To move pictures and movies from your Nikon D3500 to your computer, you need some type of software to download, view, and manage the files. If you don’t have a favorite photo program for handling these tasks, Nikon offers the following free software solutions:
- Reported by Engadget, Nikon is the lastest camera brand to build out software to allow you to use your camera as a webcam.The move follows other camera brands who have already released similar software earlier this year to respond to the demand for higher quality webcams as people continue to work and learn from home during the pandemic. Webcam Utility lets a Nikon camera be used as a webcam.
- Capture NX-D is Mac and PC compatible, and can open and process.NEF and.NRW files from all Nikon cameras—current or older. Features of Capture NX-D include batch processing, levels and curves adjustments, adjustments to Nikon Picture Controls including the latest Picture Control styles as well as with RAW files from older cameras, white.
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- Nikon ViewNX-i: Shown below, the Nikon ViewNX-i program offers basic photo organizing and editing tools. In addition, a tool built into the program, Nikon Transfer, simplifies the job of sending pictures from a memory card or your camera to your computer.
Your program may not initially look like the one you see above because the screen layout was customized. You can do the same via the options on the View and Window menus after opening the program.
Two ViewNX-I features you’ll want to check out are as follows:
- Viewing picture settings (metadata): You can display a panel that shows the settings you used when shooting the picture. The settings are stored as metadata (extra data) in each picture’s file. Although other photo programs can display some metadata, they often can’t show all the detailed information that you can see in ViewNX-i.
Don’t see the panel? Open the Window menu at the top of the program window and choose Adjustments/Metadata. You may then need to click the triangle labeled Click to hide/display shooting data to expand the panel. One other note: You can toggle between the full list of metadata and a small graphic that contains just the basics. (The graphic looks similar to the Information screen displayed on the camera.) Click the button labeled Click to view minimal shooting data to switch between the two views.
- Displaying focus points: Click the button labeled Display focus point to display one or more red rectangles on the photo. The rectangle(s) indicate which focus point (or points) the camera used to establish focus, which can be helpful for troubleshooting focus problems. If the focus point is over your subject but the subject is blurry, the cause is likely not due to focusing at all, but to subject or camera movement during a too-long exposure (slow shutter speed). You don’t see the focus point if you used manual focusing, and it also may not appear if you used continuous autofocusing.
- Viewing picture settings (metadata): You can display a panel that shows the settings you used when shooting the picture. The settings are stored as metadata (extra data) in each picture’s file. Although other photo programs can display some metadata, they often can’t show all the detailed information that you can see in ViewNX-i.
Nikon ViewNX-i also contains some photo-editing tools; access them by clicking the Edit tab near the top-left corner of the program window. For more sophisticated editing tools, use Nikon Capture NX-D, described next. You can send the current photo directly to that program from ViewNX-i by clicking the Capture NX-D icon that appears with the other icons along the top of the program window. Or open the File menu and choose Open with Capture NX-D.
- Nikon Capture NX-D: Shown below, this program offers pro-level photo-editing tools, including a good Raw processing tool. You also can view camera metadata in this program. Click the tabs to toggle the panel display between the Information tab, which displays shooting data, and the Editing tabs, which contain editing tools.
ViewNX 2 is all-in-one image browsing and editing software application for both still images and movies. It is a fun and easy-to-use application offering enhanced operation.
Like ViewNX-i, Capture NX-D can display the focus point or points used to set focus when you took the picture. Toggle the focus point display on and off by opening the program’s Image menu and then selecting Show Focus Point.
You can download both programs from the Nikon website. Head for the Support section of the website, where you’ll find a link to camera software. Be sure to download the latest versions. You’ll need to use ViewNX-i Version 1.3.0 and NX-D is Version 1.5.0. Older versions of the software lack support for D3500 files. Also make sure that your computer meets the software operating-system requirements. (The program is available for both Windows-based and Mac computers.)
Getting help with Nikon software
For years, you could access a built-in user manual via the Help menu found in Nikon’s photo programs. But things work differently now: You can go online and download a copy of the user manual or simply check the online help pages for answers. (You might want to download a copy of the manual so that you don’t need an active Internet connection to get help.)
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To take advantage of these options the first time, you do need to be online. When your Internet browser is up and running, launch the Nikon program whose Help system you want to access. In that program, open the Help menu and then choose Help from menu. Your browser then displays a window that offers two options: Click Go to Help Site to jump to the program’s pages at the Nikon website or click Get PDF Manual to download the instruction manual. The manual is provided in the PDF format (Portable Document Format), so you can read it in Adobe Acrobat (available free from the Adobe website) or any program that can display PDF documents.
We’re delighted to announce the release of Reikan FoCal 1.9.11 for Windows and Mac. This version adds support for the Nikon D7200
Fixes and Improvements
The following is a list of the changes since the release of FoCal 1.9.10:
New features:
- NEW: Support for the Nikon D7200
Software Support Status
Mac
The following table shows the support for FoCal for Mac:
Operating System | Camera Manufacturer | Status |
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OS X 10.7 (Lion) | Canon & Nikon | Fully functional |
OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) | Canon & Nikon | Fully functional |
OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) | Canon & Nikon | Fully functional |
OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) | Canon & Nikon | Fully functional |
Windows
The following table shows the support for FoCal for Windows:
Operating System | Camera Manufacturer | Status |
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Windows 7 | Canon & Nikon | Fully functional |
Windows 8 | Canon & Nikon | Fully functional |
Windows 8.1 | Canon & Nikon | Fully functional |
Other Information
- The Testing Guide is somewhat out of date and we are planning a rewrite shortly. The general concepts are still very valid, but the operational information towards the end of the guide relates to older versions of FoCal.
- The File Camera functionality in FoCal is no longer being maintained. FoCal 2 Test Release 2 implements a new form of File Mode which allow analysis of files for AF Calibration, AF Consistency and Aperture Sharpness tests.
How do I get it?
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If you already have a license for FoCal, you can download the software at no extra cost from the License Management System – you’ll see the link to the download once you log in.
If you don’t own FoCal, you can purchase FoCal Standard, FoCal Plus or FoCal Pro from the store.
MAC: The software is available as a disk image (DMG) file for OS X, containing the software itself, the target images and documentation in separate directories.
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WINDOWS: The software is available as a ZIP file, which contains the software, the target images and the documentation in separate directories.
Installing on OS X (IMPORTANT!):
FoCal for Mac uses the Mono framework and this must be installed before using FoCal. Please see this post for complete information on how to ensure your Mac is set up correctly to run FoCal. If you do not follow these instructions, FoCal will NOT operate correctly!
Software For Mac Computers
QuickStart Guides
Nikon Cameras D7200
There are short guides available which help you through the installation, connection and first use of the software available for Windows and for Mac on the Document Downloads page.