ControlMyNikon versions

View live camera feed on computer, adjust focus and zoom, apply overlays, review exposure
5.6
Sep 4, 2021
5.5
Feb 13, 2020
5.3
Oct 17, 2016
Review
5.2
Jul 2, 2015
5.1
Mar 8, 2015
5.0
Aug 4, 2014
Review
4.3
Oct 8, 2013
Review
4.2
May 23, 2013
4.1
May 1, 2013
4.0
Aug 10, 2012
Review
3.0
Sep 23, 2011
Review
Aug 8, 2011

What's new

v5.3 [Oct 17, 2016]
Supports Windows 10, the D5, D500, D810A, D7200 and 1V3.

v5.0 [Aug 4, 2014]
- Added support for Nikon D4S.
- Added support for Nikon Df.
- Added support for Nikon D5300.
- Added support for Nikon D610.
- Added menu item to restart the WIA service to fix connection issues.
- Translations - You can now use extended characaters. Ability to import or add new languages has been removed.
- Triggers - External control via Windows messages has been removed. You can still control ControlMyNikon from and external app using the new TCP/IP trigger added. This new trigger is synchronous so you will be notified once an action is completed.
- Triggers - Many more trigger actions added.
- Themes - Many new themes, now a total of 101!
- Shortcuts - Greatly enhanced with more actions available and it allows key combinations like CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-P.
- UI Magnifier - Like a loupe, for magnifying parts of the screen. Great for small monitors at high resolutions.
- You can now set it to enable live view after connection.
- DSUSB1 triggering bug is now fixed.
- You can now launch a custom batch file after each capture or from the image browser - great for post processing.
- Fixed scanner connection and scanner issue with some brands of scanners and serial port emulators.
- MetaData - now you can easily embed IPTC metadata in JPG's. For NEF files, .xmp files are created.
- Added support for 3DxWare devices such as the SpaceNavigator. You can use it like a joystick to control focus or panning in live view.
- Live View - You can now pan around a zoomed live view image with the keyboard.
- Live View - You can now quickly switch between different levels of zoom.
- Live View - A separate shoot button has been added to the toolbar. This is useful if the live view is fullscreen.
- Live View - The settings sidebar has been removed and settings have been moved the new Layers tab. This is easier to read and doesn't reduce the live view size when adjusting settings.
- Live View - A single-left-click now moves the focus box.
- Live View - A double-click now causes contrast autofocus.
- Live View - You can now pan in a zoomed live view image.
- Live View - The live view window is now by default embedded in the main window, but can be detached if needed.
- Live View - Better performance on slower computers.
- Live View - You now close the live view by clicking on the new Close button, instead of clicking on the live view button again.
- Live View - New copystand mode. Now it's easier to compose when the body is mounted to a copystand.
- Live View - You can now capture the live view image (low quality 640x426) when you capture the regular fullsize image.
- Live View - Focus box now turns orange while it is seeking focus
- Live View - Focus pad has been removed and replaced with better focus control keys with adjustable fine and coarse step that can
- be mapped with shortcuts.
- Live View - Overlay can now overlay any jpg or NEF of any size. PNG support has been removed.
- You can now easily toggle between live view and the image browser.
- Image Browser - Image browser has been completely rewritten and is now built-in to the main ControlMyNikon app instead of a separate executable.
- Image Browser - the hidden /ttc subfolder is no longer created. All thumbnails and image info is now kept in a database. The images are not kept in the database as they remain in the folders as always. If there is ever a problem with - the database, you do not lose your images.
- Image Browser - Images added/edited/deleted in the current folder are now updated on the screen automatically.
- Image Browser - Thumbnails are now created much faster and can use more than one thread, as defined in the Preferences screen.
- Image Browser - The main thumbnail display has been replaced with a thumbstrip on the bottom of the screen. You can now select a thumbnail and view it larger on the same screen.
- Image Browser - You can show the currently selected thumbnail fullscreen, and toggle it off quickly with a keyboard shortcut. The fullscreen can also be moved to a separate monitor.
- Image Browser - The folder browser is now much faster.
- Image Browser - Double-clicking on the image now brings up a magnifier. This square loupe can be zoomed so that you quickly check parts of the image without panning within the image. The magnification is from the actual huge source - image, instead of a digital magnification like the UI Magnifier.
- Image Browser - You can now easily launch an image into an external editor.
- Image Browser - You can now launch a separate image viewer in another window or screen.
- Image Browser - You can now flag/unflag a thumbnail.
- Image Browser - You can now select a thumbnail and run a batch file on the source image.
- Image Browser - you can now set the thumbnail and preview image quality when they are generated, or update it for a single image later.
- Image Browser - Holding the mouse over the image will show on the Histogram where the underlying cursor pixel luminance is.
And more.

v4.3 [Oct 8, 2013]
- Help files are now displayed in the default web browser. This allows copying/pasting and printing.
- A DVD Content item has been added to the help menu for the Studio version.
- You can now record video for greater than 5 seconds using a Phidgets trigger.
- Bulb Mode: added separate help topic on bulb mode.
- Bulb Mode: made the entry of bulb duration easier.
- Bulb Mode: added a meter to show the bulb shot progress.
- Bulb Mode: controls are now properly disabled during the bulb shot.
- Bulb Mode: the bulb shot is now terminated if you shut down the app during a bulb shot.
- Bulb Mode: you can now use a DSUSB from bulb mode on non-bulb-tethered-compatible bodies.
- Batch Shooting: No longer skips a filename number when using @BIDCTR and saving Raw JPG.
- Batch Shooting: You can now adjust the minimum length of the #BIDCTR filename token. Leading zeros are added if needed.
- Focus Stacking: No longer skips a filename number when saving Raw JPG.
- Removed the 'News' tab as it could cause problems on computers not connected to the internet when it attempted to retrieve the latest news.
- No longer gives error when shooting a shutter speed with a ',' or 'hi' or 'lo' in it.
- The exposure indicator is now shown when shooting with a D5100.
- No longer gives an error if you try to save a blank counter in the counter reset window.
- No longer gives an error when you zoom in or out very quickly.
- No longer gives an error if the live view focus pad horizontal crosshair line is is below the bottom of the focus pad when you resize the live view screen smaller.
- Now gives more accurate error reports when attempting to locate the current user's MyDocuments folder, but does not find it due to virtual remapping or permission issues.
- No longer allows you to set the image save path to blank.

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