Walter Schroeder 
, Dec 14, 2008; 05:27 a.m.
Hello, are there good alternatives to CCP2?
I need control of the camera parameters related to RAW shooting and best possible live view.
Two monitors must be supported. Camera support must cover D200, D700, D3.
I do hold licenses for CCP and CCP2 but just dislike the user interface and the implementation of LV.
Suppost is also terrible - it took me 1/2 year to get the software from Nikon after the D700 was delivered. It was ordered together with the camera! After major intervention I got a temporary lic. key from Nikon after 4 month.
Hans Janssen , Dec 14, 2008; 06:45 a.m.
John Conway 
, Dec 14, 2008; 09:05 a.m.
Thanks for the tip Hans. That software worked with my D3. Not very glamorous but certainly functional.
Walter Schroeder , Dec 14, 2008; 03:39 p.m.
Hans interesting suggestion but there seems to be no live view. No live view does not meet the specification of "best possible live view" :-)
Tried it but cannot get it to work with my D3 , at least under Vista64. Have to give it a try with XP.
Joseph Wisniewski 
, Dec 14, 2008; 05:45 p.m.
Hans interesting suggestion but there seems to be no live view. No live view does not meet the specification of "best possible live view" :-)
Sure it does. You said 2 monitors. Plug one of them into the HDMI port of the camera. That is the very best possible liveview. No smiley, dead serious.
Walter Schroeder , Dec 16, 2008; 02:38 p.m.
Waiting for the cable to hook up the D700 to the PC. It is the smaller type plug.
Joey Davis , Nov 14, 2009; 12:09 p.m.
Downloaded this program today to use with my Nikon D3 and cannot get it to work. My camera does not respond to the on-screen shutter command and I cannot release the shutter manually because the moment I plug in my camera to the USB port it goes into PC mode. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
Joey Davis , Nov 14, 2009; 12:24 p.m.
Update. No sooner did I post that last note, I fixed one problem. I changed my USB option to PTP and can now release the shutter. I'm now working on a way to view and print photo's.
Joey Davis , Nov 15, 2009; 06:02 p.m.
Thanks everyone, it worked! Here's what I did.
- For the camera control I downloaded DIYPhotoBits.com Camera Control 4.1 for FREE, and it works great. I'm able to tether my Nikon D3 to my Dell computer running Windows Vista 64bit. I have total control of my camera's features (ISO, shutter speed, aperture, white balance)
- I took your advice and downloaded Fastone Image Viewer for FREE and it works great too! I'm able to point the folder that Camera Control is using and it auto-imports with each release of the shutter.
Everything is fully automated and controllable via my laptop. I can now set the laptop next to my Sony Snaplab and perform all camera and print functions with a single click of the shutter, and a second click to print. I'll have my lovely assistant (my daughter) handle each cash transaction and viola!
My next quest is to find a way to incorporate custom borders for prints. The Snaplab has a built in feature to add custom borders but it only works when inserting memory media into it, but not when it is being used as a printer connected to a PC.
Thanks to all!
