tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66859881151426042782024-03-05T07:50:00.440+02:00digiCamControl aka NCCA DSLR camera remote control open source softwareAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-36410459514491966502013-01-07T23:41:00.004+02:002013-01-07T23:41:41.114+02:00Site moved<span style="font-size: large;">This site moved to : <a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-84682406863022754532012-12-23T10:36:00.001+02:002012-12-23T10:36:30.675+02:00Beta version 0.9.409<a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/beta-version-0-9-409/">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/beta-version-0-9-409/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-76112079423151416472012-12-01T20:11:00.002+02:002012-12-01T20:12:24.441+02:00Beta version 0.9.380<a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/beta-version-0-9-380/">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/beta-version-0-9-380/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-81419966372002606462012-11-11T16:34:00.001+02:002012-11-11T16:34:30.984+02:00Beta release 0.9.335Pls. visit for more information on:<br />
<span id="sample-permalink" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.78333282470703px;"><a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/?p=21">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/?p=21</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.78333282470703px;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-75830855246753134522012-11-07T23:54:00.002+02:002012-11-07T23:56:21.862+02:00New website and wikiI set up the new home page and a wiki<br />
Home page : <a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/">http://www.digicamcontrol.com</a><br />
Wiki : <a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/wiki">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/wiki</a><br />
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Still is in "development" but not plan any major changes just i need to populate the wiki with information, so any help will be appreciated :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">..::Comments::..</span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-6153629625517801902012-11-03T13:16:00.000+02:002012-11-03T13:17:50.449+02:00Test version - 0.8.326This release is a test version so don't use in production system just for test.<br />
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Download : <a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/digiCamControlsetup_0.8.326.exe">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/digiCamControlsetup_0.8.326.exe</a><br />
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Changelog :<br />
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<li>application name changed to digiCamControl</li>
<li>option to specify external viewer </li>
<li>live view redesigned </li>
<li>motion detection in live view, not finished need more testing and fine tuning, you can do more comments and on observation in this thread <a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2</a>, thx to <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;">FrancisD</span></li>
<li>new application theme, need more fine tuning in some window interface and control placements</li>
<li>fixed support for D600, thx to <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;">Martin Kessel</span></li>
<li>move live view focus point using keyboard</li>
<li>more additional camera property like burst number, auto iso, NR </li>
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You can do any comments using this thread : <a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6</a></div>
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I try to conquer the social network to so i made pages for :</div>
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Facebook : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DigiCamControl">https://www.facebook.com/DigiCamControl</a></div>
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Google+: <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/111230894564144001577/posts">https://plus.google.com/u/0/111230894564144001577/posts</a></div>
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Twitter : <a href="https://twitter.com/digiCamControl">https://twitter.com/digiCamControl</a> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-77051271661949164332012-11-02T22:41:00.002+02:002012-11-02T22:41:41.265+02:00New support forum I set up a new support forum because the google group is almost unusable and to few customization option.<br />
The new forum can be found in this address : <a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum</a><br />
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If is any observation or bug report about it please post as message in this post or using this forum post: <a href="http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5">http://www.digicamcontrol.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5</a><br />
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For a period both forums will be active if everything will go right i will disable google group.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-38185843348969421012012-10-14T13:52:00.000+03:002012-10-14T13:52:39.015+03:00Beta release – 0.8.295Download: <a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.8.295.exe">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.8.295.exe</a><br />
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Change log:<br />
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<li>Fixed a "show stopper" bug, this bug prevent the captured file to be downloaded to PC, this is the reason for this release.</li>
<li>Option for full screen background color</li>
<li>fixed no live view option for D7000</li>
<li>localization</li>
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If somebody want to help translate the application interface, the english file can be downloaded from <a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/CameraControl.Application/Languages/en-US/strings.xml">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/CameraControl.Application/Languages/en-US/strings.xml</a> same file can be found in installation folder /Languages/en-US folder.<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-2770018761304732222012-10-09T23:52:00.000+03:002012-10-09T23:52:02.354+03:00Searching for a new name I want to change the name of this application, but i don't find any suitable name for it, so i'm open to any name suggestion.<br />
The reason for name changes is the similarity with nikon Camera Control pro, just matter of time when Nikon will try to block the NCC name.<br />
I search for a simple name, but not something like CameraRemote or DSLR remote or something similar.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-42191358259643023582012-10-07T14:33:00.002+03:002012-10-07T14:33:41.981+03:00Beta release – 0.8.280In this version are a lot of changes, not all feature are very well tested so may appear some now bugs.<br />
I wan thanks for testing and for suggestions to : Billy Baheux, Jyi Offerd, Martin Lopatka, Papp Istvan, Martin Joergensen and all NCC users and testers.<br />
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Download : <a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.8.280.exe">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.8.280.exe</a><br />
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Change log:<br />
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<li>fixed memory usage: this is a breaking change. To work with raw files on system should be installed a raw codec like <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26829" target="_blank">Microsoft Camera Codec Pack</a> or <a href="http://www.nikonimglib.com/nefcodec/" target="_blank">NEF Codec</a> (after install one of this codec don't forget to restart your computer)</li>
<li>command line support, is a separated executable in installation folder CameraControlCmd.exe, and the command line parameters are:</li>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">/help - this screen<br />/capture - capture photo<br />/capturenoaf - capture photo without autofocus<br />/captureall - capture photo with all connected devices<br />/captureallnoaf - capture photo without autofocus with all connected devices<br />/session session_name - use session [session_name]<br />/preset preset_name - use preset [session_name]<br />/folder path - set the photo save folder<br />/filename filename - set the photo save file name template<br />/counter number - set the photo initial counter<br />/wait - after done wait for a key press</span></blockquote>
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Normal time lapse (the time lapse it self not that good, but for example enough)<br />
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I redesigned the time lapse interface too, for more simple control and the precision of the capturing fixed now all pictures are captured in same period.</div>
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<li>progress bar for downloading picture progress</li>
<li>button in main window to capture without auto focus</li>
<li>option to change in B&W in live view </li>
<li>multiple camera support improved</li>
<li>option to disable loading of thumbnails</li>
<li>possibility to change capture folder </li>
<li>support for layout in main window</li>
<li>tag selector</li>
<li>fixed live view for D3x</li>
<li>secondary panel for camera advanced options </li>
<li>more layout to display captured photos </li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-86276824894438938982012-09-08T12:52:00.001+03:002012-09-08T12:54:44.881+03:00Beta release – 0.7.232<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Download :</span><a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.232.exe" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.232.exe</a><br />
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<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Some D90 related bug fixed</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Preset editor</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Preset bracketing (you can use any saved camera preset to capture a series of photos )</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Updated installer script, on install first remove the older version</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Disable capture to SDRam option for D40/D50/D60/D70/D80, if i will find a solution for this bug i will put back</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Option to set focus steps used in live view screen</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Save live view zoom ration after picture capture</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Use same file name for jpg and raw file if is possible</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">A very simple image browser, i will improve it in next version</span></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-11305765103531895172012-08-26T10:20:00.000+03:002012-08-26T10:20:40.937+03:00Cinemagraph and NCCYesterday i read about cinemagraph, so i decided to try it. Biggest problem was i need to take a photo and record a small movie without moving the camera. This isn't big challenge using tripod, but to be sure, i add record movie features to NCC :) So cinemagraph and NCC do not have much in common, just i want to share my findings.<br />
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More about Cinemagraph in wiki : <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemagraph">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemagraph</a> and examples <a href="http://cinemagraphs.com/">http://cinemagraphs.com/</a><br />
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And a simple but useful tutorial : <a href="http://thepenthouseproject.com/design/cinemagraph-tutorial/">http://thepenthouseproject.com/design/cinemagraph-tutorial/</a><br />
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And my first try :<br />
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Same thing but using some colors<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-41888733430975422392012-08-25T19:04:00.003+03:002012-08-25T19:05:35.806+03:00Beta release – 0.7.209Download : <a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.209.exe">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.209.exe</a><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Advanced camera multiple camera support</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fixed Liveview for D300 and D700 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Option to capture photos without downloading to PC</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Auto rotate capture photo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Option to rotate image in a given direction</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More options for file naming</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preset support </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Record movie </span></li>
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Multiple camera support can be started using View menu -> Multiple camera control<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Another not solved problem : isn't possible to capture photos in live view mode for D700, i still investigating the problem with help of </span>Philippe Desmedt.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-37154242087179050182012-08-13T23:53:00.000+03:002012-08-20T17:13:17.407+03:00The future of the NCC ...How i see the beginning phase of this software ended, somehow it is begin used or at least downloaded by the a small group of people and isn't available to many free capture software. This leads me to the conclusion, maybe this software wort to be finished and made it more professional. I included in this software a lot features, but is't linked with a decent workflow. Another problem may be the software isn't well tested in other Nikon cameras that D5100, D800 and D80. <br />
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So i started this post to discuses about the future/features and the usage of this software, any comment/ideas are welcomed.<br />
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My draft plans:<br />
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<li>find a decent name for this software, current name is almost same like nikon software's name </li>
<li>create a logo for it</li>
<li>buy a domain and a site hosting (this only in far future, i don't want to spend money for it)</li>
<li>native support for other brand DSLR, there are some already supported via WIA</li>
<li>add a simple photo organizer</li>
<li>advanced multiple camera support </li>
<li>create
for programmers a C# library, to be used in other application to control cameras</li>
<li>translation
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<li>and of course a lot of bug fixing </li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-23562505842613286882012-08-09T21:47:00.001+03:002012-08-10T12:16:27.102+03:00Beta release – 0.7.186<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Download: </span><a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.186.exe">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.186.exe</a><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Support for D70s</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manual mode for exposure bracketing</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Capture images direct in PC (without using card)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bulb mode (only for D800 and D4)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manual mode for exposure bracketing and the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bulb mode work only if the camera is in [M] manual mode. The </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bulb mode can be activated if the camera shutter speed is set to Bulb and hit the Capture button a new windows will be shown:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally a big thanks for </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Csaba Gődény help.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-18454003344455658272012-07-21T17:33:00.004+03:002012-07-21T17:39:49.779+03:00How To – Exposure BlendingExposure Blending is a technique for blending multiple exposures of the same scene into a single image. This technique involves taking several shots of the same scene or subject with different exposures and then fusing these shots into one perfectly or almost perfectly exposed photo.<br />
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This tutorial works with Nikon cameras with live view and NCC version 0.7.165 or higher. I don’t find any good example in my house so i used a souvenir. The goal is to make a well exposed image.<br />
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Step 1: After we start the application we need to start a new session (1) and add a name for it (2) and a folder name where the application save the taken photos.<br />
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Step 2: Taking test shots and composing the scene.</div>
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Step 3: Creating photos with <span style="background-color: white;">different exposures. Select bracketing.</span></div>
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Select check boxes for desired EV values (1), like -4,-2,0,+2,+4 and hit the Start button(2). For this may do more try for better results. For best result it is indicated to set camera mode to "A". </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Step 4: Select all images using context menu or selecting one by one using checkboxes on images thumbnails.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">After that using same context menu starting utility for exposure fusion(Actions->Enfuse Images). This option start a utility application named enfuse (</span><a href="http://wiki.panotools.org/Enfuse">http://wiki.panotools.org/Enfuse</a><span style="background-color: white;">), same application can be used for focus stacking. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Enfuse options: All checkboxes should be unchecked if you want to speed up the process you can down scale image (2). Most important setting is the Exposure (2) this slider </span>sets the relative weight of the well-exposedness criterion. Increasing this weight relative to the others will make well-exposed pixels contribute more to the final output. For other options see the enfuse wiki.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And the result : </span></div>
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Combined image</div>
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Changelog:<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">Exposure Status indicator</span></li>
<li>Better support for D80 and D300</li>
<li>Some device handing code rewrote, this should improve application stability.</li>
<li>Fixed connection problems for some cameras</li>
<li>Possibility to use same file name as camera gave to the file, is a option for it in session editor</li>
<li>Support for Lightroom auto import, for this option to work, in the settings the option <i>Auto preview, </i>should be disabled.</li>
<li>Minor changes in exposure bracketing window</li>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-57666611418284236962012-06-23T13:23:00.000+03:002012-07-21T11:18:55.603+03:00How To – Report bugLately i get a lot of bug reports, so i decided to make a post about how i want to looks like this report.<br />
So:<br />
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<ul>
<li>avoid to generalize the error, post exact what not working like: live view, bracketing, take photo, the camera not connecting</li>
<li>specify the used operation system (and the service pack if is installed)</li>
<li>specify the version of application, this information can be found in about window title.</li>
<li>step by step description, how i can reproduce the error</li>
<li>the most important attache to the post the log file</li>
<li>optional, you can attache some screen shot too</li>
</ul>
This reports can be posted on
<a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!categories/ncc-google-group/bug-report">https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!categories/ncc-google-group/bug-report</a> or send me directly a email.<br />
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The log file can be found by opening setting windows, there is the button for "Locate log file" after pressing this button a explorer windows will be open and the log file will be selected.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-41300511598522380092012-06-23T10:16:00.003+03:002012-06-23T10:16:55.344+03:00Beta release – 0.7.153Download: <a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.153.exe">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.153.exe</a><br />
Changelog:<br />
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<ul>
<li>the code behind of camera handing rewrote </li>
<li>basic multiple camera support</li>
<li>some minor bug fixes</li>
<li>better error handing and logging </li>
<li>check on startup if wia activex is installed</li>
</ul>
I start to support multiple connected cameras, in File menu you can selected the default camera and in view menu is a window for capture pictures with all connected cameras in same time.<br />
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I plan to make a separated standalone library with camera control part code, this library can be used in other applications, but i will see if is demand for it.<br />
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Lately i get a lot of error reports, but to fix this i need more infos, like program version (pls. use latest version), os version and describe how to reproduce the error and the most important attache the log file. <br /><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-54177291293440932062012-06-06T17:26:00.000+03:002012-06-06T17:50:41.325+03:00How To – Focus Stacking<br />
“Focus stacking is a digital image processing technique which combines multiple images taken at different focus distances to give a resulting image with a greater depth of field(DOF) than any of the individual source images. Focus stacking can be used in any situation where individual images have a very shallow depth of field macro photography and optical microscopy are two typical examples”<br />
NCC can help you to make series of photos with different focus, this technique works only with static, not moving subjects and constant light condition.<br />
This tutorial works with Nikon cameras with live view and NCC version 0.7.136 or higher. I don’t find any good example in my house so i used a starfish The goal is to make a well focused full image, like this (not big deal just for example):<br />
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Lets start :<br />
Step 1: After we start the application we need to start a new session (1) and add a name for it (2) and a folder name where the application save the taken photos.<br />
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Step 2: Start live view, after moving the object in right position, and using autofocus(1) to focus to most distant focus point(1).
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Step 3: Fine tuning the distant focus point using live view zoom(1) and focus buttons (2), after that locking that point using left site lock button (3), this operation prevent use to lose the distant focus point.<br />
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Step 4: Locking the closest focus point using same method like in step 3.<br />
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Step 5: Using preview button (1), we can check if all images will be focused well. The focus step value depend on lenses DOF, theoretically between 10-75 i use 30 for this images. If everything is right using start button (2) to capture series of photos this may take some time.<br />
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There are more possibility free or paid to combine this photos, take a look on wiki <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking</a>. I build in application two possibility to hep to combine this image, if you use and have installed in default location the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CombineZ">CombineZ</a>, select all photos using right click, after that using same right click after pressing start in dialog after selecting menu, and wait and wait, the time for operation to complete depend on number of photos, this can be 10 or 20 minutes
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The result can be see in the start of this post.<br />
More beautiful photos can be done using a macro lenses, like bugs or very tiny electronic parts. If somebody succeed using this tutorial pls post a link to his result, if i made any mistake or do you have any suggestions let me know.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-24528103580825547252012-06-06T15:59:00.001+03:002012-06-06T17:55:06.445+03:00Beta release – 0.7.136Download from: <a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.136.exe">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.136.exe</a><br />
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Change log:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Partial support for Nikon D3200 *</li>
<li>Fixed not working bracketing </li>
<li>Minor bug fixes</li>
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* THX to Maurice Gilden for testing and for information about D3200. Not all function working on D3200 like manual focusing. </div>
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Change log:<br />
<ul>
<li>Play sound after photo taken</li>
<li>Histogram in live view</li>
<li>Redesigned live view to improve focus staking </li>
<li>Access keys for camera properties</li>
</ul>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-90864191942399022862012-05-29T21:21:00.000+03:002012-05-29T21:21:16.441+03:00Beta release – 0.7.120<br />
Download from: <a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.120.exe">http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.120.exe</a><br />
Changelog:<br />
<ul>
<li>update enfuse.exe to support more image operation</li>
<li>support for CombineZP</li>
<li>counter for focus pulse for help focus staking</li>
<li>minor improvement in stability</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/News.htm">CombineZP can be downloaded from: http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/News.htm</a><br />
More about <a href="http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CZP/News.htm">CombineZP</a>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CombineZ">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CombineZ</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685988115142604278.post-60576893534434957022012-05-27T14:16:00.001+03:002012-05-27T14:19:26.446+03:00Beta release – 0.7.115<a href="http://nikon-camera-control.googlecode.com/files/NCCsetup_0.7.115.exe">Download</a><br />
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Changelog:<br />
<ul>
<li>Configure camera "Compression Settings"</li>
<li>Configure camera "Metering Mode"</li>
<li>Configure camera "Focus Mode"</li>
<li>Removed reference to Hugin, now all files are included in installation</li>
<li>Automatic Full screen preview</li>
<li>Enfuse images </li>
<li>Convert raw image to jpg</li>
<li>Convert raw image to multiple exposed jpgs</li>
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Changelog:<br />
<ul>
<li>Generate “Focus stacked” image using Hugin application **</li>
<li>Option to trigger photo taking using keyboard</li>
<li>Focus stacking *</li>
<li>Web server (it is possible to control the application using a smart phone) ***</li>
<li>Fixed <a href="http://code.google.com/p/nikon-camera-control/issues/detail?id=10"> Issue 10 </a>: Live view does not work for D300</li>
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* Focus staking work only with cameras with live view<br />
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** Hugin – Panorama photo stitcher you can download from <a href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/">http://hugin.sourceforge.net/</a><br />
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*** In first start the webserver need to be configured in settings window, after that the application is need to be restarted and you can use any phone or tablet to control the applicationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417757395522777448noreply@blogger.com0