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Smart Shooter Changelog

What's new in Smart Shooter 4.26

Dec 7, 2022
  • Add support for Nikon Z6 II
  • Add support for Nikon Z7 II
  • Add support for Nikon Z9
  • Fix support for Nikon image quality * modes

New in Smart Shooter 4.25 (Oct 4, 2022)

  • Add support for Sony a7 IV
  • Add support for Sony ZV-E10
  • Add support for Canon R7
  • Add support for Canon R10
  • Add support for Liveview zoom/position on Sony cameras
  • Add support for direct shutter button control on Sony cameras
  • Fix crash caused by bug with texture loading in UI layout logic
  • Fix issue with shutter button control during continuous highspeed shooting
  • Fix issue with Sony triggering during MF focus mode
  • Fix incorrect loupe size when loading photo thumbnails
  • Fix storage of license activation status on linux
  • Allow liveview images to be sent to External API
  • Remove barcode metadata checkbox from options UI

New in Smart Shooter 4.23 (Mar 28, 2022)

  • Adjust Sony live view focus sensitivity
  • Ensure Nikon cameras are disconnected gracefully
  • Ensure Recent Photos list auto-scrolls to end when new photo is added
  • Fix clickable UI area for camera live view popup menu
  • Fix typo in tooltip for focus step buttons
  • Improve log message for failed license activation request

New in Smart Shooter 4.22 (May 31, 2021)

  • Add support for Sony a1
  • Add support for Canon R5
  • Add support for Canon R6
  • Add support for Canon 90D
  • Add support for Canon 850D / Rebel T8i / Kiss X10i
  • Add support for full control of camera settings on Sony a7R4, a7C, a1
  • Add support for Pixel Shift mode on recent Sony cameras
  • Add display option to enable/disable filmstrip and tool panels
  • Add photo filename validation feature
  • Adjust Sony live view focus sensitivity
  • Allow Colour Temp setting to be part of stored camera preset
  • Fix Storage mode setting for recent Sony cameras
  • Fix intermittent failure of live view on Sony cameras
  • Fix video download on Canon EOS R
  • Fix quick loupe for live view on Sony cameras
  • Fix issue with background image being hidden until first photo is taken
  • Ensure Lightroom retains focus when plugin is launched from within Lightroom
  • Ensure empty files are removed if video download fails
  • Ensure live view is marked as not-supported on the Sony a6000

New in Smart Shooter 3.38 (Dec 9, 2018)

  • Fix detection of Canon 6D Mark II model name
  • Fix auto focus on the Canon 6D Mark II and other Canon cameras
  • Fix mirror lockup state for Canon 6D Mark II and other Canon cameras
  • Fix mappings for ISO, Drive Mode, and White Balance camera properties on Canon cameras
  • Fix use of MRAW and SRAW image formats on Canon cameras
  • Fix possible photo save errors, if Filename Expression option gets set to empty text
  • Fix mac support for generic PTP cameras
  • Allow Photo Download Directory to be set from External API
  • Add Microsoft .NET v4.0 package to windows installer
  • Remove ability to send feedback from app

New in Smart Shooter 3.37 (May 21, 2018)

  • Fix possible app hang on windows, during handling of unexpected camera disconnection
  • Improve scheduling of download threads for multi-camera parallel downloads
  • Enable USB fast poll when camera battery is fully charged

New in Smart Shooter 3.36 (Feb 11, 2018)

  • Fix auto focus for Canon 750D and other newer Canon cameras
  • Fix focus stacking script for some older Nikon Cameras
  • Add filename expression token [X] for camera serial number

New in Smart Shooter 3.35 (Jan 24, 2018)

  • Fix error when trying to set camera group for multiple cameras
  • Fix support for Nikon D3400 liveview
  • Search default data path if camera database file is not found
  • Add new 'Group' camera selection mode to External API
  • Update External API docs for CameraSelection and PhotoSelection fields

New in Smart Shooter 3.34 (Nov 26, 2017)

  • Fix issue with default storage mode not being applied after camera reconnection
  • Fix failure to launch Windows app, caused by missing MSVC DLL
  • Play intermittent beep when lost camera connection is detected

New in Smart Shooter 3.33 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • Add support for Nikon D850
  • Add ability to set per-camera display rotation
  • Fix ability to shoot with older Canon cameras such as the 450D and 40D
  • Fix resync of batch number when triggering multiple cameras
  • Fix incorrectly disabled Connect/Disconnect buttons in Camera Controls UI

New in Smart Shooter 3.32 (Sep 11, 2017)

  • Fix crash during camera disconnect after synchronising clocks
  • Fix crash during exit if images are still being loaded

New in Smart Shooter 3.31 (Aug 28, 2017)

  • Add support for Canon 200D / Rebel SL2 / Kiss X8
  • Add option to disable auto rotation of images
  • Add UI to allow selection of GRID network interface/adapter
  • Fix crash when camera is disconnected but photo save operation is still pending
  • Fix hang when using some Nikon cameras in Mac
  • Fix issue with some Nikon cameras disconnecting after failed capture
  • Fix intermittent failures with 'MoveFocus' script command, used by focus stacking script
  • Fix some minor issues with Nikon D7500 camera properties
  • Fix issue where video size was reported incorrectly in the UI
  • Fix issue with GRID network connection changes being ignored
  • Fix deletion of photos from camera for simulated Disk storage mode (Nikon D3xxx cameras)
  • Attempt to recover photo status after camera disconnect/reconnect
  • Improve UI visibility for display options menu
  • Ensure photo display fading only happens if next download is underway

New in Smart Shooter 3.30 (Aug 18, 2017)

  • Fix hang when download failure causes a camera disconnection
  • Fix incorrect filename when reshooting photo
  • Update to External API to ZeroMQ v4.2.2

New in Smart Shooter 3.29 (Aug 9, 2017)

  • Fix bulb mode for Canon 5D Mark III
  • Fix issue with corrupt camera communication on Mac version
  • Fix issue of excessive memory usage during video downloads
  • Fix crash when enabling/disabling External API
  • Add support for strftime() formatting with [T] filename token
  • Add support for camera groups
  • Update Camera Controls UI to support camera groups
  • Ensure display window does not try to load/view video files
  • Override Canon drive mode setting during bulb mode
  • Support External API relay of custom messages between GRID nodes
  • Support External API shutter button control with Canon cameras

New in Smart Shooter 3.28 (Jun 2, 2017)

  • Add support for Canon 77D / 9000D
  • Add support for Canon 800D / Rebel T7i / Kiss X9i
  • Improve performance of photo file saving
  • Improve download performance for continuous shooting
  • Fix liveview for some Canon cameras such as the 7D and 5D Mark II
  • Attempt to save photo to backup location when photo download/save fails
  • Increase limit on max GRID network transfers to 99
  • Ensure restart prompt is not shown when closing Options/Preferences window

New in Smart Shooter 3.27 (May 2, 2017)

  • Switch to DevMate for licensing system
  • Remove use of Canon EDSDK for camera communication

New in Smart Shooter 3.26 (Mar 15, 2017)

  • Improve performance with multi-camera asynchronous downloads
  • Balance downloads across detected USB host controllers
  • Add individual tracking of camera busy status
  • Add automatic detection of physical camera USB attach/detach
  • Recover USB connection state after camera plug/unplug
  • Rename 'Refresh List' button to 'Detect'
  • Remove JPEG previewer script
  • Change UI labels for supported cameras option
  • Fix option for resetting sequence/batch number after barcode scan

New in Smart Shooter 3.25 (Feb 1, 2017)

  • Add warning popup for unexpected camera disconnection
  • Add prototype for Canon EDSDK replacement
  • Add USB download rate to information shown in camera table
  • Improve UI for Log window
  • Improve UI for Camera Controls window
  • Fix UI layout of Options window on high DPI displays
  • Fix photo scale when 1:1 pixel display ratio is requested
  • Fix intermittent crash after camera becomes disconnected
  • Fix possible buffer overflow/crash during camera detection on windows
  • Stop excessive camera communication traffic with Nikon D3xxx models
  • Ensure restart prompt is only show once when changing options
  • Ensure camera trigger requests are rejected when mirror lockup is enabled
  • Disable shoot action in camera context menu when mirror lockup is enabled
  • Cleanup and reduce logging during camera detection

New in Smart Shooter 3.24 (Nov 19, 2016)

  • Fix error causing early expiration of trial version
  • Fix intermittent hang caused by race condition with excessive logging
  • Fix intermittent hang during shutdown, due to race condition with log messages
  • Add support for easy bug/crash reporting using Bugsplat
  • Reduce External API traffic message to trace level
  • Remove unnecessary log warnings about unmapped Canon properties
  • Stop duplicate work when setting names during camera connection

New in Smart Shooter 3.23 (Nov 6, 2016)

  • Add support for Canon 5D Mark IV
  • Add display option for always showing the most recent photo
  • Optimise GRID photo saving when using shared NAS storage

New in Smart Shooter 3.22 (Sep 13, 2016)

  • Add support for Nikon D5
  • Add support for Nikon D500
  • Add JPEG only option for GRID network photo syncing
  • Add button to force resynchronise of camera batch numbers
  • Synchronise batch number when triggered multiple cameras
  • Optimise file operations for computing photo hash when saving files
  • Improve accuracy of liveview zoom region size/position
  • Improve performance of downloads from multiple Nikon cameras
  • Fix ability to change camera settings from the camera table
  • Fix/avoid crash in Microsoft Windows runtime on certain CPUs

New in Smart Shooter 3.21 (Apr 18, 2016)

  • Add support for Canon 80D
  • Add support for Canon 1300D / Rebel T6 / Kiss X80
  • Add support for Canon 1D X Mark II
  • Fix positioning of liveview zoom with rotated display
  • Only rotate displayed photos if orientation if not specified in photo file
  • Update to Canon EDSDK v3.4

New in Smart Shooter 3.20 (Apr 4, 2016)

  • Support utf-8 text
  • Update code signing certificate for compatibility with latest Windows requirements
  • Add filename expression token [E] for photo file extension
  • Add warning message for when Graphics card does not support OpenGL

New in Smart Shooter 3.19 (Feb 10, 2016)

  • Fix error when saving photos to sub-directories of photo download directory
  • Fix crash when reading JPEG image if file contains bad data
  • Fix crash if script interpreter cannot be initialised
  • Fix crash on mac due to missing liblzma library
  • Keep history of previous log file contents (up to 8mbyte limit)

New in Smart Shooter 3.18 (Jan 26, 2016)

  • Fix issue of data file corruption after crash
  • Fix crash on mac when opening photo in external editor app
  • Fix layout of mac DMG package contents

New in Smart Shooter 3.17 (Dec 22, 2015)

  • Fix crash when deleting and then taking photo with the same filename
  • Fix crash when UI has to resize scroll bars
  • Detect JPEG orientation from Nikon photos
  • Ensure Canon storage mode is not forced to Disk on first connection

New in Smart Shooter 3.16 (Nov 17, 2015)

  • Detect orientation of JPEG images and auto-rotate display
  • Add ability for applying presets to custom camera selection

New in Smart Shooter 3.15 (Sep 8, 2015)

  • Fix ability to resume Nikon liveview after camera trigger
  • Ensure Nikon liveview AF area mode is set to 'Normal' to allow UI focus positioning

New in Smart Shooter 3.14 (Sep 1, 2015)

  • Add 'JPEG' camera Storage mode to allow selectively only downloading JPEG photos
  • Improve performance of External API message communication

New in Smart Shooter 3.13 (Aug 10, 2015)

  • Allow trigger during liveview for Nikon D3200 and D3300
  • Add Auto Focus action to camera context menu UI
  • Ensure External API reports cameras from all GRID nodes
  • Ensure External API receives event messages from all GRID nodes
  • Relax restriction on valid IP host addresses for GRID nodes

New in Smart Shooter 3.12 (Jul 28, 2015)

  • Allow editing of camera settings directly from camera table UI
  • Fix inconsistent camera status and settings when running scripts
  • Ensure camera power information is updated across GRID network
  • Ensure node remove requests are set to all GRID nodes
  • Improve method for GRID node synchronisation
  • Gracefully handle GRID nodes that have clashing IP addresses
  • Only warn for GRID node mismatch against connected nodes
  • Only save GRID node addresses that were active or manually added

New in Smart Shooter 3.11 (Jun 22, 2015)

  • Add DOF Preview functionality for supported Nikon cameras
  • Fix problem with how GRID logic handles network unavailable conditions
  • Fix mouse input handling for retina displays

New in Smart Shooter 3.10 (Jun 2, 2015)

  • Add support for Nikon D7200
  • Add support for Canon 5DS and 5DS R
  • Add support for Canon 750D / Rebel T6i / Kiss X8i
  • Add support for Canon 760D / Rebel T6s / 8000D
  • Add support for Canon 1D Mark III and 1Ds Mark III
  • Add ability to manually add GRID node by IP address
  • Improve reliability and performance of GRID networking
  • Save GRID node adddresses in database file
  • Allow quick view of photos when changing selection in Recent Photos window
  • Fix problem with saving UI state of Filename Options window
  • Fix memory leak during External API usage

New in Smart Shooter 3.9 (May 15, 2015)

  • Fix issue with Nikon liveview mode continuously activating mirror/shutter
  • Add option to customise spacing between photos in display window
  • Move UI for display options to display window toolbar

New in Smart Shooter 3.8 (May 7, 2015)

  • Add support for camera Drive Mode setting
  • Add support for customising the liveview refresh rate
  • Add option to reset sequence/batch number when Unique Taq or Barcode is changed
  • Add possible fix for Canon communication relibility issues on Windows
  • Add UI for customising logging levels in Log window
  • Add internal support for half pressing shutter release button
  • Split UI for Camera Presets and Filename Settings into separate windows
  • Improve UI for managing the display's background image
  • Ensure Nikon Storage mode is set to Card when starting video recording
  • Ensure Camera Controls UI is consistent with the current camera status
  • Fix app hang on Windows after failed Nikon USB transfers
  • Fix Storage mode settings for Nikon D200, D40, D60, D80
  • Fix Image Quality settings for Nikon D200, D40, D60, D80
  • Save and restore the enabled log levels with app options

New in Smart Shooter 3.7 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Allow re-ordering of UI table columns
  • Fix error when loading decimal numbers for script UI
  • Improve reliability of Canon camera management on Windows
  • Reduce text width for UI table column names

New in Smart Shooter 3.6 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • Add support for Nikon D5500
  • Add External API feature
  • Add ability to select multiple cameras or photos and apply actions to them
  • Add ability to hide photos from list, without deleting them
  • Add Refresh List action to camera context menu
  • Improve accuracy of camera clock syncing to (to +-100ms from local time)
  • Improve detection of barcodes during automatic barcode scanning
  • Improve reliability of camera detection on Mac
  • Improve detection of duplicate Nikon cameras on Windows
  • Extend actions available in photo context menu
  • Ensure photo delete operations affect all copies across GRID network
  • Fix issue with double filename extensions when using [O] in filename expression
  • Fix UI layout issues with Options window
  • Remove Reset Sequence/Batch number buttons from Options window
  • Deprecate [N] token from filename expression

New in Smart Shooter 3.5 (Feb 2, 2015)

  • Fix identification and communication problems with Canon 100D / SL1
  • Fix ability to stop script once it's already running
  • Fix changing of camera settings across multiple cameras
  • Fix missing DLLs in Windows 32-bit installer
  • Update Mac OS X minimum version to 10.7 (Lion)
  • Force camera Storage mode setting to Disk if no memory card is inserted
  • Ensure formatting is only requested for valid memory cards
  • Ensure Connect/Disconnect buttons reflect camera status
  • Add camera information for number of memory cards inserted
  • Add visible warning for GRID node version mismatch
  • Stop printing of duplicate MTP camera device information

New in Smart Shooter 3.4 (Jan 21, 2015)

  • Fix batch number increments across grid network
  • Fix crash during photo status updates
  • Add batch number column to photo table
  • Allow secondary display windows to go full screen

New in Smart Shooter 3.3 (Jan 19, 2015)

  • Add UI warning for camera batch number mismatches
  • Add new EnableDOF/DisableDOF camera script commands
  • Add Windows DLL for VC++ OMP redistributable
  • Add UI button to force refresh of table information
  • Improve behaviour of UI photo transfer progress bar
  • Improve handling of Canon video recording state
  • Improve network logic for managing/closing duplicate node connections
  • Ensure accuracy of clock syncing is not affected by application latency
  • Track photo sequence and batch number correctly for grid nodes with not connect cameras
  • Fix bug where Nikon D3xxx photo downloads would save zero sized files
  • Allow UI table columns to be hidden
  • Ensure UI for camera and photo table resizes correctly to information
  • Reduce noise of logging for camera messages

New in Smart Shooter 3.2 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Add support for Canon 7D Mark II

New in Smart Shooter 3.1 (Nov 24, 2014)

  • Add support for Nikon D750
  • Add preliminary support for Nikon Coolpix cameras
  • Add button to show/hide camera and photo names in the display window
  • Add warning indicator for when multi-camera settings are mismatched
  • Add option to set a default camera autofocus mode
  • Add ability to enable/disable Mirror Lockup on Canon
  • Add button for anticlockwise photo rotation
  • Improve UI for adding camera presets
  • Allow camera presets to include all available camera settings
  • Support display autorotate for RAW photo orientation
  • Ensure busy icon is shown whilst local camera operations are pending
  • Convert semicolons to underscores in photo filenames
  • Harmonise text used for camera autofocus modes
  • Harmonise text used for Canon exposure compensation settings
  • Show columns for camera settings in the camera table
  • Add filename expression token [M] for milliseconds
  • Allow filename expression [D] and [T] (date/time) to include a separator character
  • Allow SetActiveCamera script function to take camera name as parameter

New in Smart Shooter 3.0 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Smart Shooter GRID - networked multi-computer control of multi-camera arrays
  • Switch to 64 bit for Windows version
  • Switch to 64 bit for Mac version
  • Add support for Nikon D810
  • Add support for Nikon D3300
  • Add support for Live View on Nikon D3200 and D3300
  • Add new UI for listing cameras and photos
  • Add ability to scan barcodes directly from captured images
  • Add ability to recompute photo filename after capture
  • Add ability to save and load camera settings as presets
  • Add ability to synchronise camera clocks
  • Add ability to format camera memory cards
  • Add ability to alter brightness of Liveview image
  • Add Liveview only display mode
  • Add camera and photo name labels to display window
  • Add UI context menus to display window for camera/photo actions
  • Improve and optimise performance of display drawing
  • General improvements to UI appearance
  • Set default Storage mode to Disk
  • Ensure mouse wheel does not change dropdown menu selections
  • Ensure camera database names are available before connecting to camera
  • Support Retina display resolutions on Mac
  • Harmonise names used for Canon and Nikon image quality settings
  • Support TIFF and PNG background images
  • Fix crash on some AMD Radeon HD graphics cards

New in Smart Shooter 3.0-Beta-5 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Fix download directory used for photo network transfers (AGAIN!)
  • Set default Storage mode to Disk

New in Smart Shooter 3.0-Beta-4 (Oct 17, 2014)

  • Switch to 64 bit for Windows version
  • Ensure photo names are consistent across network grid transfers

New in Smart Shooter 3.0-Beta-3-3-g3f4b92f (Sep 29, 2014)

  • Add support for Nikon D810
  • Allow unique tag field to be editting correctly
  • Fix download directory used for photo network transfers
  • Detect photo network transfers that have already been completed
  • Add option for controlling number of network photo transfers

New in Smart Shooter 3.0-Beta-2-7-g108c5c0 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • Add support for Live View on Nikon D3200 and D3300
  • Add ability to save and load camera settings as presets
  • Add ability to synchronise camera clocks
  • Add ability to format camera memory cards
  • Add ability to alter brightness of Live View image
  • Add new UI for listing cameras and photos
  • Add Live View only display mode
  • Add camera and photo name labels to display window
  • Add UI context menus to display window for camera/photo actions
  • Improve performance of display drawing
  • General improvements to UI appearance
  • Ensure mouse wheel does not change dropdown menu selections
  • Ensure camera database names are available before connecting to camera

New in Smart Shooter 2.18 (May 26, 2014)

  • Add support for Nikon D4s
  • Add support for changing focus mode on Nikon
  • Add confirmation prompt for Options reset button
  • Fix capture on Nikon D3x
  • Fix problem with 'FULL PC' message on some Canon cameras
  • Fix long running memory leak and crash for Nikon on Windows
  • Fix for possible image download corruption for Nikon on Windows

New in Smart Shooter 2.17 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Add support for Canon 1200D
  • Improve Nikon photo download speed on Windows
  • Fix crash on mac caused by old 'disable asynchronous camera communication' option
  • Always show last known aperture/shutter speed for Canon

New in Smart Shooter 2.16 (Apr 10, 2014)

  • Fix long running memory leak and crash on Mac
  • Fix crash/hang on Mac when communicating with cameras during reconnection
  • Fix duplicate phantom Canon cameras listed on Mac
  • Add option to disable loading of script during start up

New in Smart Shooter 2.15 (Mar 26, 2014)

  • Support for Nikon Df
  • Support for Nikon D5300
  • Support for bulb mode shooting on Nikon
  • Fix crash during reconnection of Nikon cameras
  • Fix long running increase in memory usage due to infinite log history
  • Improve accuracy of time intervals in camera script loops
  • Improve information about Nikon shutter speed setting
  • Add delayed trigger script
  • Add multicamera option to focus stacking script
  • Add new WaitUntil camera script function

New in Smart Shooter 2.14 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Support for Canon 70D
  • Support for Nikon D610
  • Fix problem with unusable camera settings when live view is enabled
  • Ensure Nikon live view zoom is set to 1:1 pixel ratio
  • Ensure live view is resumed after using TakePhoto script command
  • Enable prompt for feedback on Mac app store
  • Fix URL used for latest version check

New in Smart Shooter 2.13 (Nov 5, 2013)

  • Ensure live view is resumed after taking a photo
  • Fix bug where incorrect photo was displayed when selecting from Photos window
  • Fix failure to close app when exiting with live view enabled
  • Add script for delayed trigger of camera
  • Add option to time lapse script to support multiple cameras

New in Smart Shooter 2.12 (Sep 12, 2013)

  • Major update to Nikon camera communication on Mac (for improved reliability)
  • Support for Nikon D7100 (mac and windows version)
  • Support for Nikon D3000, D3100, and D3200 (mac and windows version)
  • Fix inconsistency of options presets after startup
  • Fix issue with persistent storage of Application Name option
  • Fix crash when using identify camera button in camera database
  • Rename 'Customer Text' to 'Unique Tag' in UI

New in Smart Shooter 2.11 (Aug 6, 2013)

  • Support for Canon 100D and 700D
  • Support for Nikon D7100 (windows verison only)
  • Add new camera setting for auto focus mode
  • Add ability to reshoot a specific photo with the same filename
  • Add ability to delete a specific photo
  • Add presets for photo download/filename options
  • Add filename expression variable for customer text
  • Fix issue causing failure to start when asynchronous camera communication is disabled
  • Fix issue causing failure to start when running over Windows remote desktop
  • Fix crash on Windows when Nikon cameras are unexpectedly disconnected
  • Fix problem with consistency of camera name database during camera connection
  • Fix problem with consistency of camera name after edit
  • Improve UI for Script Controls window
  • Add slave camera script
  • Allow manual memory card formatting on some Nikon models whilst tethered

New in Smart Shooter 2.10 (Jun 5, 2013)

  • Support for Nikon D3000, D3100, and D3200 (windows verison only)
  • Support multiple simultaneous Nikon cameras (windows version only)
  • Support for Nikon video recording (windows verison only)
  • Fix for Canon video recording
  • New camera database for assigning custom names to each camera
  • Fix batch numbering scheme for photo file names

New in Smart Shooter 2.9 (Apr 26, 2013)

  • Improve process for registering license information

New in Smart Shooter 2.8 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • Add support for Canon 6D, 5D Mark III, 1D C, 650D/Rebel T4i
  • Add ability to control multiple cameras at once
  • Add ability to start/stop video recording for Canon cameras
  • Sort camera drop down list alphabetically
  • Add display indicator for connection status of multiple cameras

New in Smart Shooter 2.7 (Mar 8, 2013)

  • Add preliminary support for Nikon D5200
  • Add minimum width specifier for photo naming policy
  • Add Z keyboard shortcut for multi shot

New in Smart Shooter 2.6 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Redesign and improve how photo filenames are generated
  • Add ability to disable automatic photo display
  • Add setting for default display mode
  • Reduce memory usage of application by disabling image caching
  • Fix failure to start on some Windows XP machines
  • Use camera name stored in Canon cameras
  • Add simple script for shutter speed bracket

New in Smart Shooter 2.5 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Fix problem with blank live view display with Nikon D600
  • Fix rare connectivity problem with some Nikons on windows
  • Add option to store each photo in a sub directory separately for each connected camera

New in Smart Shooter 2.4 (Jan 15, 2013)

  • Add ability to set a background display image
  • Add ability to upload log file to support server
  • Fix display problem with Intel HD 3000 graphics cards, as used by some Macs

New in Smart Shooter 2.3 (Dec 6, 2012)

  • Add support for Nikon D600
  • Add option for automatically connecting cameras
  • Add option for setting a default Storage mode
  • Add option for fade transition when waiting for new photo to load
  • Fix problem when using optional script parameters

New in Smart Shooter 2.2 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Fix for issues with Nikon D800 live view
  • Fix for issue with Canon auto focus during live view
  • Fix for error with focus stacking script
  • Live view is turned back on after taking photo
  • Live view scale and position are restored
  • Easier exit from full screen mode

New in Smart Shooter 2.1 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Add icon for windows uninstaller
  • Ensure application adjusts layout to fit screen size
  • Try and set Canon disk space to avoid PC FULL message on camera
  • Ensure update window shows the correct current version

New in Smart Shooter 2.0 (Oct 5, 2012)

  • Application has been redesigned to be more user friendly, with dark styling to minimise distraction from the photos themselves
  • Graphics system has been rewritten to improve performance and add support for multiple windows and multiple monitors
  • Script interface has been updated so that its more intuitive to load scripts and control script parameters, and includes built-in scripts for timelapse, HDR, HDR timelapse, and focus stacking
  • Improvements to reliability of camera communication, with faster photo download and preview
  • Support for Nikon D4, D800, and D800E
  • Support for Canon 650D, 5D Mark III, and 1D X (windows version only).

New in Smart Shooter 1.1.7 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • Added support for Nikon D5100
  • Fixed problem with bulb shooting on Canon 600D/Rebel T3i and Canon 1D Mark IV
  • Fixed issue parsing TCL script parameters that contain certain characters, such as ':'
  • Added example script for timelapse shooting with bulb exposures

New in Smart Shooter 1.1.6 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • Fixed issue causing failure to start with some OpenGL drivers
  • Fixed issue for Nikon camera communication that caused failure after 100 photos
  • Added 15 use limit for trial version

New in Smart Shooter 1.1.5 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • Added support for Canon 600D (Rebel T3i) and Canon 1100D (Rebel T3)

New in Smart Shooter 1.1.4 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • Added option to wake screensaver when a new photo is taken
  • Fixed bug that caused crash if the return result of a script was too long
  • Added TCL example script for delayed shooting timer

New in Smart Shooter 1.1.3 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • Improved reliability of Canon photo download
  • Added new TCL functions ‘GetPhotoDetails’ and ‘GetCameraDetails’
  • Added log output for TCL function return values
  • Disabled bulb shooting button for Nikon
  • Fixed bug with photo filenames for Nikon
  • Added TCL example script with SmartShooter stub functions

New in Smart Shooter 1.1.2 (Jul 27, 2011)

  • Added new icon and title graphics
  • Improved reliability of ‘Reset Layout’ menu option
  • Updated Nikon camera modules to latest version

New in Smart Shooter 1.1.1 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Fixed compatability with OpenGL v1.1 and above
  • Added ability to specify photo filename sequence number
  • Added support for minidumps for crash analysis in Windows

New in Smart Shooter 1.1.0 (Jan 3, 2011)

  • Added support for Nikon D40, D60, and D80
  • Added ability to save GUI layout for next time program is run
  • Ensured GUI layout adapts to small screen sizes (such as Macbook Air 11")
  • Fixed minor issues with GUI rendering on Mac
  • Added HDR timelapse example scripts
  • Fixed problem with TCL script interpreter

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.702 (Dec 28, 2010)

  • Added support for Nikon D7000

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.690 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • Added ability to rotate photo display
  • Added preliminary support for Nikon D200
  • Standardised names for aperture and shutter speed values between Nikon and Canon
  • Improved logging information to help when writing scripts

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.598 (Dec 13, 2010)

  • Added customisable photo filename prefix for Nikon
  • Added 'MultiShot' ability to take a photo with all connected cameras at once
  • Fixed live view display when multiple cameras have live view enabled
  • Fixed aperture controls when using Canon 1D Mark IV in Bulb shooting mode

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.582 (Nov 20, 2010)

  • Added Auto Focus functionality (Nikon only at the moment)
  • Set log viewer window to float by default
  • Fixed issue that caused the view 1x1 button to scale the photo incorrectly
  • Fixed crash when a photo download attempt fails

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.560 (Nov 11, 2010)

  • Improved reliability of script commands
  • Fixed issue with Nikon live view stopping after photo is taken
  • Added support for Nikon D3x

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.546 (Nov 11, 2010)

  • Fixed crash on certain graphics hardware when loading large photos
  • Fixed issue causing error dialog to be shown when trial is exited
  • Added optional Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 runtime installer (required by Nikon image library)

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.538 (Nov 11, 2010)

  • Improved performance of Nikon live view
  • Added Depth of Field (DOF) preview option for Canon live view
  • Set log file size limit to 10MB
  • Updated install package so example scripts are more obvious
  • Added missing DLL for Nikon NEF library
  • Fixed problem with Canon unknown image quality settings on Mac OS X

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.525 (Nov 11, 2010)

  • Fixed crash with graphics cards that do not support OpenGL v2

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.522 (Nov 11, 2010)

  • Added support for Nikon D300 and D300s
  • Added support for Canon D60
  • Added error reporting dialog in case application closes unexpectedly

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.512 (Oct 23, 2010)

  • Added support for Nikon D90 and Nikon D5000
  • Added indicator for camera battery status
  • Added context menu to launch external file browser for photo file
  • Fixed issue with image histogram: blue and green channels were incorrectly swapped
  • Reduced trial photo limit to 30 photos

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.483 (Oct 7, 2010)

  • Added histogram display for the photo colour channels
  • Added option to highlight areas of the photo where the colour is at the edge of the colour range
  • Added option to display a grid line overlay
  • Added option to auto run the current script whenever a new photo is taken
  • Added option to open photo in an external editor application
  • Added context menu to the Photo List window
  • Added command line parameter to specify a script to run immediately after start up: SmartShooter.exe -r myscript.tcl
  • Improved performance when synchronising camera settings

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.462 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Added ability to take photos with bulb exposure timer
  • Added tool tips to user interface

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.451 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Added ability to record each Live View frame as a JPEG image
  • Added ability to download all photos
  • Added option to set the background colour
  • Fixed crash on Mac when validated license

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.440 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Added mouse cursor icons to photo display
  • Added button to view photo at 1:1 pixel to screen ratio
  • Improved Photo List interface

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.432 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Fixed problem when loading a new script

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.426 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Added ability to change White Balance and Metering Mode
  • Fixed problem with ISO range control when using Canon 5D Mark II
  • Fixed notification message when a new camera is detected

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.417 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Improved performance of Live View
  • Mac version: Fixed crash whilst processing RAW photos

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.412 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Improved reliability of Live View
  • Added user defined parameters to camera script controls

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.377 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Fixed crash in JPEG loader

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.371 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Improved performance of JPEG processing
  • Added functionality for registering a license
  • Removed beta license expiry

New in Smart Shooter 1.0.341 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Improved GUI interface
  • Added ability to interrupt and stop a running script