Free Nikon Tethering Software Mac

• I love it, simple but better then some other. Good job.

  Hervé Reynis

• Great program, used for focus stacking on the Nikon d90 with awesome results!

  Ben Price

• This software is great, amazing that its free, deserves a Paypal donation for sure. Thank you !

  Rob Ert

• Excellent, for the basic tethering I want to do this seems to work just fine, A great alternative and cash saver.

  Ian Burford

• Thank you for the upgrade to Nikon's OEM Camera Control utility. I especially prefer your much larger live view window & histogram display..!

  Patrick M. Dennison

• digiCamControl saved my bacon!!! Thank you for being there when I needed you. digiCamControl is truly awesome. Simple interface, great camera control, satisfied clients at my end. Thank you so much for being available to a fresh photography pro like me!! Well done!

  Tom Elliott

• Just want to say that I LOVE this software !! I use an older Nikon D200 with a grip and while I can't tether into Lightroom, I can tether into Digicam control and I can turn it on and off, switch lenses and just keep going on my shoots and it never fails me smile emoticon,thank you so much, keep up the great work.

  Doug Ward

• This is truly an amazing piece of software. designed by people who actually use it.

  Darren Haigh

• Thanks a lot! Its just amazing.... and particularly because its free!

  Linus Ku

• This is fantastic! I have it on my HTPC attached to a 50' plasma TV in my recroom / photo studio. With my D7000 attached to the PC via USB I can see the images on the big screen as I shoot. Very cool stuff!

  Jay Patterson

SofortBild is a free tethering software for Mac users working with Nikon cameras. This robust and reliable software features full control of many camera settings, bracketing, time lapse intervals and instant image review. Sofortbild even supports LiveView with compatible cameras.

1. The free image capture software for Nikon DSLRs that I presented few days ago was only for a Mac. Now PC users will have also something to play with – DCamCapture (thanks Fabian): Functions: Copies images during shooting Start Image capture Timer to capture image sequences LiveView with image capture and video recording (MJPEG in AVI file) function.
2. Nikon has released a new app that assists camera owners with both photo management and photo editing, and the best part is that it is free for both Mac and PC users. The software, called NX Studio, is described as one software to do it all, integrates the previously separate ViewNX-i and Capture NX-D pieces of software.
3. One program does it all. Bring the Nikon experience to your computer with NX Studio, a comprehensive image-processing suite designed for viewing, processing and editing images captured with Nikon digital cameras. NX Studio integrates the image viewing features of ViewNX-i and processing/editing features of Capture NX-D into one piece of software, compatible with both Mac and Windows-based PC.

Or can i hook it up to a tv so i can see what i'm about to photograph? I've seen other people do it but i'm not sure how to or if i even can with my camera

Have you looked on the Nikon website?

As you can see the Nikon tethering software does NOT support the D3100. The lowest cost Nikon dSLR supported by that software is the D5100

Adobe Lightroom 3 or 4 supports the following Nikon cameras

D3
D3s
D3x
D90
D300
D300s
D700
D5000
D7000

It seems that you need a different camera to do what you want to do

Yes, but it will involved hacking your camera.

Step 1 install free scipt from DIYphotobits at www.diyphotobits.com/
Step 2 plug USB/PC cable in
Step 3 Setup auto import in LR (or other program) including same folder as DIYphotos (I used a tether folder).
Step 4 Click use auto import in LR (leave LR running)
Step 5 Run the DIY script
Step 6 Alter the folder to your preference within the script
Step 7 Click Start tether
Step 8 Set your camera to manual/shutter/aperture priority
Step 9 Turn camera on
Step 10 use it… There's a slight delay of around 5 seconds, but it works… You do not need LR if you just use JPG, the script will preview those.

Have you tried using Image Capture? It's an integral part of the Mac OS. It should work but it's a bit clunky. If you've got NX2 it might be worth opening your download folder with it, that way you can edit on the fly.

Or you can get a Lightroom plugin here

Photo Tethering Software

All but the D3000 (D3000, D3100, etc) series entry level cameras can be tethered, providing you have the right software (Nikon Camera Control 2, Adobe Lightroom, etc).