Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 Software For Mac [PORTABLE] Free Download
Vennie Melkonian
so now i am feeling like i got ripped off by Nikon when i bought the d3200. i have to sell it and buy something else cause it just does not do what the rest of the Nikon DSLRs can do.... which is remote control. the android app cant do it at a pro level. sure it passed the test plan n developer got paid and left never to be heard from again.
This software enables remote control of the settings on most Nikon digital SLRs. Connection between the computer and camera may be via USB cable, or through wired or wireless LAN using a wireless transmitter. Advanced camera features are supported including LiveView, the Picture Control system and the Viewer, which collectively enable the preview and selection of images prior to transfer to a computer. It also supports workflows from Nikon's exclusive photofinishing and browser software.
He guys and girls...
I've had my D90 for a while-ish now.. and was flicking through the manual and it mentions Camera Control Pro 2, so i downloaded a copy of it and I'm using it as a trial for now... but i have installed it on both Vista and XP, and its saying "No camera was detected" is there any way I can fix this?
I did some reading on PTP Driver creation
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792271.aspx
But I'm still not sure what I'm meant to be doing... Ive researched it every where and yet to find a working answer...
I'm hoping that some one here can help me... please!
I've heard in threads about changing it from Mass Storage to PTP or something... but there is nothing I can see in the Menu to support this.. I'm so lost.. Grrrr
Also to add.. I've noticed when I plug it into my Vista OS... the "PC" blinks on and off in the top right of the display about 4 times... but then remains on the normal screen.
Originally posted at 4:34AM, 9 February 2009 PST(permalink)
JonaBullets edited this topic ages ago.
>>I've heard in threads about changing it from Mass Storage to PTP or something... but there is nothing I can see in the Menu to support this..
From what I remember you can't change that on the D90. It's a menu option on the D300.
Firstly - does Vista detect your camera at all? It should appear in My Computer as a Imaging device or appear in Device manager.
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I do have SP1 installed... and im not sure what you mean by Vista taking it over.. But I have also tried this on XP as well (installing the software before plugging camera in) still nothing..
i emailed Nikon and asked them, and explained what I had done.. the reply was..
"Thank you for contacting Nikon Technical Support.
In order to shoot tethered to the computer you need to have the camera in PTP mode under USB in the Setup Menu.
The PTP driver will list the camera as a Camera device.
If the camera is in Mass Storage it will not be detected because it lists it as a Removable Device."
But i have looked all through the camrea for this option and cannot find it! I have replyed back to themask for a step-by-step to find it...
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if that opt was there i would be solid... but yeah..its not
weird thing is... ive used 2 other apps. NKRemote and diyphotobitscom they bot connect to the camera and take pics..
not the best apps from the look of it very simple. but i dont know why 3rd party apps work... but NIKON supplied app doesnt :S
my head is going to explode!
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I had the same error after I installed the trial version of Camera Control Pro 2 from the Nikon website. I installed the software and I connected the USB cable to my D90. My laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) was recognizing the camera but I was still getting "No camera was detected" from CCP2.
After hours of searching and reading hints about PTP settings and possible driver issues, it turns out I just needed to upgrade CCP2 to the latest version and then everything was fine.
o The trial version installs version 2.0 which is what didn't work for me. After you install, go under the CCP2 Help menu and select "Check for Software Updates..."
o I ran this and it updated me to version 2.6 (as of Nov 2009).
o The next time I tried the software with the camera, everything worked fine. The camera was recognized right away by CCP2 and then you can start using Live View from the laptop and your pictures save straight to your hard drive instead of the chip in the camera. It's really cool to be able to see right away if you got a good shot or not instead of relying on the camera's screen.
A couple other notes
o The website for the trial version calls out that only 32 bit versions of Windows are supported but I haven't had issues yet on 64 bit Vista with SP1.
o The D90 does not have the option to set a "USB" preference under the camera menus. Google it and you'll find that the D90 currently only works as PTP so you don't have a menu option to set the USB to anything else.
@Bullets: I hope you finally got it to work...
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I just wanted to say I was having the same problem with Camera Control Pro 2 not recognizing my D80. After making sure I had the most current version (now 2.9.0), it still would not recognize my camera. Going into my camera's menu and changing the USB to PTP did the trick! Thanks!! :D
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