Today, Nikon Releases New Digitutor Video For NX Tether For Tethered Photography
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Today, Nikon released a new Digitutor video for their NX Tether software, explaining how it works and the additional functionality offered over using only standalone software such as Lightroom and Capture One. If there is one utility that does not get much attention, it’s NX Tether. NX Tether allows one to shoot photos that appear on a computer (Mac or Windows) as they are captured by the Nikon camera. Since both Lightroom and Capture One offer tethered shooting built in, you may wonder if there is any reason to use NX Tether. NX Tether offers more functionality such as being able to control camera settings from within NX Tether and also determine where the files are stored (camera, camera and computer, computer only) etc. NX Tether is compatible with NX Studio, Lightroom Classic, Capture One and Photoshop. I found the video helpful and provided confidence in useing it in my next assignment, producing headshots and pet shots with my Nikon Z8 mirrorless and shutterless camera.
Here is the index for the video below:
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Configuring NX Tether and NX Studio for Tethered Photography
01:04 Connecting the Camera to the Computer
01:56 Configuring NX Tether
02:06 Choose where pictures taken via tethered photography will be saved.
02:37 Choose a destination for pictures that will be saved to the computer.
03:20 Choose the application used to view captured pictures.
03:59 Configuring NX Studio
05:32 Controlling the Camera Using NX Tether
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Welcome to Robert G Allen Photography. I'm a professional multi-disciplinary commercial freelance photographer based in the Pacific Northwest and a Nikon DSLR Enthusiast.
While my career has primarily been as an event photographer, this website represents other areas of photography for which I have professional competency and enjoyment. The resulting front page gallery and single subject galleries are the result of a combination of client assignments and personal areas of interest.
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