d90 camera control software

[daine042 (Daine)]

hi all just wondering if someone out there might know of some software out there that i can control my nikon D90 for longer than 30 secs with?

[bartman (Bart)]

Hi Daine, and welcome to IIS!
I have used Camera Control Pro 2 from Nikon. Expensive but does the trick!
Cant believe they charge for it and canon doesn't!
They doe have a trial version so have a look at the link and give it a go..
Its a pitty nobody has made a BackyardEOS for Nikon camera!

Cheers
Bartman

[daine042 (Daine)]

I have tried the trial version seems I can't get any longer than a 30 sec exposure. Not sure if I'd like to spend money on the full version just to be stuck with the same problem

[bartman (Bart)]

MMMMMM Sorry Daine,
I just tried it and you can set it to bulb, but cant take a shot using the laptop! stupid hey!
Sorry I thought it did.....
Well I hope somebody can help us out!
Cheers
Bartman

[DavidTrap (David)]

It's not an automated technique, but you can take the long exposures using an intervalometer and have the images dumped directly onto your computer as tethered shooting.

I can't remember exactly how I achieved the above, but it did work. Does your D90 have an "interval shooting" mode in the menus? Otherwise, you can buy a 3rd party timer remote on ebay for a reasonable price.

DT

[bartman (Bart)]

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

I can't remember exactly how I achieved the above, but it did work. Does your D90 have an "interval shooting" mode in the menus?

It has a multiple exposure setting with only three shots .

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Otherwise, you can buy a 3rd party timer remote on ebay for a reasonable price.
DT

Which is what I have done, bought of ebay. Its a battery grip ( two battery holder) plus an intervalometer which works great ( even though its menu is a bit convoluted). And this definitely can do more than 30 secs!
I should have mentioned earlier but I was thinking software wise........
Bartman

[daine042 (Daine)]

Thanks for the help guys I'll try download the software again and give it a go