- Best Free Tethering Software for Nikons and Macs. Recently we wanted to test tethering our Nikon D7000 to a Macbook Pro running Sierra. For those who don’t know what tethering is, it’s hooking up your camera to the computer.
- Free software tethers Nikon dSLR to computer. Nikontrol 3K was developed using the Nikon SDK and users simply have to connect the camera to a computer via USB to start tethering.
I've seen a lot of info online about tethering dslr cameras to computers. It seems to be mainly for during a photo shoot so that the model can see the photos as they are taken. However all of the info I can seem to find relates to Apple and Canon software. Is there anything like this for Nikons? Specifically for the Nikon D90.
Tethered Shooting. Control your Nikon DSLR camera remotely from your Mac via USB. Automatically transfer all captured images instantly to you hard disk and optionally import them into your prefered image library application. Trigger image capture via release button on camera body including high speed shooting or remotely from your Mac via toolbar button, menu item, keyboard shortcut or Apple. Choosing Tethered Shooting Software for Nikon DSLR Cameras. Most Nikon DSLR owners are unlikely to have experimented with tethered shooting for one simple reason: Nikon charges in the order of $153 (Amazon) for the required software, where as Canon ships tethered shooting software with their DSLRs at no additional charge. There have been free alternatives available for some time now but they. Notably, there are a few limitations that Nikon wants to point out. In addition to the lack of Mac compatibility: The camera temperature may rise and live view may end after periods of extended use.
Here are the Nikon dSLR's that can be teathered to Adobe Lightroom 3.6
D3
D3s
D3x
D90
D300
D300s
D700
D5000
D7000
Tethering Dslr To Laptop
This is an old list, so the Nikon D5100 and new D4, D800 can probably be tethered to Lightroom as well
Nikon Camera Control will tether most of their DSLRs. Kind of expensive.
There are free alternatives out there if you search. From what I saw a year or two ago, the free alternatives weren't working very well.
Tethering Nikon Camera To Computer
Most Nikon DSLRs can be tethered. I have been successful with a D90 and Lightroom.
Nikon Tethering Program For Mac
Also almost any camera that uses a SD card can be tethered if you use the appropriate EyeFi card with the software that comes with the card.