Category Archives: Nikon Software

Adobe Lightroom 5 released with Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G lens support

Adobe officially released Lightroom 5 with support for the new 80-400mm Nikkor lens, Coolpix A and P330 cameras. The upgrade prices starts from $79. A full list of supported new lenses and cameras can be found here. Adobe published also a set of FAQ that will help you migrate to LR5. If you run into any problems, some solutions […]

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Nikon NEF Codec 1.18.1 released with D600 support

Nikon released version 1.18.1 of their NEF Codec which now support D600 images captured with the latest firmware update. Nikon NEF Codec makes Nikon RAW (.NEF) files easy accessible in a Windows environment. Update: Nikon NRW Codec 1.4.0 was also released.

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Free open source tethering software for Nikon DSLR cameras

DigiCamControl is a free, open source program that gives you full control over Nikon cameras from your Windows PC. It supports tethering, live view, remote triggering, direct image transfer, controlling multiple cameras simultaneously and even offers you to control the camera from your tablet or smartphone. This is the first full release of digiCamControl which […]

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Nikon ViewNX 2.7.5 and Capture NX 2.4.2 released

Today Nikon announced ViewNX 2.7.5 and Capture NX 2.4.2. The only modification in the new versions is related to the Nikon D600: When RAW images captured with a D600 running C firmware Ver. 1.01 at an Image area setting of DX (24×16) 1.5× and any Active D-Lighting setting other than Off were opened in ViewNX 2 […]

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Nikon SDK C# wrapper library

For all of you software developers out there – a reader created an open source C# wrapper library for Nikon’s MAID SDK: “This project aims to provide an easy-to-use C# library that wraps the functionality of the native Nikon MAID SDK. The library allows you to control your Nikon DSLR via USB using just a few lines […]

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Google will not support Capture NX

When Goole acquired Nik Software, they did not purchase the Capture NX software and have no intentions of supporting it. This information was provided to a reader who contacted the Nik software division of Google. Capture NX ($135) was initially developed by Nik Software after Nikon invested in the company back in 2006. It remains to be seen […]

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Nikon Capture NX 2.4.1, Camera Control Pro 2.14.0, Wireless Transmitter Utility 1.4.0, more firmware updates released

Today Nikon released new software and firmware updates for several different products. The main change has been adding support for the Nikon D7100 camera. Here are the full details with download links:

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