared in my brief search on the topic. Budget. I had access to Windows XP and a Nikon D7. S while preparing this post. As such I was unable to test Mac and Linux specific software or perform in depth testing of programs utilising the Nikon SDKs. Also some software has been released in German only and could not be reviewed. The material below focuses upon the free alternatives available, and has split the free choices into separate with Extensive Camera Support and with Modern Camera Support categories. Commentary about my experiences is included when Im able to test the software. Where I cant test software directly Ive included links to relevant publicly available data. This can be used as a starting point if you wish to conduct your own investigation into application suitability for your needs. A list of commercial alternatives has been included for completeness. Limited detail is provided and I suggest readers use the vendor websites to gain a better understanding of the vendors solution. My Picks. Keeping in mind that I tether for Image Review and Workflow purposes and use a Nikon D7. S and Windows XP, my top picks are DIYPhotobits. Camera Control it works, and has the widest feature set of any non Nikon SDK tethering software on Windows Loligo Tether visually more appealing but had reliability issues during testing If I upgraded my camera body to something a little more modern my list would become DCam. Capture use of Nikon SDK should result in more robust and fully featured connectivity with the camera DIYPhotobits. Camera Control it works, and has the widest feature set of any non Nikon SDK tethering software on Windows Mac users should definitely look into Stefan Hafenegers Sofortbild application. Install Plesk Migration Manager Mac. The feature set is impressive and I wish that DCam. Captures feature set was as rich  If you use both a Mac and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, or require support for older cameras, then Studio. Tether would be preferable. While Sofortbild has more advanced features than Studio. Tether many of them would become redundant when added into a Lightroom based workflow. Photo. 2 was the only option I found for Linux users though Im sure there are more available. See this post for details. Good luck with your adventures with tethered shooting, and please share your experiences with us in the comments section below. Free Software with Extensive Camera Support. Tethering software in this section uses the underlying Picture Transfer Protocol, rather than Nikons published SDKs, to talk to your camera. This provides wider compatibility at the expense of supporting more advanced camera features such as Live View. Two options were tested to confirm whether they could meet my needs, with the results outlined below. An overview of all options including those I couldnt test is included at the end of the section. DIYPhotobits. com Camera Control  DIYPhotobits. Camera Control is a hosted script using WIA over a PTP link to interact with your camera. It provides features for both Image Review and Remote Control users. It is designed to solely manage the link to the camera, with more advanced workflow tasks being left for the users preferred viewerworkflow tool. Personally I prefer this approach because there are plenty of viewers and workflow tools to choose from and Id rather the author focus on getting the tethering right. The interface was a little slow on the initial connection times of more than 2 minutes were common but this seems to be a common complaint with WIA based applications. So be patient and give the application time to connect. The hosted script development approach means you may see the odd script error message pop up and be asked whether to continue running scripts on the page. In practice the program seemed to recover and continue performing its duties if you selected Yes to continue running scripts. There was one repeatable and long standing issue that will impact Remote Control type users. When you use the Shutter Release and Download Immediately features together the image capture format is swapped. JPG and Download Immediately, click the Shutter Release button, and an NEF format file will be transferred to your computer. Strange, but once you know the issue is there you can easily work around it. Despite my concerns with the hosted scripting development approach, this was the only program I could get to consistently work with my Nikon D7. S for tethered shooting. Id recommend trying this program first if you have a camera not supported by the Nikon SDKs. Loligo Tether. Download Here Loligo Tether is a. Net framework application using WIA over a PTP link to interact with your camera. It is designed for Image Review type users. It includes some basic image viewing capabilities but for best results should be combined with a dedicated viewing or workflow application. I had high hopes for this application and was planning to use it in preference to DIYPhoto.