Nikon Tethering?

[JTFOTO]

Hey!

I am a canon shooter and Ia m about to make the jump to Nikon and was wondering about tethering.  I shoot about 50% tethered for clients and want to know about Nikon tethering.  I am still on Canon 1Ds Mark II bodies and was thinking about the Mark III, but miss Nikon and will be glad to come back to it.  I know the Mark III is USB tethering.  What is the Nikon?

Thanks in Advance!

JT

[aaronleitz]

Are you on a Mac or PC?

I shoot to a Mac and currently use Studio Tether and Lightroom Tether. They're free, have a ton of great features, and have worked for me without a hitch on the D300, D700 and D3x.

I was using Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 but I had some technical issues with it (crashed often, crappy preview etc) and it pisses me off that you have to buy it separately (and each new version) when it should come with the camera.

I think the current version of Capture One Pro now allows tethering to Nikons. But that's a pretty expensive tethering solution if you're not already using C1.

[kers]

Are you on a Mac or PC?

I shoot to a Mac and currently use Studio Tether and Lightroom Tether. They're free, have a ton of great features, and have worked for me without a hitch on the D300, D700 and D3x.

I was using Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 but I had some technical issues with it (crashed often, crappy preview etc) and it pisses me off that you have to buy it separately (and each new version) when it should come with the camera.

I think the current version of Capture One Pro now allows tethering to Nikons. But that's a pretty expensive tethering solution if you're not already using C1.

Thanks Aaronleitz-! a very usefull suggestion ! I will try it .  I used the Nikon application - but - as it is with Nikon Software_ It is not well made and crashes from time to time.
There cameras are fortunately a lot better.
another suggestion:
What you also can do without software is connect the HDMI interface of the Nikon to a screen and you get a about a 1280 x1024 image of whatever is on the screen on the D3x ( and that blacks out)

[nik]

I use my D700 with C1 4.8.2 Pro on my Mac. It works really well and is stable and supports multiple monitors. The speed is good (shoot>Mac>Tiffs) and the processed results are excellent. You connect via usb to your camera.

-N

Hey!

I am a canon shooter and Ia m about to make the jump to Nikon and was wondering about tethering.  I shoot about 50% tethered for clients and want to know about Nikon tethering.  I am still on Canon 1Ds Mark II bodies and was thinking about the Mark III, but miss Nikon and will be glad to come back to it.  I know the Mark III is USB tethering.  What is the Nikon?

Thanks in Advance!

JT

[Tgrain]

I own a Nikon system but on occasion have worked with the canon system as well.  I've noticed that the transfer/download time is longer with Nikon compared to canon which seems almost instant.  Might be because Nikon files (NEF's) are usually larger than Canon's (CR2).

[teddillard]

Are you on a Mac or PC?

I shoot to a Mac and currently use Studio Tether and Lightroom Tether. They're free, have a ton of great features, and have worked for me without a hitch on the D300, D700 and D3x.

I was using Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 but I had some technical issues with it (crashed often, crappy preview etc) and it pisses me off that you have to buy it separately (and each new version) when it should come with the camera.

I think the current version of Capture One Pro now allows tethering to Nikons. But that's a pretty expensive tethering solution if you're not already using C1.

Lightroom Tether is here:
http://www.mountainstorm.co.uk/photography...r-Overview.html

[Slough]

You might wish to check out NKRemote:

http://www.breezesys.com/NKRemote/index.htm

I have no experience with it.

[Doug Peterson]

Yes, C1 Pro 4.8.2 includes Nikon Tethering for the following cameras: D3X, D3, D700, D300, D200, D90, D80, D60, D40x, D40

Capture One Pro Tethering is easily the most powerful tethering solution out there. You may not think you need the variety of options it affords you, but then after using them, you may wonder how you ever got by without.

If you are working alone then the HDMI option is pretty decent. However, much tethering is done with an assistant or digital tech available in which case the options in Capture One to check the focus of incoming images while still showing the most recent capture, to have a client monitor/TV and a tech monitor (so that the tech can review images on one monitor and then throw them up on the client monitor/TV) can open up a whole new world. If you have an Art Director on set they can also work with the tech to approve/edit the shoot on-the-fly with ratings/colors/names/folder-hierarchy whereas shooting to HDMI only lets you view the image, and only in lieu of shooting.

I could go on and on. For instance in C1 you can style the image (color palette, contrast, curves, highlight recovery, crop, vignette etc) and have the image only ever show up WITH that style applied*. That way your "look" is, in the mind of the art director, much closer to being achieved on set and much less has to be explained with "o, we'll do that in post".

It's also incredibly stable, fast, and very flexible.

If you just don't like C1 then LR is pretty good experience tethered.

*of course its still a raw file so no changes have been made to the file itself.

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[JTFOTO]

THANKS DOUG!!

That's the solution!

Time to upgrade!

[bill t.]

Here's an iPhone tether package for Nikon & Canon.  Have never used it.

http://www.ononesoftware.com/quick/2009/08..._DSLRRemote_All