What's new in Camera Control Pro 2.37.0
Feb 7, 2024
- Added support for Z 8 firmware version 2.00.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.36.0 (May 23, 2023)
- Added support for the Z 8.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.35.1 (Oct 26, 2022)
- Added support for Z 9 firmware version 3.00.
- Ended support for Windows 8.1.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.34.2 (Apr 20, 2022)
- Added support for Z 9 firmware version 2.00.
- Added support for Windows 11.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.34.1 (Dec 22, 2021)
- Fixed an issue that in rare instances prevented connection with the Z 9.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.34.0 (Nov 4, 2021)
- Added support for the Z 9.
- Pictures can now be displayed in NX Studio as they are taken. To do so, select Show it with NX Studio for Transfer Options > When a new image is received from the camera in the Camera Control Pro 2 Tools menu and Show Image Immediately After Shooting in the NX Studio File menu.
- Ended support for 32-bit operating systems.
- Fixed an issue occurring on computers running Windows 10 version 2004 or later in which the keyboard could not be used to zoom the live view display in or out, and attempting to do so would cause Camera Control Pro 2 to hang.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.33.1 (Feb 25, 2021)
- Added support for 4K UHD 60p/50p on the Z 6II (Z 6II firmware version 1.10 and later).
New in Camera Control Pro 2.33.0 (Oct 20, 2020)
- Added support for the Z 7II and Z 6II.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.32.0 (Aug 18, 2020)
- Added support for the Z 5.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.31.0 (Feb 18, 2020)
- Added support for the D6.
- Added support for Z 7 firmware version 3.00 and Z 6 firmware version 3.00.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.30.0 (Jan 16, 2020)
- Added support for the D780.
- Ended support for Windows 7.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.29.1 (Oct 30, 2019)
- Added support for the Z 50.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.28.2 (May 16, 2019)
- Added support for Z 7 firmware version 2.00 and Z 6 firmware version 2.00.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in the camera and the LCD display area in Camera Control Pro 2 showing different statuses for exposure lock if AE Lock only was deselected in Camera Control Pro 2 while exposure lock engaged on the Z 7 or Z 6 under certain conditions.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in Camera Control Pro 2 and the camera showing different options for white balance if the user switched from Programmed Auto to another exposure mode while Enable Controls on Camera Body was disabled.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.28.0 (Nov 21, 2018)
- Added support for the Z 6.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.27.0 (Sep 26, 2018)
- Added support for the Z 7.
- The principal features added with support for the Z 7 are as follows:
- Target-tracking AF
- AE lock only, Vibration reduction, and Diffraction compensation
- Support for Vignette control, Auto distortion control, and AF-area mode and Focus mode selection during movie recording
- A Record timecodes option
- Support for Output data depth and N-Log setting options when the camera is connected to external video recorders
New in Camera Control Pro 2.26.0 (Sep 8, 2017)
- Added support for the D850.
- The principal features added with the D850 are as follows:
- With the exception of some features, the controls on the D850 can now be used during live view.
- When recording movies to HDMI devices, users can now start and end recording via the Control HDMI External Recording option in the Camera menu.
- Custom Setting g2 (Highlight brightness) in the D850 Custom Settings menu can also now be accessed via the Custom Settings option in the Camera menu.
- The direction of the shading in the live view highlight display can now be changed using the Highlight display option.
- Added a Live View item to Options.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.25.1 (Jul 12, 2017)
- Added support for D5 “C” firmware version 1.20.
- Added Group-area AF (HL) and Group-area AF (VL) options to AF-area mode (D5 “C” firmware version 1.20).
New in Camera Control Pro 2.25.0 (May 30, 2017)
- Added support for the D7500
- Picture Control Utility 2 can now be launched from a Picture Control > Edit button in the Image Processing panel
New in Camera Control Pro 2.23.1 (Jun 24, 2016)
- Added support for D5 firmware C version 1.10, including the following features:
- Dynamic-area AF (9 points)
- Electronic VR
- Flicker reduction
- Movies with files sizes over 4 GB
New in Camera Control Pro 2.23.0 (Jan 27, 2016)
- Turkish is now supported
- The D5 and D500 are now supported
- Active D-Lighting and flicker reduction are now available with movies recorded using the D500
- A shutter speed of Bulb is now available during interval timer photography with D5, D4-series, Df, D810, D810A, D800, D800E, D750, D610, D600, D500, D7200, D7100, D5500, D5300, D5200, and Nikon 1 V3 cameras
- The following options are available via menus and keyboard shortcuts: Exposure Mode, Shutter, Aperture, Exposure Comp., Focus Point, Metering, White Balance, ISO Sensitivity, Image Quality, Release Mode, Bracketing, AF-area Mode, Focus Mode, and the Live View Selector button
- The following can now be displayed via keyboard shortcuts: the Live View display, the Status dialog, Options (Preferences), and Transfer Options
- A movie record option has been added to the Options (Preferences) keyboard shortcuts
- Windows 10 is now supported
- The following features are added for the D5 and D500:
- Unified flash control is now supported. Settings can be adjusted from the Flash button when a compatible flash is connected to the camera
- Users can choose the maximum ISO sensitivity for flash photography and edit IPTC information
- Burst shooting can now be initiated with the Start and AF and Start buttons
- The following are now available during live view:
- The live view display can now be resized or viewed full screen (a keyboard shortcut is available for the full-screen display)
- The user can choose whether to enlarge the live view display when the window size surpasses the dimensions of the live view image obtained from the camera
- Users can now customize and choose the color of the live view grid display. Users of the D4, D4S, and D5 can choose whether to match the display to the grid used by the camera
- Highlights can now be displayed in movie live view
New in Camera Control Pro 2.22.0 (May 26, 2015)
- The D810A and Nikon 1 V3 (“C” firmware version 1.10 or later) are now supported. If you are using a Nikon 1 V3 with an earlier version of the “C” firmware, download a firmware update from our website and update the camera firmware.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.20.0 (Jan 14, 2015)
- Support D5500 has been added.
- With continuous shooting using the D4S, D810, or D750 with image quality set to a NEF (RAW)+JPEG option, and the Transfer only JPEG to PC option set to On, the transfer of JPEG images to the computer would be terminated before all images in the series had been transferred. This issue has been resolved.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.19.0 (Sep 17, 2014)
- Support for the D750 has been added.
- A Movie 2 tab has been added (displayed only when the D750 is connected).
- This new tab allows users to specify Picture Control, Image Area, White Balance, and Hi ISO NR settings.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.18.0 (Sep 17, 2014)
- Support for the D810 has been added.
- Highlight-weighted has been added to Metering options in the Exposure 2 tab (available only when the D810 is used).
- Metering options have been added to the Movie tab (available only when the D810 is used).
- Flat has been added to Picture Control options in the Image Processing tab. (available only when the D810 is used).
- A Clarity setting has been added to the adjustment dialog displayed when the Edit... button in the Image Processing tab is clicked. (available only when the D810 is used).
- A Show Capture NX-D option has been added to the Tools menu.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.17.0 (Mar 4, 2014)
- Support for the D4S has been added.
- When both of the following conditions are met, and the Transfer only JPEG to PC option in the Storage tab is checked, users can now transfer only JPEG copies to the computer:
- RAW + FINE, RAW + NORMAL, or RAW + BASIC is selected for Image Quality (D4S only)
- PC + CARD is selected for Record to
New in Camera Control Pro 2.16.0 (Nov 13, 2013)
- Support for the Nikon D5300 and the Df has been added.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.15.0 (Oct 15, 2013)
- Support for the Nikon D610 has been added.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.14.0 (Mar 13, 2013)
- Modifications:
- Support for RAW images captured with the D7100 has been added.
- An Auto2 option has been added to New WB under White Balance in the Camera Settings portion of the Develop section in the Edit List palette. This option is available with RAW images taken with the D7000. However, colors will differ slightly from those achieved with the camera's White Balance set to AUTO2 Keep warm lighting colors.
- The following issues have been resolved:
- When some color profiles were used as the monitor (or display) profile, colors were extremely blue.
- When the Selection Control Point was dragged, an error was sometimes displayed and Capture NX 2 would quit unexpectedly.
- When some color profiles were used and the Soft Proof feature enabled, colors were sometimes strange or an error may have been displayed.
- When attempting to print images with which this issue occurred, Capture NX 2 sometimes quit unexpectedly.
- When editing images, a "The drive that the Temporary Folder is on is nearly full." error message was sometimes displayed.
- When performing batch processing on a large number of images, blue lines sometimes appeared in images.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.13.0 (Dec 4, 2012)
- Support for the D5200 has been added.
- When the focus area displayed in the Camera Control Pro 2 live view window is double-clicked with autofocusing in live view mode, the camera will now focus automatically.
- However, the camera will not focus automatically with the following cameras when Hand-held is selected for Live view mode.
- D3-series cameras, D700, and D300-series cameras
- Additional modifications to the Windows version
- Compatibility with 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows 8 Enterprise has been added. However, under 64-bit versions, this software operates as a 32-bit application.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.12.0 (Sep 18, 2012)
- Support for the D600 has been added.
- The D2X, D2XS, D2H, D2HS, D200, D100, D80, D70, D70S, D50, D40X, and D40 are no longer supported.
- Reverse indicators options have been added to the General tab in the Options dialog (Tools menu>Options...), allowing users to reverse indicator display.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.11.0 (Aug 7, 2012)
- Support for the D800 / D800E has been added.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.8.0 (Jan 29, 2011)
- Support for Nikon Message Center 2 has been added.
- The viewer built into Camera Control Pro 2 has been eliminated. Use ViewNX 2 to view images.
- Keyboard shortcuts can now be assigned to Shoot and AF and Shoot button functions.
- When the Show images captured by Camera Control Pro 2 option in the ViewNX 2 File menu is checked, photos taken using Camera Control Pro 2 are displayed in ViewNX 2 as they are taken.
- Support for the D7000 has been added.
- Movies can now be recorded with the D7000. Movies are recorded to the memory card inserted in the camera. Movie files can then be downloaded to the computer after recording.
- When shooting with the D3S or D7000, images can now be recorded only to the memory card inserted in the camera.
New in Camera Control Pro 2.0.0 (Jan 5, 2010)
- Most settings of Nikon digital-SLRs, that are connected via USB cable, such as exposure mode, shutter speed and aperture can be controlled remotely from a computer, Wired or wireless LAN is also available when using a remote transmitter.
- In addition to direct transfer of images from a camera to a computer, all procedures from shooting to saving are smoothly processed.
- Enhanced viewer function enables thumbnail display of images stored in a computer.
- D3X/D3/D700/D3 - Images in a camera buffer can be confirmed with thumbnail or preview display on a computer prior to transferring, enabling deletion of unnecessary images. This remarkably increases efficiency.
- D3X/D3/D700/D3 - Supporting the LiveView Mode (Hand-held mode and Tripod mode) of the D3 and D300, it permits adjustment of focus point an shutter release while confiming the image on a computer. In Tripod Mode, focal-plane contrast AF on a desired point within a specific area is possible.
- D3X/D3/D700/D3 - It also supports Picture Control System of the cameras. Picture Control parameters can be selected and adjusted on a computer, and custom curves (tone compensation data) can be created and registered.
- D3X/D3/D700/D3 - 51-point AF can be controlled and displayed.
- D3X/D3/D700/D3 - Fine tuning of the new White Balance is available.
- Support for View NX browser and viewer software.
- Support for Capture NX photo-finishing software.