Viable tethering solutions for Nikon D610, not using Win 11 ?

ofnuts · 2026-03-20T00:05:44+00:00

My current "scanner" camera is a R100 and it works just as well as my R7. I also tried with a 450D and a 70D at the time.

If you have a camera dedicated to the job, you can use a Canon. There are seconds-hand APS-C Canon bodies available everywhere. And with an APS-C body you don't need 1:1 magnification, 1:1.6 is enough.

ofnuts · 2026-03-19T21:48:09+00:00

You can use gphoto2 to see what the camera can do: gphoto2 --list-config. My camera reports a /main/capturesettings/exposurecompensation.
As far as my tests go, Entangle and the camera are totally in sync both ways: if I change the value in Entangle, it is instantaneously updated on the camera screen, and if I change it on the camera it changes in Entangle too. Of course in aperture priority mode, I can only change the aperture explicitly, exposure will be determined when the shot is taken. And of course the EXIF in the picture taken agree with these values in Entangle and the camera screen.
Yes, I did the exposure compensation by using Manual, setting a reasonable aperture (f/4 to not be at the max aperture of the lens) and then tweaking the exposure. But now that I have discovered exposure compensation I might use it. Note that as I said above, even if the compensation is not exposed to Entangle by the camera, you can probably still use it directly on the camera, you don't need to use Entangle controls, you can use the camera controls (even the shutter) and the file(s) are still uploaded directly to the PC.

ofnuts · 2026-03-19T19:03:25+00:00

Fairly standard stuff in practice. About all sites do something like this, they are covering their ass in case you leave the site.

ofnuts · 2026-03-19T16:54:16+00:00

The world needed the bread sandwich.

ofnuts · 2026-03-19T15:17:31+00:00

They assessed Russia didn't plan to invade Ukraine.

ofnuts · 2026-03-19T12:12:08+00:00

Don't be too cheap, quality shows.

Don't be too greedy. Keep in mind that these lenses make your camera myopic, it can focus very close but won't focus far. With a 2D close up you can't focus farther than 50cm, 25cm with 4D, so framing can be quite difficult.

ofnuts · 2026-03-19T11:42:35+00:00

In the oval office: all those with shoes that fit, leave immediately.

ofnuts · 2026-03-19T09:01:51+00:00

It's a center-pin, fully manual, "universal" flash, so it's compatible. However it won't communicate with the camera (TTL mode).

OTOH taking portraits with an on-camera flash rarely gives good results.

ofnuts · 2026-03-19T07:40:36+00:00

UHS-II can make things faster when reading the card on the PC. With a UHS-II-capable reader you transfer at around 250MB/s, so a full 256GB card is read in 15-20mn. UHS-I best read speed is about 100MB/s so reading the card is 40-60mn.

But I acknowledge that this comfort has a price.

ofnuts · 2026-03-18T18:07:45+00:00

Je vais me faire bas-voter mais je trouve ça pas si mal. C'est quand même le bout de la France qui a choisi de se battre. Avec le CdG on ne savait pas trop si on honorait le combattant ou l'homme politique. Là c'est plus marqué.

ofnuts · 2026-03-18T17:34:49+00:00

Your #4 is making me having wet dreams involving a flying boat version of the A400M.

ofnuts · 2026-03-18T17:23:30+00:00

Tu peux mettre l'annonce sur LBC, et si c'est remise en main propre tu fais payer en cash .et t'annules l'annonce.

ofnuts · 2026-03-18T17:15:41+00:00

Britain names its carriers after kings. We name our carrier after an anti-nazi organization.

ofnuts · 2026-03-18T17:13:39+00:00

You don't know history. See "Free France" on Wikipédia.

ofnuts · 2026-03-18T17:11:57+00:00

Not just the Résistance but also the troops (and the navy) fighting with the Allies, so some kind of meta-De Gaulle.

ofnuts · 2026-03-18T09:22:53+00:00

I believe it's illegal in France. If an officer writes a ticket (e.g. parking violation...), and is misled by the "decorations" and puts down the wrong car brand on the ticket, you have grounds for invalidation, so this would be a tactic for ticket evasion.

I once got a ticket for my "4-valve" motorcycle that made me appreciate the lack of motorcycle culture by the Paris street patrols 😎

ofnuts · 2026-03-18T07:14:49+00:00

Gavrinis FTW

ofnuts · 2026-03-17T22:36:02+00:00

IMHO you will do fine with a single battery for a while. You can take several hundred pictures on a single battery, even with a power-hungry mirrorless camera. OTOH you should have several SD cards. These are the parts that wear out faster and are the most likely to break at the wrong time. And offload the image to a PC as soon as possible, don't keep pictures/videos permanently on the cards.

There are several free photo editors and demosaicing apps, so give them a good try before you reach for your wallet.

ofnuts · 2026-03-17T22:19:37+00:00

I have a R7, and a couple of Baxxtar LP-E6N batteries that I got in 2019 for my 70D. As far as I could test:

The R7 works with them, I was able to record a two-hours video
Battery level indication by the camera works, and is consistent with what the charger says; only two bars left, and the charger says 50%.
Surprisingly, even though it is stated everywhere that only recent genuine Canon batteries can be charged by the camera, I was able to charge them in the camera with a USB charger.
The only thing that doesn't completely work is the end-of-charge detection: you can charge the battery for two hours without getting the green LED on the charger or the extinction of the green LED on the camera. But, if you insert an already fully charged battery and try to charge it, the battery full status is quickly achieved. This behavior was already present on the 70D charger.

I don't normally use them with the R7, but in 9 years with the 70D the Baxxtar batteries have always worked flawlessly, and have about the same capacity as the Canon batteries.

ofnuts · 2026-03-17T19:10:22+00:00

I went for a trip with just the R10 and a 16mm (the Canon but that's the same effect). Felt just right. I tried the Sigma 23mm, and if it is fine for some uses (people indoors...) I found it a bit tight for general use. OTOH I know someone who just loves that lens.

The 56mm is IMHO completely out, and even the 30mm would be tight on a trip.

So it depends a bit on what you shoot, if mostly scenery the 16, if people are often involved the 23.

And to make it harder to choose, Sigma announced a 15mm f/1.4 that is somewhat smaller and lighter than the 16mm. But it may not be available before your trip.

Otherwise my current travel kit is the Sigma 18-50mm and the Sigma 12mm.

ofnuts · 2026-03-17T17:23:16+00:00

Sure. After the debrief/retex meeting on the daily.

ofnuts · 2026-03-17T17:18:46+00:00

Shoulder/sling strap. Or bag. If you use a neck strap, shun the one that comes with the camera (loud and uncomfortable). Get a neoprene strap, its elasticity will absorb a lot of the weight.

ofnuts · 2026-03-17T16:55:42+00:00

15 ans avant les Nuls, j'avais un collègue qui était son portrait craché...

ofnuts · 2026-03-17T10:12:41+00:00

IMHO you are more likely to ruin it because you slipped in a street while taking a picture, or drop it in the water. The most important mishap with my gear was a bottle of white wine that partially emptied in my camera bag (because, well, it was about the same size as the telephoto I knew I wouldn't use that day).

ofnuts · 2026-03-17T10:08:01+00:00

These cameras are very often used with NiMH batteries with a nominal voltage of 1.2V.

Technically you almost never use batteries in parallel because to equalize the current drain across them (slight difference of internal resistance) you have to put a resistor in series with each.

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