Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 Serial Keygen
Jamar Lizarraga
Connecting the camera to the computer showed it as being seen by the OS, but no amount of pushing or poking seemed to make Camera Control Pro 2 be able to detect it. The app would simply show the error "No camera was detected" & hang there. The only way out was to force quit.
This was tested only on Mac & only on a D5500.
I could not repro reports of it not working if other USB devices are connected. I always have at least half a dozen other things permanently connected. It may require that the camera tether goes on its own bus - i.e. connect straight to the computer, not through a hub.
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.
I have used 2.11 and while it does recognize my D800, it is not without issues. The button (I cannot remember what Nikon calls it) that previews the f-stop being used does not work. I reported it and have received several notes from Nikon telling me that it is a know issue and it is being worked on. Hope they get it together soon. I have a MacBook Pro and Camera Control sees very little time because it is in a constant state of reworks. CCPro finally works with the latest Mac OS, now it does not work with the latest cameras. Frustrating!
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For those who don't know, Camera Control Pro 2 is Nikon's software for controlling most camera features from a PC or Mac via a USB or network connection.
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I'm curious to know if anyone here has used it at all with their D80 or other camera. The idea of being able to immediately offload photos onto a computer and be able to get a much better idea of how they've turned out sounds like it could be useful in some situations.
Originally posted at 9:59AM, 30 December 2007 PDT(permalink)
Miles S. edited this topic ages ago.
It works fine, but you maybe don't need it.
With the camera connected to a PC use the camera and scanner wizzard to connect to the camera and you can fire remotely and view the image on the PC as it is taken. If that's all you need to be able to do then you're already set up to do it.
If you run Capture NX - you can set your download folder as a "watched" folder and have NX do some basic processing on the fly too.
The (huge) advantage of CC Pro is in the ability to change settings on the camera from the PC. Dial in some EV comp, change the WB, bracket etc. can all be done without touching the camera.
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Thanks Luke! I just tried it and it works great wow it even lets you set the white balance and change menu settings. My camera was set to manual when I connected it, the exposure mode is greyed out, so I guess you can't change that in CC pro 2.
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If only I could see what I was shooting (the scene) in CC pro 2, I would have bought the software right away. It is a neat camera control software. The best part is that you can take as many pictures as your computer's storage capacity allows.
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That's what appeals to me about it - the storage possibilities. If you can do that with Windows camera and scanner wizard then I guess I don't need CCPro 2. Is there a way of doing it similarly on Mac though?
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@Bundy, yes you can set it to do time lapse, its in one of the menus somewhere, cant remember off hand, but it is there.
I use mine for wildlife, amongst other things, but them I am using a D2x / D2hs with a WT-2 wirless that lets me put the camera up to 100 metres away and control it from my laptop. Also use it for macro which comes in very handy.
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The Canon software wont work with Nikon well didn't when I tried.
Shame cause the Canon software is the same programme type and please note nikon free.
Nikon NX is so good but not worth 100 when you have just spent 500 on a camera, then you have to pay for capture as well. this all came free with my Canon G7 not quite as good as the Nikon software but free, did I mention it was free! how come nikon you and canon must have the same margins??
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I set up my D5100 on a tripod with a Tamron 70-300 telephoto lens, popped the camera in Manual mode with AF turned on and plugged it in to the macbook. Fired up the software and had full control over the camera including exposure settings, jpeg/raw settings, bracketing, HDR, intervalometer and live view. It also offers a one press auto focus as well as AF fine tune +/- that drive the focus motor one step at a time.
I set the lens to 300mm and framed my target, a toy monkey... I then used live view on the mac to 'zoom' to 100%, this showed only the monkeys eyes (little black dots against a white background). Pressing AF brings it to where the camera/lens thinks focus is. I could then fine tune it with the +/- buttons, it was a couple of steps out. I am thinking this technique could be superb for finely focussing on stars and as I can then control the intervalometer settings from the macbook it would make a great wide field imaging setup?
BTW AF doesn't work with astrophotography. A Bahtinov mask and/or FWHM is required. I'd say take a look at Nikonhacker firmware upgrades to get at least the live view, and true RAW improvements. Does the Nikon package incorporate a PHD interface for guiding control?-Jack
I think for focus i'll manually focus to near where it needs to be, switch AF back on then use the fine tune controls to achieve absolute focus. I know AF will freak out with the dim light from stars.
Another issue is that for astro work you will need to use long exposures (other than for the moon and a couple of the planets) greater than 30 seconds which is, as far as I can recollect, the maximum exposure length the nikon intervalometer will allow.
This means you need to use 'BULB' mode on the camera with an external intervalometer plugged in to the accessories socket on the camera (The Nikon software does directly not support bulb mode longer than 30 seconds)... you can still save your frames with the Nikon software though and also make use of the liveview features for manual focussing along with a Bahtinov mask.
I've used Nikon Camera Control 2 with my D700, and at first it seems good but the 30-second limit is a real killer for astrophotography. I haven't yet come across any software that does allow for longer exposure times with this particular camera though. Might be worth a thread on this Forum, come to think of it...
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