Free Nikon script now does timelapse

Here is a post from a long time ago about an excellent free alternative to Nikon’s rip off software (the stuff they expect you to pay for even if you spend $,000s on their kit). Good news, the developer, Raymond, has updated the script to enable Timelapse photography.

Free Tethered Shooting Script for Nikon

This one is really useful, it enables a Nikon camera connected to a PC to do something impressive.

Even if you are shooting jpg just having to view them on such a tiny screen really makes it hard to tell if they are sharp or perhaps shaded as you are hoping. Sucking them right into your PC seems just so logical.

Simply put, it enables the user to set up and take a picture with the camera and then that picture to appear on the computer in Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Bridge within seconds and ready for editing. This means that corrections and, if required, retakes can be done on the fly, a much better workflow than take a bunch of photos, find out that something uncorrectable was wrong, rearrange the shoot.

Nikon have software which does this and a lot more to be fair but it is hardly a steal at $160. The fact that Nikon make us pay for software after spending $1000s on their equipment is galling but that is the subject for another post.

If you are a Canon shooter then no issue – the software comes with the camera (so I’m told).

Here for software download page. The author keeps his site very much up to date and is excellent when it comes to addressing any issues. He also seems like a really nice patient guy.