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digiCamControl Lets You Tether Your Nikon Camera to Your Windows Computer

Chris Gampat
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05/13/2013
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Freeware is all the rage these days–and digiCamControl was born out of a need to find a way to tether a camera to a computer but not wanting to pay for software. As such, it is a free program available for download to anyone that wants to do tethered shooting with their Nikon DSLR. At the moment, it is an open C# based program that has been around for about a year but now has the first stable release candidate for users.

We previously saw tethering done to a tablet with a Windows interface, and we still have to recommend that you do this with an actual computer instead.

The roundup of main features is after the jump.

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  • Control you camera remotely from your computer via USB.
  • See the camera live view image on the computer display.
  • Trigger image capture via release button on camera body or remotely from your computer.
  • Handhold the camera, shoot, and have the resulting images displayed on the computer monitor.
  • Bracketing with an arbitrary shutter speed or exposure value.
  • Use the advanced interval meter to create a series of time-lapse images and generate time-lapse video.
  • Manage multiple profiles.
  • Histogram & photo metadata view.
  • Review in full screen.
  • Manage camera presets (saved camera settings).
  • Webserver function allows the remote control of application functions via a web browser, e.g. smart phone.
  • Multiple camera support, you can control multiple connected cameras at the same time, triggering photo capture in parallel, or one by one – we’re looking forward to seeing your “bullet time” photos!

Advanced Features

    • Bulb mode for D800, D4, D600, possibility to define custom shutter speed
    • Automated focus stacking
    • Motion detection

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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