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[flyweed]

Hi all,

 

I have been shooting with a Nikon D2Xs for years, and my eyes are getting older, and it's tougher for me to view the small LCD screen images, like I use to.   I have a 10 foot tether cable for the camera, and I am just wondering if there is a SIMPLE program (freeware) out there, that when I snap a photo with my camera and have it tethered to my laptop, that the photo will "pop up" on my computer screen, so I can view it better.   Also, should I have the camera setting set to "mass storage" or "PTP"  in the camera menu?

 

Thanks for any help. 

 

[Marcus Rowland]

Which operating system are you using?

 

I quite like DigicamControl which is freeware for Windows, but your camera isn't listed as supported. Might be worth trying anyway.

 

Easy to use, free solution for complex camera control | digiCamControl

 

 

This page will help you find out what's available for any given system and camera combination.

 

https://www.tetherto...ering-software/

 

 

Unfortunately there don't seem to be any good free programs for Mac unless I'm missing something - I've been trying to find one for my laptop for ages, but everything I've seen has been slow or unworkable on a fairly old MacBook Pro. I ended up installing Windows as a Bootcamp partition and using DigiCam Control. SofortBild seems to be the closest Mac program similar to DigicamControl, but it's painfully slow.

 

https://www.tetherto...are/sofortbild/

 

Annoyingly, Canon's own program is free and works on Mac and PC, but only works for Canon cameras, of course.