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

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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.
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. Illustrations Save where otherwise noted, the illustrations in this section show the dialogs displayed when the D3 is connected. Camera Control Pro 2 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.

Macintosh 2/5

Easy Install: Install the minimum software needed to run Camera Control Pro. Link to Nikon: Download ViewNX or trial versions of Nikon software or visit Nikon technical support websites (Internet connection required). Instruction Manual: Open the Manuals folder, which contains software instruction manuals. Double-click INDEX.pdf to view a region selection screen.

Quit: Close this dialog.

Macintosh 3/5
After reading the license agreement (), click Accept ().

Macintosh 4/5

Personalize your copy of Camera Control Pro () and click OK ().

Click Yes.

Macintosh 5/5

Click Quit.

Click OK and remove the installer CD from the CD-ROM drive.
This completes installation of Camera Control Pro.
Starting and Exiting Camera Control Pro
Starting Camera Control Pro
Turn the camera o and use the interface cable to connect the camera to the computer as described in the camera manual. If you are using a D1-series camera, choose PC as the operating mode. If you are using a D100, choose P, S, A, or M mode. Users of D3, D2-series, D300, and D200 cameras can select any mode other than M-UP (mirror up). Other cameras can be connected in any shooting mode.
LANs See the wireless transmitter users manual for information on controlling cameras connected to local area networks (LANs) using WT-2, WT-3, or WT-4 wireless transmitters. USB When using the D100 under Windows 2000, log in to an administrator account and set the camera USB option to Mass Storage; otherwise, set the camera USB option to PTP. When using other cameras equipped with a USB interface, set the camera USB option to PTP or MTP/PTP. D1-series cameras do not support USB.
Turn the camera on. If Nikon Transfer or PictureProject Transfer starts, click the close button.
USB Connection to Windows Vista/XP Computers When a camera with USB interface is connected to a Windows XP computer, an AutoPlay dialog may be displayed.
Select the Camera Control Pro option to start Camera Control Pro.
Start Camera Control Pro. Windows Method 1: Double-click the Camera Control Pro 2 shortcut on the desktop.
Method 2: Click Start and select Camera Control Pro 2 in the program list.

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 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 Camera Controls. window are described below.

Connection Status

Connection status
This area shows the following information about the camera currently connected: Camera name D2 series D300 D200 D80 D70 series D50 Camera orientation D3 D40 series : If On or Automatic is selected for the auto image rotation option in the camera setup menu, camera orientation will be indicated by an icon as shown below. No icon will be displayed if O is selected.

Horizontal

Rotated 90 clockwise
Rotated 90 counterclockwise

The / Button

Click this button to view or hide camera controls.

Simulated LCD Panel

This panel shows the information displayed in the cameras viewnder, with the exception of camera errors. Clicking on an indicator in the panel opens the Camera Control Pro window to the tab that controls the selected option, where adjustments can be made.
The amount of memory remaining in the camera memory buer is displayed at the right edge of the simulated LCD panel (this information is not displayed when a D1series or D100 camera is connected). This information is updated at regular intervals, but temporary discrepancies may exist between the display and the actual amount of memory remaining in the buer.

Shoot Buttons

Click either of these buttons to take a photograph at current settings. If a D3, D2-series, D300, D200, D80, D70-series, D50, or D40-series camera is connected, photos can be taken in continuous shooting mode; in this case, the AF and Shoot and Shoot buttons will instead be labeled AF and Start and Start. Continuous shooting with D1-series and D100 cameras can only be performed with shutter-release button on the camera body; the shooting buttons in the Camera Control Pro dialog can only be used to take pictures one at a time.
AF and Shoot / When this button is clicked, the camera will perform an autofocus operation AF and Start and then release the shutter to take a photograph. Click this button to take a photograph. If the selected focus mode is AF-A (D80, Shoot / Start D50, and D40 series cameras) or single-servo AF, an autofocus operation will be performed before the shutter is released.
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

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D1 series D100

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All supported models
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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).
Exposure Comp. Flash Comp.
D300 D80 D200 D70 series D40 series D100 D50
The Exposure 1 Tab Exposure compensation is useful when shooting subjects containing sharp lighting contrasts, or on other occasions when you want to modify the exposure value determined by the camera. Exposure compensation is available in all exposure modes. This option is used to adjust the level of the cameras built-in Speedlight. Flexible program can only be used in Program Mode, when it allows you to choose from predetermined combinations of shutter speed and aperture appropriate to current lighting conditions.

Flexible Program

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 controls in the Exposure 1 tab will be disabled. Bulb At a shutter speed of Bulb, the shutter remains open while the shutter release button is held down. Use the camera shutter-release button to take photos at this setting. Clicking either of the shoot buttons will display an error message.

The Exposure 2 Tab

The following settings can be adjusted from the Exposure 2 tab.

Focus Point Focus Area

Metering Mode Flash Sync Mode
The focus point and 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 (D3, D2 series, D300, D200, D80, D70 series, D50, and D40 series only). Metering mode defaults to the option selected with the camera. If a D1-series or D100 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.

ISO Sensitivity Auto ISO Sensitivity Auto Control
D3 D200 D70 series D2 series D100 D50 D300 D80 D40 series
The Exposure 2 Tab ISO sensitivity 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 ISO sensitivity automatically. If this option is selected when a D3 or D300 camera is connected, the maximum sensitivity and minimum shutter speed can be set by clicking the Details button. 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. If Fluorescent is selected when a D3 or D300 is connected, a menu of bulb types will be displayed. If Choose color temp. is selected when a D3, D2-series, D300, or D200 camera is connected, a menu of color temperatures will be displayed. See the camera manual for details. Click Fine Tune to make ne adjustments to white balance. Fine tuning is not available with Choose color temp. (D2 series and D200 only) or preset white balance. If a D3 or D300 is connected, white balance can be ne-tuned on the Green-Magenta and BlueAmber axes as described in the camera manual; to restore default settings, click Reset.

White Balance

Fine Tune
D3 D300 D80 D2 series D200

D70 series D40 series

D2 series/D1 series/D200/ D100/D80/D70 series/ D40 series

D3/D300

Comment

D3 D300

D2 series D200
The Exposure 2 Tab 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 @.

The Storage Tab

The following settings can be adjusted from the Storage tab:

Data Format

Color D1 series Image area
Choose from the le types supported by the camera (see the camera manual for details). This setting determines pixel bit depth and le size. If an option that includes JPEG is selected, the compression ratio can be selected from the JPEG quality menu and other compression options (D3, D2 series, D300, and D200 only) from the JPEG compression menu. Note that JPEG quality is xed at Basic when RAW (12-bit) + JPEG (8-bit) is selected with D70series, D50, and D40-series cameras. Choose from Color and Black & White. Black & White is not available when RAW is selected for Data Format. If Auto DX crop is selected, the camera will select DX format automatically when a DX lens is attached. If this option is not selected, the format can be selected from the menu.

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).
Self-Timer and Remote Modes When a D3, D2-series, D300, D200, D100, D80, D70-series, D50, or D40-series camera is set to selftimer mode, or when a D80, D70-series, D50, or D40-series camera is set to delayed remote or quickresponse 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 or remote control.
D3 D300 Live View When the camera release mode dial is set to Lv, 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. To take pictures in live view mode, use the live view options in the Camera menu.

Select this option and drag the slider to the left or right to reduce or exaggerate the eect of the selected Picture Control. Select this option to make separate adjustments to the settings listed below. Select the Auto checkbox to adjust sharpening automatically, or Sharpening choose a value with the slider. Select this option and click Edit to manually edit the tone edit User Custom Curve curve for the selected Picture Control. Note that changes can only be saved using Save as a new Custom Picture Control. Select the radio button and adjust the sliders (saturation is not available with monochrome controls). Select the Auto checkContrast/Brightness/Saturation boxes for automatic contrast or saturation. Contrast and brightactive D-lighting ness can not be adjusted when active D-lighting is on. Hue (Non-monochrome only) Use the slider to adjust hue. Filter eects (monochrome only) Choose a lter eect. See the camera manual for details. Toning (monochrome only) Choose a monochrome tint. Tint can be adjusted with the slider. Quick adjust (Non-monochrome only) Manual (Non-monochrome only)
Editing Picture Controls Click this button to save settings as a new custom Picture Control. The following dialog will be displayed; name the new control and click Save. Save as a new Custom Picture Control

OK Reset Cancel

Save changes and exit. Undo any changes to the selected Picture Control. Custom Picture Controls are reset to the values in eect when the Picture Control was rst created. Exit without saving changes.
The Custom Picture Control Dialog Clicking Manage Picture Control in the Image Processing tab displays the dialog shown below.
Custom Picture Control Select a custom Picture Control. Rename the selected custom Picture Control. The following dialog will be displayed; rename the control and click OK. Rename

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

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.
Choose a Custom Settings bank (Custom Settings set) from the pop-up menu at the top right corner or the Custom Settings dialog (see the camera manual for details).
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 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.

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.
To choose a display prole, click Change Display Prole. The Windows Change Display Display Properties dialog will be displayed; open the Settings tab and click Prole Advanced to open the display adapter properties dialog. To select a display prole, open the Color Management tab and click Add. The output color-space prole used when working with RGB images is displayed here. Click Browse to choose a new default RGB prole. If Use this instead Default RGB of an embedded prole when opening les is checked, this RGB color space color space prole will be used for all images. If it is not checked, the prole embedded in each image will be used.
Multiple Displays In a multiple display environment, choose a single prole suited to all displays. Default Display Prole The default Windows display prole is NKMonitor_win.icm. This prole is equivalent to sRGB.
Supported Color Proles See RGB Color-Space Proles for a list of the RGB color-space proles supplied with Camera RGB les Control Pro. The Color Management Tab Changes to settings in the Color Management tab also apply to ViewNX, Nikon Capture (available separately), Nikon View, and PictureProject. They are not reected in Capture NX (available separately).
The Color Management Tab (Macintosh)
The Macintosh version displays the following options.
ColorSync Default Proles for Documents Device Proles
Lists the ICC color-space prole used to display images. Default RGB color space: Choose the output color-space prole used when working with RGB images. If Use this instead of an embedded prole when opening les is checked, this RGB color space prole will be used for all images. If it is not checked, the prole embedded in each image will be used. Lists the default color-space proles for monitors. Change Display Prole: If this button is displayed, you can click it to open the Displays section of the System Preferences dialog. Open the Color panel (Mac OS X) to choose a display prole.
Input Proles If an input prole is selected for the default RGB color space, images will be displayed in the sRGB color space. Supported Color Proles See RGB Color-Space Proles for a list of the RGB color-space proles supplied with Camera RGB les Control Pro. The Color Management Tab Changes to the display prole apply system wide. Changes to other settings in the Color Management tab apply to ViewNX but are not reected in Capture NX, Nikon Capture (available separately), Nikon View, and PictureProject. Multiple Displays Camera Control Pro will identify and list the proles for all monitors in an extended desktop display, allowing you to choose a separate prole for each monitor.

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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.
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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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 3 6
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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).

No Camera Connected

If no camera is connected when Camera Control Pro is launched, a warning will be displayed.
Click OK to close the warning and display the following window. Preferences can be adjusted using the options in the menu bar. For information on connecting the camera, see the camera manual.
Start Camera Control Pro.
Windows Method 1: Double-click the Camera Control Pro shortcut on the desktop.
Method 2: Click Start and select Camera Control Pro > Camera Control Pro from All Programs (Windows XP) or Programs (Windows 2000).
Macintosh Method 1: Click the Camera Control Pro icon in the Dock (if available).
Method 2: Open the Nikon Software/Camera Control Pro folder in the Applications folder and double-click the Camera Control Pro icon.
If prompted to supply a product key enter the key found on the product packaging and click OK. key, Users of the trial version will see a dialog listing the time remaining in the thirty-day trial period; click Trial to use the trial version or Buy (if available) to visit a website where you can purchase a product key. Be sure not to lose the key, as it may be required when re-installing or upgrading the product.
The Camera Control Pro window will be displayed.
USB Connection to a Windows XP Computer
When a camera with USB interface is connected to a Windows XP computer, one of the following dialogs may be displayed.

Mass Storage

Select Cancel to close the dialog.
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)/IEEE 1394 (FireWire): Turn the camera o and disconnect the interface cable. USB (Mass Storage): Remove the camera from the system as described below, then turn the camera o and disconnect the USB cable. Windows XP: Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the taskbar and select Safely Remove USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears.
Windows 2000: Click the Unplug or Eject Hardware icon in the taskbar and select Stop USB Mass Storage Device from the menu that appears.

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 The Camera Control Pro Window Camera Controls Saving and Loading Camera Control Settings The Camera Menu Custom Settings 63

Screen Layout

Camera Control Pro screen layout is described below.
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 the panel: camera viewnder. Shoot buttons: Click these buttons to take pictures. buttons
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 the panel: camera viewnder. Shoot buttons: Click these buttons to take pictures. buttons
Capturing Photographs to Disk
If Camera Control Pro is running when a D2-series, D200, D100, D70S, D70, or D50 camera is connected, or a D1-series camera is connected with the mode dial set to PC, pictures taken with the camera will be stored on your computer hard disk, not the camera memory card.
Select Download Options in the Tools menu to display download options.
Adjust capture options: Folder for images downloaded from the camera Select the folder to which photographs will be downloaded as they are taken. Next le name to be used Shows how images download to the computer will be named. To change how les are named, click Edit. The dialog shown at below will be displayed. Using the sample le name as a guide, enter a prex and sux and choose the starting number and number of digits for automatic le numbering. You can also use the shooting date and time in the le name.

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File Naming Conventions

Windows: File names may not contain quotes or any of the following characters: \ / : * ? < > and |. Periods (.) may not appear at the beginning or the end of le names. Macintosh: The maximum length for Macintosh le names is thirty-one characters. Colons (:) are not allowed.
When a new image is received from camera
Choose the application that will be used to display captured photographs after they are saved to disk. Do nothing: Photographs are not displayed after being saved to the computer hard disk. Show it with viewer: Photographs are displayed in the viewer window. window Send it to Capture NX watched folder (available only if Capture NX is installed): Photographs are saved in 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. Import it into PictureProject (available only if PictureProject is installed): PictureProject starts automatically and displays the captured images. See the PictureProject manual for details. Attach IPTC Information Check this option to add IPTC information to captured images and enable the Copy Shooting Data to IPTC Caption option.
Image Authentication D2Xs 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.
IPTC Information Clicking this button displays a dialog where you can select the IPTC information, including keywords and captions, that will be added to images as they are captured. Copy Shooting Data to IPTC Caption Check this option to copy shooting data to the caption eld of images as they are captured. Embed ICC Prole Select this option to embed an ICC prole according to the camera Color Space settings. The ICC prole is embedded in JPEG and TIFF images as they are captured. After adjusting the above options, click OK to exit the dialog and apply settings to subsequent photographs.
Choose whether to embed information on picture orientation in captured images (note that these options are not available when On or Automatic is selected for the auto image rotation option in the camera setup menu). Select an option once to enable it, again to disable it. Rotate all downloaded images by 90 degrees CCW If this option is checked, pictures will be marked as being rotated 90 counterclockwise as they are saved. Rotate all downloaded images by 90 degrees CW If this option is checked, pictures will be marked as being rotated 90 clockwise as they are saved.

Show Focus Area

Focus area display is only available with photographs taken with Nikon digital SLR cameras. It will not be displayed in photographs taken with a non-CPU lens, manual focus, or when focus areas not displayed in the viewnder.

Time Lapse Photography

Using Camera Control Pro, you can take a series of photographs automatically at a time interval you select.
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 (D50 only) 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. Auto bracketing D2-series D200 D70S D70 D50 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.
AE/WB/Flash Bracketing Change Factor when Exposure Mode is set to Manual

D2-series D200

Choose the type of bracketing performed. Choose how bracketing is performed in manual 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.

D70S/D70/D50

D2 series/D200
Bracketing Type / Bracketing Step / Bracketing Order / Exposure Mode
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.

Exposure Comp. Flash Comp.

D100 D70 D200 D50 D70S

Exposure compensation is useful when shooting subjects containing sharp lighting contrasts, or on other occasions when you want to modify the exposure value determined by the camera. Exposure compensation is available in all exposure modes. This option is used to adjust the level of the cameras built-in Speedlight. Flexible program can only be used in Program Mode, when it allows you to choose from predetermined combinations of shutter speed and aperture appropriate to current lighting conditions.

Flexible Program

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 controls in the Exposure 1 tab will be disabled.
At a shutter speed of Bulb, the shutter remains open while the shutter release button is held down. Use the camera shutter-release button to take photos at this setting. Clicking either of the shoot buttons will display an error message.

The Exposure 2 Tab

The following settings can be adjusted from the Exposure 2 tab.

Focus Area

Metering Mode

Flash Sync Mode

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 @.

The Camera Menu

The commands in the Camera menu are used to adjust the following camera settings:
Custom Settings Selecting this option opens the Custom Settings dialog where camera Custom Settings can be dialog, adjusted. Set Date and Time Selecting this option opens the dialog shown at right, where you can set the cameras clock calendar to the current date and time. To view the current time and date settings, click Use Current Date/Time. Click Set to set the clock calendar to the time and date shown.
Edit Camera Curves This option is used to create a custom tone compensation curve and download it to the camera, where it applies when Custom is selected for the camera tone compensation option.
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; (4) a user-dened sample image can be selected by clicking Sample Image (the sample image must be a RAW image created with a D1-series, D2-series, D100, D200, D70S, D70, or D50 camera). Any changes to curves are reected in the sample image. In the case of the D2Xs, up to three curves can be edited using the Select the Curve for Edit menu. To copy the edited curve to the camera, click OK. The upper left section of the Edit Camera Curves window contains Load and Save buttons. By clicking the Load button, previously stored curves, with less than 20 spline points, can be selected via the Open dialog (if the selected le has more than 20 spline points, a warning will be displayed, and no le will be loaded). The Curves settings les from Nikon Capture Editor can also be selected. Look for les with the.ntc or.ncv extension. The Save button opens the Save As dialog, where you can save the current curve.
D200 D70S Fine-Tune White Balance D1-series D2-series D100 Selecting this option displays the dialog shown at right, where white balance can be ne-tuned between 3 and +3. The value selected for Auto will be added to the white balance setting the camera chooses for auto white balance. Clicking Reset returns all values to defaults. Click OK to apply the current settings to the camera, or click Cancel to discard any changes and return to the Camera Control Pro window. D70
Set Color Temperature D2-series D200 Selecting this option displays the dialog shown at right, where color temperature can be chosen from a menu. The value chosen takes eect whenever Choose color temp. is selected for white balance. Click OK to apply the current settings to the camera, or click Cancel to exit without saving changes. Measure White Balance Use this option to measure preset white balance. If the camera currently connected supports multiple values for preset white balance, the setting that will be used to store the measured value can be chosen from the pop-up menu at the top of the dialog. Adjust camera settings as described in the section on preset white balance in the camera users manual and click OK to measure a value for white balance.

D2Xs (dialogs for other cameras may dier)
Set Color Temperature Choosing a Mode
The desired results may not be achieved with ash or uorescent lighting.

D70 D50

The Measure White Balance option is only available in P, S, A, and M modes.
D50 D70S D70 Dust O Ref Photo D2-series D200 Choose this option to take a reference photo for the Image Dust O option in Capture NX (available separately) and other Nikon software. The dialog shown at right will be displayed. With the camera lens ten centimeters (four inches) from a featureless white object, frame the object so that it lls the viewnder and click OK to record an Image Dust O reference photo. See the camera manual for details.
Edit Image Comment Selecting this option displays the dialog shown at right, where you can enter a comment or title for subsequent photographs. If the camera currently connected is in the D1-series, enter a title of thir ty-eight characters or less and click OK. The title will be used for all subsequent photographs taken while the camera is D2Xs (dialogs for other cameras may connected. When a D2-series, D100, D200, D70S, D70, or D50 dier) camera is connected, the title is stored in the camera as an image comment of thirty-six characters or less which is appended to photographs only when the Attach comment to images box is checked.
Select Shooting Settings Bank D2-series D100 D200 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.
The D2 series 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

Set Bracketing Mode D2-series
Selecting this option displays the BKT Mode dialog. See Auto Bracketing in the Mechanical panel Bracketing for details. Time Lapse Photography Selecting this option opens the Time Lapse Photography dialog dialog. Enable controls on the camera body D2-series
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.

The Color Management Tab (Windows)
The Color Management tab is where you specify the color management proles used for displaying images on your monitor, editing and saving RGB images, and saving and printing CMYK images.
To choose a display prole, click Change Display Prole. The Windows Display Change Display Properties dialog will be displayed; open the Settings tab and click Advanced Prole to open the display adapter properties dialog. To select a display prole, open the Color Management tab and click Add. The output color-space prole used when working with RGB images is displayed here. Click Browse to choose a new default RGB prole. If Use this instead Default RGB of an embedded prole when opening les is checked, this RGB color space color space prole will be used for all images. If it is not checked, the prole embedded in each image will be used.

Printer prole

CMYK separation prole
The Color Management Tab (Windows) Species the printer prole to be used when printing images from PictureProject. Use prole for printing : If this option is checked, you can choose a prole for printing by clicking the Browse button. The selected prole will appear in the adjacent text box. If this option is not checked, the default RGB color space will be used. Intent: If you have chosen to use a printer prole, the type of matching to be per formed can be selected from Relative and Perceptual. (Depending on the prole, changing the matching method may produce no change in output. This option is not supported with some proles; consult the manufacturer for details.) Relative: Colors not in the gamut of the selected printer prole will be printed using the closest colors available. Other colors are not aected. Perceptual: If the image contains colors not in the gamut of the selected printer prole, all colors in the image will be compressed to t the gamut. Lists the prole used to convert RGB images to CMYK when saving images in CMYKTIFF format using PictureProject. To choose a dierent prole, click the Browse button.
Multiple Displays In a multiple display environment, choose a single prole suited to all displays.
Default Display Prole The default Windows display prole is NKMonitor_win.icm. This prole is equivalent to sRGB. Supported Color Proles Camera Control Pro supports only ICC (International Color Consortium) monitor and CMYK proles. Particular care should be exercised when choosing a CMYK prole, as the prole supplied by the manufacturer of your output device may not be an ICC prole. RGB les See RGB Color-Space Proles for a list of the RGB color-space proles supplied with Camera Control Pro. The NKCMYK.icm CMYK prole provided with Camera Control Pro is a general-purpose, almost neutral prole that is not based on a specic ink set, making it suited for use where output conditions are not known. The Color Management Tab Changes to settings in the Color Management tab also apply to PictureProject. They are not reected in Capture NX (available separately).

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.

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