Camera Control Pro Reference Manual

Overview

This section describes the structure of this manual, outlines Camera Control Pros main functions, and gives the system requirements and installation instructions.

Using Camera Control Pro

This section describes how to use Camera Control Pro.

Appendices

This section lists preferences and describes how to uninstall the software.
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Introduction
This manual has been written to help you take advantage of the many features included in Camera Control Pro. Be sure to read this manual thoroughly, and to keep it handy when using Camera Control Pro.

Conventions

This manual assumes basic knowledge of cameras and Windows or Finder operations. Refer to the documentation provided with your computer or camera for more information. Where the Windows and Macintosh versions of the program use diering commands, the Windows menu name is listed rst, followed by the Macintosh menu name in square brackets. Where multiple menu items or folders are selected in sequence, the menu items are separated by a >. Throughout this manual, Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition are referred to as Windows XP. Windows 2000 Professional is referred to as Windows 2000. D1, D1X, and D1H cameras are referred to as D1-series cameras, D2Xs, D2X, D2Hs, and D2H cameras as D2-series cameras.

Illustrations

This manual is for use with both Windows and Macintosh. While the majority of the illustrations come from Windows XP, save where otherwise noted the operations described are the same in other operating systems. Depending on the operating system used, the dialogs and menus may dier from slightly from those shown here. Some illustrations are composites.

Printing This Manual

To print this manual, select Print from the File menu in Adobe Reader. This manual is A5 size, allowing facing pages to be printed on a single sheet of A4 paper (to print facing pages, start printing from an even-numbered page).
Installing/Uninstalling Camera Control Pro
Use an account with administrator privileges to install or uninstall Camera Control Pro under Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Mac OS X.

Camera Control Pro

Changes made to settings in the Camera Control Pro window only apply to photographs taken after the changes are made, not to photographs that have already been taken. Camera Control Pro can not be used to modify existing photographs. The controls in the Camera Control Pro window vary with the type of camera connected. More information on camera settings may be found in the documentation provided with your camera.

Save where otherwise noted, the illustrations in this section show the dialogs displayed when the D2Xs is connected.
Camera Control Pro for D100 Cameras (Macintosh)
Before using Camera Control Pro with a D100 digital camera under Mac OS X, conrm that the camera rmware is version 2.00 or later. Users of earlier versions will need to upgrade the camera rmware before using Camera Control Pro. Contact a Nikon-authorized service representative for information on rmware upgrades.

Customer Support

See Customer Support for information on customer support.

Notices

No part of the manuals included with this product may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form, by any means, without Nikons prior written permission. Nikon reserves the right to change the specications of the hardware and software described in these manuals at any time and without prior notice. Nikon will not be held liable for any damages resulting from the use of this product. While every eort has been made to ensure that the information in these manuals is accurate and complete, we would appreciate it were you to bring any errors or omissions to the attention of the Nikon representative in your area (address provided separately).
The copying or reproduction of copyrighted creative works such as books, music, paintings, woodcut prints, maps, drawings, movies, and photographs is governed by national and international copyright laws. Do not use the camera for the purposes of making illegal copies or to infringe copyright laws. Do not use in venues where photography or recording is prohibited.

Trademark Information

Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Adobe Reader and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Macintosh, Mac OS, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trade names mentioned in this manual or the other documentation provided with your Nikon product are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

About This Manual

How to Use This Manual
The pages of this manual are structured as shown here: Using Camera Control Pro Appendices Overview Camera Controls

The Image Processing Tab

The following settings can be adjusted from the Image Processing tab:

Image Optimize

D200 D70s D70 D50
Choose the type of image optimization performed. See the camera manual for details. Choose how much the camera sharpens outlines. See the camera manual for details. Adjust contrast. See the camera manual for details. Selecting Custom or Custom 13 (D2Xs only) and clicking Edit will display Edit Camera Curves dialog Curves dialog.

Follow the steps below to install Camera Control Pro:

Windows 2/5

Click Easy Install.

Click Next.

Windows 3/5
After reading the license agreement (), select I accept the terms of the license agreement () and click Next () to proceed with installation.
Enter the product key () found on the CD case and click OK (). The trial version does not show this dialog.
Personalize your copy of Camera Control Pro () and click Next ().

Product Key

Do not lose this key. It is required when installing or upgrading this software and can not be replaced if lost.

Windows 4/5

The destination folder for Camera Control Pro will be displayed under Install Camera Control Pro to. Click Next to install Camera Control Pro to this folder, or click Change to select another destination.

Click Install.

Windows 5/5

Click Finish.

Click Yes and remove the Camera Control Pro CD from the CD-ROM drive.
If a dialog is displayed directing you to restart the computer, follow the on-screen instructions. This completes installation of Camera Control Pro.

Macintosh 1/5

Use an account with administrator privileges when installing Camera Control Pro. Start the computer and insert the Camera Control Pro CD in a CD-ROM drive. Double-click the Camera Control Pro CD-ROM icon ( ) on the desktop and then double click the Welcome ( ) icon. The Select Region dialog will be displayed; select a region and click Next. A language-selection dialog will be displayed; select a language and click Next to display the Install Center window. Easy Install: Install the minimum software needed to run Camera Control Pro.
Instruction Manual: Open the Manuals folder, which contains software instruction manuals. Double-click INDEX.pdf to view a region selection screen. This button is not displayed in the trial version. Try other Nikon Software: Download trial versions of Nikon software (Internet connection required). Customer Support: View the ReadMe le or visit Nikon technical support websites (Internet connection required). Register Here: Register your Nikon product on-line (Internet connection required). This button does not appear in some regions.

Macintosh 2/5

Use the Shots box to choose a number of shots from 2 to 9,999. This option is not available when Keep shooting until cancelled is selected. The delay between shots can be set to any value between 00:00:01 (one second) and 99:59:59 (ninety-nine hours, fty-nine minutes, and fty-nine seconds). Click Start. If Send it to Capture NX watched folder is selected for When a new image is received from camera in the Download Options dialog, phoDownload dialog tographs will be saved to the watched folder selected in Capture NX (available separately; see the Capture NX manual for details). Capture NX will automatically process the pictures according to the batch settings in Capture NX, approximating the Live Batch option in Nikon Capture Camera Control.

Time Interval Settings

If the delay is shorter than the time required to record each photograph, the actual interval between photographs will be longer than that specied in the Time Lapse Photography dialog.

Auto O

D1-series
When the camera is operated on battery power and for 15 minutes has been selected for While Camera Control Pro is running, keep camera awake in the General tab of the Preferences dialog, choose a delay of fteen minutes or less. When taking photographs at longer intervals, use an AC adapter (available separately) to power the camera.
During Time-Lapse Photography
The camera can not be operated during time-lapse photography. No other operations can be performed until the Time Lapse Photography dialog is closed.
Follow the progress of time lapse photography in the progress dialog. Click Stop Shooting to end time lapse photography at any time. If a number of shots was specied in the Time Lapse Photography dialog, shooting will end when the specied number of shots has been taken.
Once the specied number of shots has been taken, the Stop Shooting button will change to Shooting Complete. Click Shooting Complete to exit the Time Lapse Photography dialog.

Error Logs

If an error occurs during shooting, an error log will be displayed; click OK to close the log and return to the Camera Control Pro window.
The Time Lapse Photography Dialog
If you make a mistake in entering settings in the Time Lapse Photography dialog, a warning will be displayed. Return to the Time Lapse Photography dialog and adjust settings as directed.

Hard Disk Full

A warning will appear when space is no longer available on the destination disk for photographs taken using time lapse photography. Use the information in the warning to reduce the number of photographs or change the destination drive.
The Camera Control Pro Window
The Camera Control Pro window shows current camera settings, which may be viewed by clicking the ve page selection tabs. Camera settings can be altered using the controls in each tab as in Camera Controls The other settings in this window are described below. Camera Controls.

The focus area can be selected using the arrow buttons; see the camera manual for details. For information on AF-area mode and focus mode, see The Mechanical Tab. The metering mode can be selected from this menu (D2 series, D200, D70S, D70, and D50 only). Metering mode defaults to the option selected with the camera. If a D1-series or D100 camera is connected, or if Enable controls on the camera body is checked when a D2-series or D200 camera is connected, the current metering mode will be shown, but changes can only be made using camera controls. See the camera manual for details. This option controls the camera ash sync mode. See the camera manual for details.

Sensitivity Auto

D2-series D70S D100 D70 D200 D50
Sensitivity (ISO equivalency) can be raised when taking photographs in low light conditions. See the users manual provided with your camera for details. When this option is checked, the camera will adjust sensitivity (ISO equivalency) automatically (ISO auto). White balance is used to ensure that colors which appear white when viewed directly are white in the nal photograph. It can also be used to produce an intentionally unbalanced rendering of a scene. See the camera manual for details. Click Fine Tune to make ne adjustments to white balance. If Choose color temp. is selected (D2 series and D200 only), this button will be labeled Set temp. Click this button to choose a color temperature. Fine tuning is not available with preset white balance. This eld lists the comments for all white balance presets. Clicking Edit when Preset is selected for white balance displays the dialog shown at right, where the comments for each of the white balance presets can be edited. Click OK to copy the comments to the camera. Comments can be up to thirty-six characters long and contain letters, numbers, quotes, apostrophes, spaces, and any of the following characters: ,. ! ? # $ % & ( ) [ ] { } * + - / : ; < = > _ and @.

White Balance

Fine Tune /Set Temp
D1-series D2-series D200 D70S D100 D70

Comment D2-series

The Storage Tab
The following settings can be adjusted from the Storage tab:

Data Format

JPEG Quality
The following data formats are available: RAW (12-bit) + JPEG (8bit) (D2 series/D200/D70S/D70/D50 only), RAW (12-bit), TIFF-RGB (8-bit) (D1 series/D2 series/D100 only), TIFF-YCbCr (8-bit) (D1 series only), and JPEG (8-bit). This setting determines pixel bit depth and le size. When data format is set to JPEG (8-bit), you can choose image quality from Fine, Normal, and Basic. When RAW (12-bit) + JPEG (8-bit) is selected with the D2 series and D200, image quality can be selected from Fine, Normal, and Basic. When RAW (12-bit) + JPEG (8-bit) is selected with the D70S, D70, or D50, image quality is xed at Basic.

JPEG Compression

D2X D200 D2Xs
Choose from Fixed size and Optimal quality. See the camera manual for details.

D2 series / D200

D70S/D70/ D50

AF-Area Mode

Focus Mode
Choose the AF-area mode. If Enable controls on the camera body is checked (D2 series/D200 only), the current AF-area mode will be shown, but changes can only be made using camera controls. See the camera manual for details. The current focus mode setting is displayed. See the camera manual for details. This setting can not be changed from Camera Control Pro.

Edit D2-series

Main Battery Level

Clock Battery Level

Displays the focal length and maximum aper ture of the lens currently attached to the camera. Depending on the lens type, some information may not be displayed. If the lens focal length or maximum aperture have been specied manually, an asterisk will appear next to these values. This button is only available when a nonCPU lens is mounted on the camera. Clicking Edit displays the dialog shown at right, where the lens focal length and maximum aperture can be entered. Click OK to copy the values to the camera. Displays the level of the main camera battery. Green indicates that the battery has enough charge for continued operation. Yellow indicates that battery level is low; ready a fully charged spare battery pack. Red indicates that the battery is exhausted, and that no further photographs can be taken until the battery pack has been replaced. You may not be able to control the camera from Camera Control Pro when the battery is exhausted. Replace with a fully charged spare battery pack or use an AC adapter (available separately). Displays the level of the camera clock battery. Should this display turn yellow or red, have the clock battery replaced by an authorized Nikon service representative (a fee is charged for this service).
Self-Timer and Remote Modes
When a D2-series, D200, D70S, D70, D50, or D100 camera is set to self-timer mode, or when the D70S, D70 or D50 is set to delayed remote or quick-response remote mode, the Mechanical tab will show a shooting mode of Single, and any photographs taken with the Camera Control Pro shoot buttons will be taken in single-frame mode with no shutter-release delay. To take pictures in self-timer or remote mode, use the shutter-release button on the camera.

Custom Settings

Most of the custom settings stored in camera memory can be viewed and adjusted from the Custom Settings window in Camera Control Pro. For more information on Custom Settings, see the documentation provided with your camera.
Select Custom Settings from the Camera menu The Custom Settings dialog for the current camera will be displayed.
Changes to Custom Settings
Changes made to settings in the Custom Settings dialog are stored in the camera, not on the computer hard disk. This means that changing settings in the Custom Settings dialog has the same eect as changing Custom Settings using camera controls.
Choose a Custom Settings bank (D1 series/D2 series/D100/D200 only) Choose a Custom Settings bank (Custom Settings set) from the pop-up menu at the top right corner or the Custom Settings dialog.
The banks available depend on the model of camera currently connected. When the D1 or D100 is connected, you have a choice of banks A or B; when a D2-series, D1X, D1H, or D200 camera is connected, banks A, B, C, or D can be selected.
Click OK After making any changes to Custom Settings, click OK to save changes in the camera Custom Settings bank and exit the Custom Settings dialog.
Custom Settings can not be saved to a separate le. Clicking the Reset button resets all Custom Settings to their default values.
Settings That Can Not Be Adjusted from the Custom Settings Window
The Custom Settings listed below can not be adjusted in the Custom Settings window. Mirror lock-up for CCD cleaning (D1-series Custom Setting 8) /Cleaning mirror up (D100 setup menu): can only be adjusted from the camera RAW (NEF) image save (D1-series Custom Setting 28): if this option is set to 0 (o ) when Camera Control Pro is started, a message will be displayed. Clicking OK in this dialog sets Custom Setting 28 to 1 (uncompressed RAW image save enabled). Custom Setting 28 can only be returned to 0 from the camera. ISO Auto (D100 Custom Setting 3) /ISO Boost (D1-series Custom Setting 31): can be adjusted from the Exposure 2 tab of the Camera Control Pro window. PC Shooting Mode (D1-series Custom Setting 30): this option is adjusted from the Mechanical tab of the Camera Control Pro window. Tone Compensation (D1-series Custom Setting 24) /Color Mode (D1X/D1H Custom Setting 32) / Hue Adjustment (D1X/D1H Custom Setting 33) /Noise Reduction (D100 Custom Setting 4): can be adjusted from the Processing tab of the Camera Control Pro window.
Custom Settings for D1-Series and D100 Cameras
Custom Settings for D1-series and D100 cameras are divided among three tabs: Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3. See the camera manual for details.

Custom Settings for D70, D70S, and D50 Cameras
Custom Settings for the D70S, D70, and D50 are divided among three tabs: Basic, Advanced 1, and Advanced 2. See the camera manual for details.
Custom Settings for D2-Series and D200 Cameras
Custom Settings in each bank are divided into six groups: autofocus, metering / exposure, timers / autoexposure and autofocus lock, shooting / display, bracketing / ash, and controls. The group can be chosen from the group menu or by clicking the Next and Prev. buttons.

Group menu

Prev. / Nex t buttons
D2-series and D200 cameras allow a descriptive comment to be added to the name of each Custom Settings bank. Clicking Edit displays the dialog shown at right, where the comments for each bank can be edited. Click OK to copy the comments to the camera. Comments can be up to twenty characters long and contain letters, numbers, quotes, apostrophes, spaces, and any of the following characters: ,. ! ? # $ % & ( ) [ ] { } * + - / : ; < = > _ and @.
Camera Control Pro Preferences The General Tab The Color Management Tab The Color Management Tab Uninstalling Camera Control Pro Windows Macintosh RGB Color Space Proles Device Registration Windows XP Windows 2000 Customer Support 93 Windows Macintosh 71 74
Camera Control Pro Preferences
To view the Preferences (Options) dialog for Camera Control Pro, select Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or select Preferences from the application menu (Macintosh).
The Preferences dialog contains General and Color Management tabs.

The General Tab

The General tab contains the following items:
Choose how long the exposure meters remain on when the camera is operated on battery power. This setting only takes eect when the camera is connected and powered on with Camera Control Pro running, and takes precedence over the auto While meter o option chosen using camera Custom Settings. Cameras powered by an Camera Control Pro AC adapter and D2-series, D100, D200, D70S, D70, and D50 cameras will stay awake indenitely, regardless of the setting chosen here. is running, keep camera for 15 minutes (D1-series only): The exposure meters turn o automatically if no awake operations are performed for 15 minutes. Always: The exposure meters remain on indenitely. Note that this will increase the drain on the battery. Specify the folder or volume in which temporary data, such as image cache data, Folder for will be stored. The default folder for Windows is the TEMP folder in the Windows temporary directory, while the default volume for the Macintosh is the start-up disk. To choose data /Volume a dierent folder in the Windows version of the program, click the Browse button for tempoand navigate to the desired location. In the Macintosh version, a new volume can be rary data chosen from the pop-up menu.

Uninstalling Camera Control Pro
Use an account with administrator privileges to perform the uninstall.
Click Start and select Camera Control Pro > Camera Control Pro Uninstall from the program list.
Click Yes to begin removing Camera Control Pro and all of its components.
If the uninstaller encounters read-only les or components shared by another application, a conrmation dialog will be displayed. Read the information displayed carefully before deciding what to do with the aected components. Click Finish. Restart the computer if so directed.
Open the Applications : Nikon Software : Camera Control Pro folder and doubleclick the Camera Control Pro Uninstaller icon.
Enter the administrator name and password and click OK.

Click Yes.

Click Quit to exit the uninstaller once Camera Control Pro has been removed.

RGB Color Space Proles

Proles with a Gamma Value of 1.8
Color prole Apple RGB Windows Macintosh Description

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This prole is used in desk-top publishing applications and in Nikon Adobe Photoshop versions 4.0 or earlier, and is the typical RGB Apple RGB prole for Macintosh monitors. The corresponding RGB set4.0.0.3000 ting in Adobe Photoshop is Apple RGB. This prole is suitable for working with images displayed on the Macintosh. The ColorMatch prole is native to Radius PressView monitors. Nikon ColorIt has a wider gamut than Apple RGB, with a particularly wide Match RGB area devoted to the reproduction of blues. The corresponding 4.0.0.3000 RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop is Color Match RGB.

ColorMatch RGB

NKCMatch. icm
Proles with a Gamma Value of 2.2
Color prole Windows Macintosh Description This RGB prole is used in the majority of Windows monitors. It closely resembles the RGB commonly used in color television, and is also used in the digital television broadcasting system that is on its way to becoming the industry standard in the United States of America. Software and hardware manufacturers use it as a default color prole and guarantee operation Nikon sRGB when it used. It is also on its way to becoming the standard sRGB NKsRGB.icm 4.0.0.3001 for images on the web. This prole is suited to users who plan to use their digital images as is, without editing or printing them. It however suers from the drawback of a narrow gamut with a limited area available for reproducing blues. The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 and 5.5 is sRGB, the corresponding setting in Adobe Photoshop 6.0 sRGB IWC61966-2.1. This color prole attempts to expand on the ColorMatch RGB gamut by dening the chromaticity for G as lying between the Nikon values for G in the Adobe RGB and ColorMatch color-space Bruce RGB NKBruce.icm Bruce RGB proles. It was proposed by Bruce Fraser, who claims that it 4.0.0.3000 includes most of the colors in the SWOP CMYK gamut. The R and B used in the Bruce RGB and Adobe RGB color-space proles match.

Open the Device Manager. If the camera has been correctly registered with the Manager system, the controller for your camera should appear under 1394 Bus Controller.
If IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers is not listed in the Device Manager, or if the IEEE 1394 interface board or card is listed as an unknown or miscellaneous device or is preceded by a red or yellow warning icon, follow the instructions in the manual provided with the board to ensure that the drivers are properly installed.
Install the driver for D1-series cameras from the Camera Control Pro CD, then connect the camera to the computer using an IEEE 1394 cable and turn the camera on. The camera will be registered automatically.

Logging On

Log on as the Computer Administrator when registering the camera.
Before Connecting the Camera
Be sure to install Camera Control Pro before connecting the camera to the computer.
Registering the Device Driver

Windows XP 2/4

Follow the instructions below to check that the camera has been correctly registered with the system.
Open the Device Manager and conrm that Nikon 1394 Protocol Device and the camera is listed.
If the camera is listed under Other devices, reinstall the device drivers If Nikon drivers. 1394 Protocol Device is not listed in the Device Manager and the camera does not appear under Other devices, disconnect the camera and restart the computer. Reconnect the camera after the computer has restarted.
Double-click the listing for the camera that appears under Other devices. Click the General tab and conrm that This device is working properly appears under Device status.

Troubleshooting

If 1394 Bus host Controller is listed in the Device Manager but the entry for the Nikon D1 (D1X/D1H) does not appear, check the following: Is the camera on? Is the battery fully charged? If you are using an AC adapter (available separately), is it properly connected? Is the mode dial set to PC? Is the IEEE 1394 cable properly connected?
Reinstalling the Device Driver

Windows XP 3/4

If the camera is listed under Other devices, reinstall the device drivers as instructed below.
Double-click the listing for the camera that appears under Other devices.
Open the General tab and click Reinstall Driver.
Select No, not this time and click Next.

Windows XP 4/4

Pressing the shift key to prevent the Select Region dialog from opening automatically, insert the Camera Control Pro CD. Select Install the software automatically and click Next.

Conrm that This device is working properly appears under Device status in the General tab of the camera Properties dialog.

Windows 2000 1/8

Conrm that your OHCI-compliant IEEE 1394 interface board or card has been correctly registered with the system.
Open the Device Manager. If the camera has been correctly registered with the Manager system, the controller for your camera should appear under 1394 Bus host Controller.
If 1394 Bus host Controller is not listed in the Device Manager, or if the IEEE 1394 interface board or card is listed as an unknown or miscellaneous device or is preceded by a red or yellow warning icon, follow the instructions in the manual provided with the board to ensure that the drivers are properly installed.
Log on as the Administrator when registering the camera.
Updating Drivers for the D1
If you are already using the D1 with Nikon View DX or Nikon Capture, you will need to update the camera drivers. drivers

Windows 2000 2/8

Open the Device Manager and conrm that Nikon 1394 Protocol Device and the camera are listed.

Windows 2000 3/8

Windows 2000 4/8
Select the search option and click Next.
Pressing the shift key to prevent the Select Region dialog from opening, insert the Camera Control Pro CD (if the Select Region dialog appears, click Quit). Select CD-ROM drives and click Next.
If the message Windows was unable to nd a suitable driver for this device is displayed, the CD was not correctly inserted or the correct search location was not selected. Click Back to return to the dialog shown in Step 5 and conrm that the search location is correct.

Windows 2000 5/8

Conrm that This device is working properly" appears under "Device status in the General tab of the Nikon Digital Camera D1 Series Properties dialog.
Updating the Device Driver

Windows 2000 6/8

If you are already using the D1 with Nikon View DX or Nikon Capture, you will need to update the camera drivers.
Open the Device Manager. Expand the Nikon 1394 Device entry and doubleManager click Nikon Digital Camera D1.
Open the Driver tab and click Update Driver.

Windows 2000 7/8

Select Install one of the other drivers and click Next.

Windows 2000 8/8

Select Nikon Digital Camera D1 Series and click Next.
Conrm that This device is working properly appears under Device status in the General tab of the Nikon Digital Camera D1 Series Properties dialog.
Nikon User Support Information
If you are in need of technical assistance with the installation or operation of your Nikon product(s), please do not hesitate to contact one of the following Nikon representatives. When calling support, you will be asked to supply the serial and/or version number(s) of your Nikon software. For ecient communication, it is highly recommended that you have your Nikon product in front of you. Europe and Africa

Austria AT Netherlands NL
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Belgium

Norway NO
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Czech Republic

Poland
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Denmark DK

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Rep. of South Africa ZA

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Finland

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Russia RU

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France

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Germany

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Sweden SE

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Greece

D. & J. Damkalidis S.A. 44 Zefyrou St. 17564 Tel: +30-210-9410888 Fax: +30-210-9427058

Switzerland CH

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Hungary

Nikon Kft. Budapest, Fti t 56. 1047 Hungary Tel: +36-1-232-13-71

United Kingdom

Nikon U.K. Ltd. 380 Richmond Road, Kingston, Surrey KT2 5PR Tel: +44-(0)870-770-0231
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Asia, Oceania, Middle-East and Canada

Australia AU Malaysia MY

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Canada

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New Zealand

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Philippines

Hong Kong
Nikon Hong Kong Ltd. Suite 1001, 10F, Cityplaza One, 1111 Kings Road, Taikoo Shing Tel: +852-(0)2902-9000 Fax: +852-(0)2907-0378
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Singapore

Photo Vision 223, Okhla Industrial Estate Phase III, Near Modi Flour Mill, New Delhi - Tel: +91-(0)11-2692-8913 Fax: +91-(0)11-2692-9856
Nikon Singapore Pte. Ltd. 80 Anson Road #10-01/02 Fuji Xerox Towers Singapore 079907 Tel: +65-6559-3618 Fax: +65-6559-3665

Taiwan

Indonesia
Lin Trading Co., Ltd. 8F, 272 Nangking Road, Sec. 3, Taipei 10566 Tel: +886-(0)2-2740-3366 Fax: +886-(0)2-2781-2525
Pt Alta Nikindo Kompleks Mangga Dua Square Block H 1&2 Jl.Gunung Sahariraya, Jakarta Utara 10730 Tel: +62-(0)21-6231-2700 Fax: +62-(0)21-6231-2777

Thailand

Niks (Thailand) Co., Ltd. 166 Silom Road 12, Bangkok 10500 Tel: +66-(0)2-235-2929-39 Fax: +66-(0)2-236-7240

Israel

Turkey
Hadar Photo Supply Agencies Ltd. 36 - 38 Achad Haam St., Tel-Aviv P.O. Box 1686 Tel: +972-(0)3-5603947 Fax: +972-(0)3-5603905
Teleoptik Ltd Sti Ankara Caddesi Dedehan No. : 118-120, Kat : 1-2, Sirkeci 34112, Istanbul Tel: +90-(0)212-527-0789 Fax: +90-(0)212-520-6716

Korea KR

Nikon Imaging Korea Co., Ltd. 12th Floor, Seoul Chamber Of Commerce & Industry Building, 4-45, Namdaemoon-Ro, Jung-Ku, Seoul 100-743 Tel: +82-(0)2-6050-1800 Fax: +82-(0)2-6050-1801

U. A. E.

Grand Stores, L.l.c Saleh Bin Lahej Building, Mezzanine Floor, Al Garhoud, Deira, Dubai P. O. Box 2144 Tel: +971-(0)4-2823700 Fax: +971-(0)4-2828382

Lebanon

Gulbenk Trading Co. Hamra-Makdessi Street, Adhami Building, 5th Floor, Beirut P. O. Box 113-6645 Tel: +961-(0)1-353742 Fax: +961-(0)1-347613
Please visit the web site appropriate for your area of purchase for downloads of updated software, replacement manuals and technical support information: Europe and Africa http://www.europe-nikon.com/support/ Korea http://www.nikon.co.kr Asia Pacic Area http://www.nikon-asia.com Nikon Imaging Global Site http://nikonimaging.com/global/

Camera Control Pro 2 Reference Manual

Overview

This section describes the structure of this manual, outlines the main functions of Camera Control Pro 2, and gives the system requirements and installation instructions.
Using Camera Control Pro 2
This section describes how to use Camera Control Pro 2.

Appendices

This section lists preferences and describes how to uninstall the software.
Important Information on the Product Key The product key may be found on the CD-ROM case. Do not lose this key. It is required when installing or upgrading this software and can not be replaced if lost.

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Product key

SB8A02(B1) 6MS541B1-02

Using Camera Control Pro
Introduction About This Manual System Requirements Windows Macintosh Installing Camera Control Pro Windows Macintosh Getting Started Starting and Exiting Camera Control Pro Getting Help Software Updates Click a page number to view. 3 6

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Camera Control Pro 2

Introduction

This manual has been written to help you take advantage of the many features included in Camera Control Pro 2. Be sure to read this manual thoroughly, and to keep it handy when using Camera Control Pro 2.
Conventions This manual assumes basic knowledge of cameras and Windows or Finder operations. Refer to the documentation provided with your computer or camera for more information. Where the Windows and Macintosh versions of the program use diering commands, the Windows menu name is listed rst, followed by the Macintosh menu name in square brackets. Where multiple menu items or folders are selected in sequence, the menu items are separated by a >. Throughout this manual, Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate 32-bit editions are referred to as Windows Vista. Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition are referred to as Windows XP. Windows 2000 Professional is referred to as Windows 2000. D1, D1X, and D1H cameras are referred to as D1-series cameras, D2Xs, D2X, D2Hs, and D2H cameras as D2-series cameras, D70s and D70 cameras as D70-series cameras, and D40 and D40X cameras as D40-series cameras. Except where necessary to distinguish it from older versions of Camera Control Pro, Camera Control Pro 2 is referred to as Camera Control Pro. Illustrations This manual is for use with both Windows and Macintosh. While the majority of the illustrations come from Windows Vista Ultimate, save where otherwise noted the operations described are the same in other operating systems. Depending on the operating system used, the dialogs and menus may dier from slightly from those shown here. Some illustrations are composites. Printing This Manual To print this manual, select Print from the File menu in Adobe Reader. This manual is A5 size, allowing facing pages to be printed on a single sheet of A4 paper (to print facing pages, start printing from an even-numbered page). Installing/Uninstalling Camera Control Pro 2 Use an account with administrator privileges to install or uninstall Camera Control Pro 2.

Macintosh

CPU OS Hard-disk space RAM Video resolution Interface
PowerPC G4 or G5 model, Intel Core, or Intel Xeon with a clock speed of 1 GHz or faster recommended Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or 10.4.MB required for installation, with an additional 1 GB of free disk space available when Camera Control Pro is running 256 MB (768 MB or more recommended) 1,pixels or more with 24-bit color (millions of colors) or higher USB: Only built-in USB ports supported FireWire: Only built-in FireWire ports supported
* Connect the camera directly to the computer. The camera may not function as expected when connected via a hub, extension cable, or keyboard. D1-series cameras not supported on computers with Intel CPUs running Mac OS X version 10.3.9.
Installing Camera Control Pro
Before installing Camera Control Pro: Conrm that the computer satises the system requirements for Camera Control system Pro. Exit any other applications that may be running, including anti-virus software. Follow the links below to view installation instructions for your operating system: Windows Macintosh
Existing Versions of Camera Control Pro If an earlier version of Camera Control Pro is installed, uninstall the existing version before installing Camera Control Pro 2. If an existing copy of Camera Control Pro 2 is detected during installation, a notication will be displayed. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Camera Control Pro 2 Install Options
To display install options for Camera Control Pro:

Windows 1/6

Use an account with administrator privileges when installing Camera Control Pro.
Insert the installer CD in a CD-ROM drive. Windows Vista An AutoPlay dialog will be displayed; click Run Welcome.exe. A User Account Control dialog will be displayed; click Allow. A language-selection dialog will be displayed; select a language and click Next. If the desired language is not available, click Region Selection to choose a dierent region and then choose the desired language.
If the Language Selection Dialog Is Not Displayed To display the language selection dialog, select Computer or My Computer from the Start menu (Windows Vista or Windows XP) or double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop (Windows 2000) and double-click the CD-ROM (Camera Control Pro) icon in the My Computer window.

Exiting Camera Control Pro
Windows Select Exit from the File menu.
Macintosh Select Quit Camera Control Pro from the application menu.

Disconnecting the Camera

To disconnect the camera: USB (PTP or MTP/PTP)/IEEE 1394 (FireWire): Turn the camera o and disconnect the interface cable. USB (Mass Storage): When using a D100 camera under Windows 2000 with the camera USB option set to Mass Storage, click the Unplug or Eject Hardware icon in the taskbar and select Stop USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears, then turn the camera o and disconnect the interface cable.

Getting Help

To view help on Camera Control Pro, select Camera Control Pro Help from the Help menu.

Software Updates

Camera Control Pro is equipped with an automatic update function known as Nikon Message Center. Nikon Message Center checks for updates to a variety of Nikon digital products, including Camera Control Pro. If the computer is connected to the Internet, Nikon Message Center will automatically check for updates when Camera Control Pro starts. You can also check for updates by selecting Check for Software Updates from the Help menu. If an update is available, an update dialog will be displayed.
Downloading Updates An Internet connection is required to download updates. The user bears all applicable fees charged by the phone company or Internet service provider. Dial-up Connections When using a dial-up connection, be aware that the connection is not automatically terminated when download is complete. Be sure to terminate the connection manually. Privacy Information provided by the user as part of this service will not be given to third parties without the users permission.
Screen Layout Capturing Photographs to Disk Viewing Captured Photographs Time Lapse Photography Live View The Camera Control Pro Window Camera Controls Saving and Loading Camera Control Settings The Camera Menu Custom Settings 73 77

Screen Layout

Camera Control Pro screen layout is described below using the D3 as an example.
Menu bar Connection status Shows the status and name of any cameras connected. status: / : View or hide camera controls. Camera controls can also be displayed or hidden by selecting Show/Hide Camera Control Panels in the Tools menu. Camera control tabs: Click to view the associated camera controls. Camera controls Simulated LCD panel: Performs the same function as the information display in panel the camera viewnder. Shoot buttons Click these buttons to take pictures. buttons:

D3 D2Xs D300 D2X * D2Hs * D200 * Image Authentication The Attach IPTC Information and Embed ICC Prole options do not apply to photographs taken with Image Authentication on. Image authentication information is not embedded in TIFF photographs when capturing images using the Camera Control Pro.
* Image Authentication supported from camera rmware version 2.00.
After adjusting options as described in Step 3, click OK to exit the dialog and apply settings to subsequent photographs. Note that if On or Automatic (the default setting) is selected for the auto image rotation option in the camera setup menu, D3, D2-series, D300, D200, D80, D70-series, D50, and D40-series cameras will detect camera orientation and automatically embed this information in photographs (note that in continuous mode, the orientation for the rst image in each burst applies to all images in the series, even if camera orientation is changed during shooting). If O is selected, camera orientation will not be recorded. To add information on picture orientation during download, open the Image menu and selecting Rotate all downloaded images by 90 degrees CCW to mark pictures as being rotated 90 to the right, or Rotate all downloaded images by 90 degrees CW to mark pictures as being rotated 90 to the left.
D3 D2Xs D300 D2X * D2Hs * D200 * Image Authentication The Rotate all downloaded images options do not apply to photographs taken with Image Authentication on. Image authentication information is not embedded in TIFF photographs when capturing images using the Camera Control Pro.
Take pictures using the camera shutter-release button or the AF and Shoot or Shoot buttons in the Camera Control Pro window. The Status dialog shown below will be displayed.

Close button

Triangle
To display a histogram of the current image, click the triangle at the bottom of the Status dialog.
If the Show highlights over option is checked, any areas of the preview image with a brightness over the value entered in the neighboring text box will be indicated by a ashing border. To display histograms (graphs showing the distribution of pixels of dierent brightnesses in the image) for the red (R), green (G), and blue (B) channels, put a check in the corresponding box.
Click Close to close the Status dialog.
Viewing Captured Photographs
If Show it with Viewer is selected for When a new image is received from camera in the Download Options dialog pictures will automatically be displayed in the dialog, Viewer window after capture. The Viewer window can also be started by selecting Show Viewer from the Tools menu. The most recent image in the folder selected for Folder for images downloaded from the camera in the Download Options dialog will be displayed.

Select Time Lapse Photography from the Camera menu. The Time Lapse Photography dialog will be displayed.
Before shooting starts, adjust the following settings: Autofocus before each shot If this option is checked, the camera will perform an autofocus operation before each shot. If the selected focus mode is AF-A (D80, D50, and D40-series cameras) or single-servo AF, an autofocus operation will be performed even when the check box is o. Keep shooting until cancelled If this option is checked, the camera will continue to take photographs until you click Stop Shooting in the Time Lapse Photography dialog.
D2 series D300 D200 Auto bracketing D3 Select this option to perform exposure, ash, or white balance bracketing during shooting. To change bracketing options, click Set BKT. The dialog shown at right will be displayed. D80 D70 series D50
AE/WB/Flash Choose the type of bracketing perBracketing formed. Change Factor when Exposure Mode is set Choose how bracketing is perto Manual formed in manual exposure mode.

D3 D2 series D200 D300

D3/D2 series/D300/D200
Bracketing Type / Bracketing Step / Bracketing Order / Exposure Mode
Choose the bracketing program, exposure or white balance increment, bracketing order, and exposure mode. Bracketing type and bracketing order are not available with the D50.

D80/D70 series/D50

Use the Shots box to choose a number of shots from 2 to 9,999. This option is not available when Keep shooting until cancelled is selected. The delay between shots can be set to any value between 00:00:01 (one second) and 99:59:59 (ninety-nine hours, fty-nine minutes, and fty-nine seconds). Click Start. If Send it to Capture NX watched folder is selected for When a new image is received from camera in the Download OpDownload tions dialog, photographs will be saved to the watched folder selected dialog in Capture NX (available separately; see the Capture NX manual for details). Capture NX will automatically process the pictures according to the batch settings in Capture NX.
Time Interval Settings If the delay is shorter than the time required to record each photograph, the actual interval between photographs will be longer than that specied in the Time Lapse Photography dialog. Auto O D1 series When the camera is operated on battery power and for 15 minutes has been selected for While Camera Control Pro is running, keep camera awake in the General tab of the Preferences dialog, choose a delay of fteen minutes or less. When taking photographs at longer intervals, use an AC adapter (available separately) to power the camera. During Time-Lapse Photography No operations can be performed in the Camera Control Pro window until the Time Lapse Photography dialog is closed.
Follow the progress of time lapse photography in the progress dialog. Click Stop Shooting to end time lapse photography at any time. If a number of shots was specied in the Time Lapse Photography dialog, shooting will end when the specied number of shots has been taken.

Once the specied number of shots has been taken, the Stop Shooting button will change to Shooting Complete. Click Shooting Complete to exit the Time Lapse Photography dialog.
Error Logs If an error occurs during shooting, an error log will be displayed; click OK to close the log and return to the Camera Control Pro window. The Time Lapse Photography Dialog If you make a mistake in entering settings in the Time Lapse Photography dialog, a warning will be displayed. Return to the Time Lapse Photography dialog and adjust settings as directed. Hard Disk Full A warning will appear when space is no longer available on the destination disk for photographs taken using time lapse photography. Use the information in the warning to reduce the number of photographs or change the destination drive.

Live View

When a camera that supports live view is connected, Live View (Hand-Held) and Live View (Tripod) options are available in the Camera menu. Selecting either of these options opens the Live View window. Camera controls can not be used while the Live View window is displayed; the Live View window will close automatically if the camera is disconnected. Live View (Hand-Held) The following window is displayed when Live View (Hand-held) is selected in the Camera menu.

Focus point

Navigation area
The image area shows the view through the camera lens, updated in real time, with the current focus point superimposed. The other controls in the Live View (Handheld) window are described below:
Item Start/Stop Live View Focus Point Description Click to start or stop live view.
Click the arrows to move the focus point. To prevent damage to the its internal circuits, the camera will automatically end Count Down live view if the temperature inside the camera becomes too high. The count-down timer shows the time remaining until live view ends. Start AF Focus the camera using normal (phase-detection) AF. Shoot Take a picture. Exit Close the Live View (Hand-held) window. Magnication Zoom the view in the image area in or out. The navigation area shows the portion Ratio of the image currently displayed in the image area.
Live View (Tripod) The following window is displayed when Live View (Tripod) is selected in the Camera menu.
Focus point for contrastdetect AF
The image area shows the view through the camera lens, updated in real time, with the focus point for contrast-detect AF superimposed. Click anywhere in the image area to move the focus point to that spot. The other controls in the Live View (Tripod) window are described below:
Item Start/Stop Live View Description Click to start or stop live view.
To prevent damage to the its internal circuits, the camera will automatically end Count Down live view if the temperature inside the camera becomes too high. The count-down timer shows the time remaining until live view ends. Magnication Zoom the view in the image area in or out. The navigation area shows the portion Ratio of the image currently displayed in the image area. Click these buttons to adjust focus by the amount selected with the Focus Step Adjust Focus slider. Click + to move the focal point away from the camera, to bring it toward the camera. Click Start AF to initiate contrast-detect autofocus. The button will change to Stop Start/Stop AF AF; click again to end autofocus. The Adjust Focus buttons and Focus Step slider are not available while autofocus is in progress. Shoot Take a picture. Exit Close the Live View (Tripod) window.

The Function Dial D100 The D100 can only be used to take photographs when the function dial is set to P, S, A, or M. At other settings, the shoot buttons in the Camera Control Pro dialog will be disabled and the simulated LCD panel will not be displayed.
Camera Settings That Can Not Be Adjusted from Camera Control Pro The following operations can only be performed using the controls on the camera body: Operation Burst photography (continuous shooting mode) Continuous servo autofocus Pressing the shutter-release button halfway to check focus Autofocus-only operation (use AF and Shoot to perform autofocus) Manual aperture adjustment using the lens aperture ring Reactivating the camera after it has entered sleep mode Depth-of-eld preview Auto bracketing Compression options for NEF (RAW) images Operation assigned to FUNC./Fn button Remote (D80, D70 series, D50, and D40 series only) and self-timer mode selection Focus mode selection using camera focus-mode selector Metering Exposure mode (can be adjusted if Enable controls on camera body is not selected when D80, D70 series, D50, or D40 series is connected) Shooting mode Shutter-speed lock Aperture lock Autoexposure lock Flash compensation M-up (mirror up) mode selection Selection of second center focus area group (group dynamic-AF)

D3 D3 D80

Camera

D1 series D100

All supported models All supported models All supported models
D3 D2 series D300 D1 series
Status not displayed Status displayed

D1 series

All supported models
D1 series D100 D2 series D2 series D70 series D300 D300 D50 D200 D200 D40 series D100
D1 series D100 D50 D80 D100 D70 series

D40 series D100

D2 series D2 series

D1 series D1 series

D3 D3 D2 series D2 series D2 series D1 series D300 D200 D300 D200

Camera Controls

Camera controls are described below using the D3 as an example:

The Exposure 1 Tab

The following settings can be adjusted from the Exposure 1 tab:

Exposure Mode

Shutter Speed

Aperture

Choose an exposure mode. If a D100 is connected, or if Enable controls on the camera body is checked when a D80, D70-series, D50, or D40-series camera is connected, it will show the current exposure mode but the mode itself must be selected using the camera function dial. See the camera manual for details. Shutter speed can only be adjusted in Manual and Speed Priority modes, when it can be set to values between the maximum and minimum values supported by the camera. Use high shutter speeds to freeze motion, low shutter speeds to suggest motion by blurring moving objects. Aperture can only be adjusted in Manual and Aperture Priority modes, when it can be set to values between maximum and minimum aper ture (small apertures have high f-numbers, wide aper tures low f-numbers; the actual aper tures available depend on the lens used). Aper ture can not be controlled from Camera Control Pro when Custom Setting 22 has been set to allow aperture to be adjusted manually using the lens aperture ring (D1-series only).

The Mechanical Tab Use the arrows to choose the maximum number of shots that can be taken in a single burst in continuous mode, or enter a value directly in the text Shots box. The maximum permitted value varies with the current image-qualD3 D2 series ity setting; the value chosen should not, however, exceed the capacity of D300 D200 the camera memory buer as shown at the right edge of the LCD display. D80 D70 series Values larger than the capacity of the camera memory buer will be shown D50 D40 series in red. This setting only applies when the camera is connected, and diers from the maximum selected in the Custom Settings menu. Auto Bracketing

D3 D300 D80 D2 series

Select this option to perform exposure, ash, or white balance bracketing Time Photography D70 series during shooting. See Time Lapse Photography for details.

D200 D50

AF-Area Mode

Focus Mode

Choose the AF-area mode. If Enable controls on the camera body is checked (D3, D2 series, D300, and D200 only), the current AF-area mode will be shown, but changes can only be made using camera controls. See the camera manual for details. Choose the focus mode for D80, D50, or D40-series cameras (see the camera manual for details). The focus mode for other cameras is displayed but can not be changed from Camera Control Pro.

D3 D300 D2 series D200

Main Battery Level

Clock Battery Level

The Mechanical Tab Displays the focal length and maximum aper ture of the lens currently attached to the camera. Depending on the lens type, some information may not be displayed. If the lens focal length or maximum aperture have been specied manually, an asterisk will appear next to these values. If a D3 or D300 is connected with a non-CPU lens attached, lens data can be selected. This button is only available when a nonCPU lens is mounted on the camera. Clicking Edit displays the dialog shown at right, where the lens focal length and maximum aperture can be entered. Click OK to copy the values to the camera. Displays the level of the main camera battery. Green indicates that the battery has enough charge for continued operation. Yellow indicates that battery level is low; ready a fully charged spare battery pack. Red indicates that the battery is exhausted, and that no further photographs can be taken until the battery pack has been replaced. You may not be able to control the camera from Camera Control Pro when the battery is exhausted. Replace with a fully charged spare battery pack or use an AC adapter (available separately). Displays the level of the camera clock battery. Should this display turn yellow or red, have the clock battery replaced by an authorized Nikon service representative (a fee is charged for this service).

Delete Close

Delete the selected custom Picture Control. Close the Custom Picture Control dialog.
The Edit Camera Curves Dialog Clicking Edit when User Custom Curve is selected in the Picture Control settings dialog displays the dialog shown below.
The controls in the Edit Camera Curves window are similar to those used to edit tone curves in Adobe Photoshop and other imaging software, except in the following respects: (1) only the master channel, not individual RGB channels, may be edited; (2) there is a limit of 20 spline points; (3) the midpoint may not be edited; and (4) a userdened sample image can be selected by clicking Sample Image (the sample image must be an NEF (RAW) image created with a supported Nikon digital camera). Any changes to curves are reected in the sample image. To copy the edited curve to the Picture Control, click OK. The upper left section of the Edit Camera Curves window contains Load and Save buttons. Click Load to load previously stored curves created with Camera Control Pro, Nikon Capture (available separately), or Capture NX (available separately; settings must include Levels and Tone Curves data). Look for les with the.ntc,.ncv, or.set extension. The Save button opens the Save As dialog, where you can save the current curve. Return to rst page Camera Control Pro 2 69
The Image Processing Tab (Other Cameras)

Image Optimize

D200 D50 D80 D70 series D40 series
Choose the type of image optimization performed. See the camera manual for details. Choose how much the camera sharpens outlines. See the camera manual for details. Adjust contrast. See the camera manual for details. Selecting Custom or Custom 13 (D2Xs only) and clicking Edit will display Edit Camera Curves dialog Curves dialog. Choose a lter eect for black-and-white photographs. This option is only available when Black-and-white (Custom) is selected for Image Optimize.

Sharpening Tone Comp

Filter Eects Color space
Choose a color space. See the camera manual for details.
The Image Processing Tab Color Mode
D2 series D200 D70 series D1X D100 D50 D1H D80 D40 series
Choose a color mode. See the camera manual for details. With the D1, colors are optimized for the NTSC color space, regardless of the option chosen.

Saturation

D200 D50 D80 D70 series
Adjust color saturation. See the camera manual for details.

D40 series

Modify hue while leaving brightness and chroma unaected. Adjustments can be made in the range 9 to 9 , with 0 repreD2 series D1X D1H senting the original hues as recorded by the camera (in D1-series D200 D100 D80 cameras, 9 is equivalent to a camera hue setting of 0, 0 to a D70 series D50 D40 series setting of 3, and 9 to a setting of 6). Long Exposure Noise Reduction Select this option to reduce noise at slow shutter speeds. See the D2 series D200 D100 camera manual for details. Hue Adjustment

D80 D70 series D50

High ISO Noise Reduction

D2X D200 D2Xs D80 D2Hs

Choose a noise reduction option for high ISO sensitivities. See the camera manual for details. Select this option to reduce noise at slow shutter speeds and high ISO sensitivities. See the camera manual for details.
Noise reduction D40 series
Saving and Loading Camera Control Settings
The Camera Control Pro option in the Settings menu is used to save Camera Control Pro settings and to load and apply previously saved settings.
Select this item to load camera settings previously saved using Save Control Settings (see below). A dialog will be displayed where you can navigate to the drive Load Control (volume) and directory containing the desired settings le (only les with the extenSettings sion.ncc will be displayed; choose settings created with the camera currently connected). The settings in the Camera Control Pro window will instantly revert to the saved settings. Bracketing settings are not aected. Select this item to save the settings in the Camera Control Pro window to a named le. These settings can later be recalled using Load Control Settings. Choosing Save Control Save Control Settings displays a dialog where you can choose a destination and Settings le name for current camera settings. Camera Control Pro settings are saved with the extension.ncc. Note that bracketing settings, non-CPU lens settings, and changes to settings for the current Picture Control are not saved.

D80 D70 series D50 D40 series Choosing a Mode D100 The Measure White Balance option is only available in P, S, A, and M modes.
D3 D2 series D300 D200 Select Shooting Settings Bank Selecting this option displays the dialog shown at right, where you can choose the shooting menu bank in which changes to settings will be stored while the camera is controlled from Camera Control Pro. See the camera manual for details. D100
The D3, D2 series, D300, and D200 allow a descriptive comment to be added to the name of each shooting menu bank. Clicking Edit displays the dialog shown at right, where the comments for each bank can be edited. Click OK to copy the comments to the camera. Comments can be up to twenty characters long and contain letters, numbers, quotes, apostrophes, spaces, and any of the following characters: ,. ! ? # $ % & ( ) [ ] { } * + - / : ; < = > _ and @.

Edit Comment dialog

D3 D2 series D300 D200 D80 D70 series D50 Set Bracketing Mode Selecting this option displays the BKT Mode dialog. See Time Lapse Photography for details. Time Photography Time Lapse Photography Selecting this option opens the Time Lapse Photography dialog Time dialog. D3 D300 Live View (Hand-held) Selecting this option opens the Live View (Hand-held) dialog dialog. D3 D300 Live View (Tripod) Selecting this option opens the Live View (Tripod) dialog dialog. D1 series D100 ) Enable controls on the camera body (all cameras except Check this option to enable camera controls, allowing settings to be adjusted and photographs taken directly from the camera. If this option is not checked, only the power switch and AF-area mode selector can be used.

Custom Settings

Most of the custom settings stored in camera memory can be viewed and adjusted from the Custom Settings window in Camera Control Pro. For more information on Custom Settings, see the documentation provided with your camera.
Select Custom Settings from the Camera menu. The Custom Settings dialog for the current camera will be displayed.
Changes to Custom Settings Changes made to settings in the Custom Settings dialog are stored in the camera, not on the computer hard disk. This means that changing settings in the Custom Settings dialog has the same eect as changing Custom Settings using camera controls.

Group menu

Prev./ Next buttons
A descriptive comment can be added to the name of each Custom Settings bank. Clicking Edit displays an Edit Custom Settings Comment dialog, where the comments for each bank can be edited. Click OK to copy the comments to the camera. Comments can be up to twenty characters long and contain letters, numbers, quotes, apostrophes, spaces, and any of the following characters: ,. ! ? # $ % & ( ) [ ] { } * + - / : ; < = > _ and @.
Camera Control Pro Preferences The General Tab The Color Management Tab The Color Management Tab Uninstalling Camera Control Pro Windows Macintosh RGB Color Space Proles Device Registration Windows XP Windows 2000 Customer Support 105 Windows Macintosh 84 86
Camera Control Pro Preferences
To view the Preferences (Options) dialog for Camera Control Pro, select Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or select Preferences from the application menu (Macintosh).
The Preferences dialog contains General and Color Management tabs.

The General Tab

The General tab contains the following items:
Choose how long the exposure meters remain on when the camera is operated on battery power. This setting only takes eect when a D1-series camera is connected While and powered on with Camera Control Pro running, and takes precedence over the Camera auto meter o option chosen using camera Custom Settings. D1-series cameras Control Pro powered by an AC adapter and all other supported camera models will stay awake is running, indenitely, regardless of the setting chosen here. for 15 minutes (D1-series only): The exposure meters turn o automatically if no keep camera operations are performed for 15 minutes. awake Always: The exposure meters remain on indenitely. Note that this will increase the drain on the battery. Specify the folder or volume in which temporary data, such as image cache data, Folder for will be stored. The default folder for Windows is the TEMP folder in the Windows temporary data/ directory, while the default volume for the Macintosh is the start-up disk. To choose Volume for a dierent folder in the Windows version of the program, click the Browse button temporary and navigate to the desired location. In the Macintosh version, a new volume can be data chosen from the pop-up menu.
The Color Management Tab (Windows)
The Color Management tab is where you specify the color management proles used for displaying images on your monitor and for editing and saving RGB images.

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Nikon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 11th Floor, Block A Menara PKNS No. 17, Jalan Yong Shook Lin 46050 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan Tel: +60-(0)3-Fax: +60-(0)3-7809 3600

New Zealand

T.A. Macalister Ltd. 34 Vestey Drive, Mount Wellington, Auckland 1060 Tel: +64-9-Fax: +64-9-573 1651

Philippines

Columbia Digital Sales Company #46 Sta. Rosa St., Brgy. Manresa, SFDM Quezon City, 1115 Tel: +63-(0)2-363-5315 Fax: +63-(0)2-364-3334

Hong Kong

Nikon Hong Kong Ltd. Suite 1001, 10F, Cityplaza One, 1111 Kings Road, Taikoo Shing Tel: +852-(0)2902-9000 Fax: +852-(0)2907-0378

Singapore

Nikon Singapore Pte. Ltd. 80 Anson Road #10-01/02 Fuji Xerox Towers Singapore 079907 Tel: +65-6559-3618 Fax: +65-6559-3665
Photo Vision 223, Okhla Industrial Estate Phase III, Near Modi Flour Mill, New Delhi - Tel: +91-(0)11-2692-8913 Fax: +91-(0)11-2692-9856

Taiwan

Lin Trading Co., Ltd. 8F, 272 Nangking Road, Sec. 3, Taipei 10566 Tel: +886-(0)2-2740-3366 Fax: +886-(0)2-2781-2525