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As far as I understand my Nikon D800 will not tether to Lightroom or Capture 1.

It will tether to Aperture but it seems that Aperture is painfully slow.

I have upgraded from a D300, and tested this out tethered on Apeture as well, (incase it was the large file size of the new camera that was slowing things down) but it clearly runs around 5 times slower than lightroom even with the D300 files.

I am a professional beauty / fashion photographer and clients expect my camera to be tethered. So I am feeling slightly paniced! I also shoot fast - very fast so it needs to keep up with me.

Does anyone have any idea what other capture softwear would work at a faster speed?

Really hope someone can help.
 
I've tried all the above. Some already support the D800 and some don't.

In the end I bought Nikon Camera Control Pro 2.0. IMHO not only is it the most comprehensive solution, it allows to store images to card/s in the camera as well as transfer to your laptop. This is a good backup solution and allows for review of images on the camera too.

You need to purchase the software and install the latest update.

The trial also works for 30 Days. I really wish Nikon included this with thier Pro bodies.

Once you have it just get Lightroom to use the import feature where it watches the folder used in NCCP and moves them in the process.

I've even additionally used Capture 1 to display the images in the import folder of Lightroom to my iPad. Perhaps We'll have one product soon that does this all !
 
I love working with the D800 and Camera Control Pro, it's connected to a Windows 7 computer with the cable that came with the camera and a 15ft USB 3.0 extension to a USB 3.0 PCI-E card.

Raw files transfer under 3 sec, files show instantly after transfer on ViewNX2.
 
Using a D800, Camera Control Pro 2 & View NX on a Mac, the most recently shot image is not automatically displayed. I am required to tap the right arrow to show the latest capture. Is there a way to display the latest pic?
 
A D4.

It will do all that you wish and more.
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Greg Gebhardt in
Jacksonville, Florida
 
I agree!!!

I tried (and in some cases paid for) a number of solutions and everyone failed to meet my needs until I tried Nikon Camera Control Pro 2.0.

It's $150 from Amazon, but you are a pro, so it is just the cost of doing business.

Download the 30-day trial and see for yourself. Nothing beats it, period.

I use the USB 3.0 port, but you can do this wirelessly with Nikon's wireless transmitter, which is steep at $700. I don't know about other wireless devices out there, but EyeFi will not work for camera control, just the downloading of JPEG an maybe raw files.

If you are making money from your gear and you have a lot of money invested in pro gear, then spending $850 for a professional wireless solution (or $150 for a wired solution) is just the cost of doing business. The advantage is this will work out of the box and save you hours of trying 3rd party solutions and scratching your head trying to cobble a system together when you could be using that same tie to earn money. Just good business sense.
 
Russ from http://www.controlmynikon.com emailed me 2 days ago and said if you purchase version 3 now for $20 it is a free upgrade to version 4 which will support the D800 in "the next month or so".
Frank D'Amato said:
Richard James said:
I'd suggest that you try Control my Nikon... lots of features. However I'm not sure they have released a D4/800 update... works very well with my D3x and D200.

http://www.controlmynikon.com
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Are they still in business?
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Yes there is: View NX2--> file--> tick the item "show images captured by CCPro2"

It will remember next time , so you tick once for all. View NX2 will open by itself at the correct destination folder as soon as the first picture is taken by CCPro2.

Maybe you noticed under View NX2--> view--> RAW + jpg. This item allows for the display of both RAW+ jpg, (quite useless) OR one thumbnail only from each picture, in case you have'nt found out yet.

Have fun.
Tim Wheeler said:
Using a D800, Camera Control Pro 2 & View NX on a Mac, the most recently shot image is not automatically displayed. I am required to tap the right arrow to show the latest capture. Is there a way to display the latest pic?
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Jean Bernier

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E E Thompson said:
Capture One Pro v6.4.3 now provides tethering support for the D4 and D800/E. Works well.
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Not if you want to shoot with Live View. I'm actualy, at this very moment, connected with an E to COP and it says "LV NOT SUPPORTED for your camera". Not only that, it blockes the on camera LV as well. To bad b/c at the 50% sale price ending the 12/08, I would have jump on that.
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D800E "The Monster" (07-2012) - SONY V3 (03-2005)
 
Nikon SDK is out, So Lightroom Tether should be SOON !
From what I have been told , Adobe needed the SDK to add tether to LRv4.1

The SDK for the D800(E) is available here:
https://sdk.nikonimaging.com/apply/

HG
alicephotography said:
Hello

As far as I understand my Nikon D800 will not tether to Lightroom or Capture 1.

It will tether to Aperture but it seems that Aperture is painfully slow.

I have upgraded from a D300, and tested this out tethered on Apeture as well, (incase it was the large file size of the new camera that was slowing things down) but it clearly runs around 5 times slower than lightroom even with the D300 files.

I am a professional beauty / fashion photographer and clients expect my camera to be tethered. So I am feeling slightly paniced! I also shoot fast - very fast so it needs to keep up with me.

Does anyone have any idea what other capture softwear would work at a faster speed?

Really hope someone can help.
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Please feel free to criticize, make suggestions, and edit any of my photos & re-post, to help show me 'the way'. * I am trying to Elevate the Level of my 'Snap Shots' :)
 
it certainly is a pain

I am using Capture One Pro version 7.1 , a 20 foot usb cord with activator and a powered usb hub

and still have problems, I do find that when I additionally launch Nikon's capture software (Nikon Transfer 2), it usually sees the camera and then it is identified in Capture one , then I'm okay, but it is unreliable and I've called everyone and tried most everything and it just seems that usb 2 to usb 3 is the problem.

usb3 seems to need a lot of power and I don't think Apple particularly embraces the connection

they are wanting thunderbolt to be used eventually

I'm also not using a newer Macbook with usb 3 though, just a Macbook 2.8 GHZ Intel /Core i7

so I also don't know if a newer macbook wirth usb3 would work better.

Yeah , maybe another couple of grand to experiment with that setup, don't think so

R
 
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