Comments on: Windows 8.1 and Nikon D800 Tethering Problem

By: Jakob G

Jakob G — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:20:06 +0000

Just want to give a little shout out to this solution, the only one that has worked for me, using the D810 and Windows 10. Scrubbing all memory of two different D810’s from the device manager using the USBDeview is what worked for me. Thanks!

By: Denyerec

Denyerec — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:12:26 +0000

I’ve personally had to trade C1’s improved output for LR’s superior workflow and ergonomics – the C1 interface is far too sluggish and clumsy for me to use for a large number of varied images. It might work well for an Ad agency shooting 304 views of the same setup, but if you’re in a situation where you’re changing from shot to shot it’s terrible.
I also have the requirement to tag incoming shots with different keywords (Typically the names of the subjects, who change from shot to shot – think highschool photos but more interesting!) and C1’s keywording tools are hopelessly clunky.

Shame, as the RAW output is superb. I think if I shot a more focussed and deliberate subject it’d be a fine tool, but it’s certainly not agile.

By: BobbyA

BobbyA — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:12:38 +0000

Sorry I should have added in the first reply. The “take no action” problem may not produce a dialog because the computer has already decided what to do with your camera whenever connected.

By: BobbyA

BobbyA — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:08:42 +0000

I would like to get C1 to do what it is advertised to, if possible. I (and others) think it does a better job processing the raw file then LR. Both can get to pretty much the same end result. But since C1 initial conversion starts out closer to the end result, it’s less work on my part.
If I can’t get C1 or LR to be reliable tethering, I will likely go with digicamcontrol and use a hot folder with LR. I already own LR, and would have a hard time paying the extra money for C1 as a raw converter only. But that could just be me.

By: BobbyA

BobbyA — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:55:10 +0000

Take no action, was in the list of suggestions adobe has for this problem with LR.

By: Denyerec

Denyerec — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:30:17 +0000

As a suggestion, if DigicamControl allows you to take photos and store them in a folder on the machine, could you not use that for the tethering and configure Lightroom to watch the same folder and auto-import ?

I had planned to use this approach with C1’s tethering as that seemed to be more reliable than Lightroom’s.

By: Denyerec

Denyerec — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:27:11 +0000

Hey Bobby,
Without hitting “Have Disk” if you select to “Choose from a List”, you can then scroll on the left side to “Portable Devices”, hit that, then on the right column choose “Standard MTP USB Device”. There are a couple that are very similarly named, one of them works the other doesn’t but as I don’t have the laptop here to check I couldn’t say at the moment – easy enough to try both.

I will also try with the “Take no action” option, I can’t recall the dialog attempting to intervene but it’s worth double checking.

By: BobbyA

BobbyA — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 05:01:57 +0000

I tried this fix until step 6, no wpdmtp.inf shows up while browsing for the new driver. My problem is windows 8 machine will only sometimes detect my D7000 while trying to tether with CaptureOne pro 8 or Lightroom 5.7 the only program that has no trouble at all seeing the camera during thther is digicamcontrol. Works everytime. However it falls short of LR and CO 8 in too many other areas to just use it. Thanks anyway for the suggestions. BTW, One of the things that appeared to help was in control panel, under Auto Play, set camera memory to Take No Action.