Re: Only Photo mode works on N2 and Nikon D750
Posted: December 19th, 2018, 11:55 pm
OK, I just got a Z7 and tried putting the Unleashed on it.
First of all, the camera and the app. are more active on the Z7 than on the D750. The back screen on the Z7 is turning on and off and the haptic feedback on my iPhone is pretty active when the app. is open.
Initially, in Photo mode, the only setting which is active is GPS. I get a yellow ring and I'm able to activate the shutter and the resulting shot has GPS.
Then all the other settings except Metering, Mode, Shutter Speed become active. Camera is set on Aperture priority with Auto ISO Sensitivity on, minimum shutter 1/125. It displays ISO 64 but takes the photo at like ISO 3600. I guess it won't override the ISO Sensitivity On settings?
In any event, every few seconds, I hear something in the camera and on the app, all settings other than GPS and ISO become disabled and then again, they all become enabled. Shutter button ring alternates between white and gold.
I can actuate the shutter and it does a better job of this than the Nikon Snapbridge app, which only actuates the shutter in Wifi mode and with fewer settings available.
The main issue though is that the Video and TimeLapse modes are NOT available on the Z7 either. The same "Currently taking a photo. Wait for it to complete."
So I unplugged the Unleashed from the Z7 and put it back on the D750, only this time, I connected the USB cable as well to the camera and the Unleashed. I don't recall the exact sequence of operations I did in the Unleashed app. but Video and Time-lapse modes are available for use on the D750!
So I tried to use the app. to start a video, nothing recorded. I then switched to Time-lapse and set up a time lapse, have access to all the settings I didn't have before. I start it and see the shot counter go up and the clock spin. But my D750 I see the focus light go on but the shutter will not actuate.
I stopped the Time-lapse in the app., switch to Photo mode and try to actuate the shutter. Again the focus light on the D750 but the shutter won't go off.
So I tried disconnecting the USB end of the cable from the D750 and start Time-lapse again and the shutter is going off as expected. So the Unleashed device and app. works when the USB cable is connected to the device but not to the micro USB of the camera itself.
Then I go and reconnect the Unleashed on my Z7. I then realize that the Z7 has a USB-C port, not micro USB like the D750. So I can't find a way to get the Video or Time-lapse modes available on the Z7. I tried back and forth and can't get it to work.
Tried putting the Unleashed back on the D750 without the USB cable and the Video and Time-lapse modes are disabled. Tried connecting the cable just to the Unleashed and still can't access the Video or Time-lapse settings. So again, I connect the micro USB connector end to the camera. Verified again that I can change the Time-lapse settings and start a Time-lapse but it won't actually trigger the shutter on the D750. So I disconnect the micro USB end of the cable and now see that again, a Time-lapse run will trigger the shutter and save shots to the memory card of the D750.
It can't be sending or receiving any data through the USB cable if only one end is connected, right?
Yet to summarize, I have to first connect both ends of the USB cable on the D750 to be able to access the Video and Time-lapse modes without the "currently taking a photo" error message. Then I have to disconnect the micro USB end of the cable to get the shutter to actually trigger in Time-lapse mode.
Seems like the Unleashed device and the app. are tracking the state of whether the USB cable is plugged into the device and seems to behave differently depending on whether the cable is connected at all, or is connected on both ends, or is connected only on one end.
Initially I was mainly interested in the geotagging feature but I've been reading more on time lapse shooting so I would want to be able to use those features of the device and the app.
First of all, the camera and the app. are more active on the Z7 than on the D750. The back screen on the Z7 is turning on and off and the haptic feedback on my iPhone is pretty active when the app. is open.
Initially, in Photo mode, the only setting which is active is GPS. I get a yellow ring and I'm able to activate the shutter and the resulting shot has GPS.
Then all the other settings except Metering, Mode, Shutter Speed become active. Camera is set on Aperture priority with Auto ISO Sensitivity on, minimum shutter 1/125. It displays ISO 64 but takes the photo at like ISO 3600. I guess it won't override the ISO Sensitivity On settings?
In any event, every few seconds, I hear something in the camera and on the app, all settings other than GPS and ISO become disabled and then again, they all become enabled. Shutter button ring alternates between white and gold.
I can actuate the shutter and it does a better job of this than the Nikon Snapbridge app, which only actuates the shutter in Wifi mode and with fewer settings available.
The main issue though is that the Video and TimeLapse modes are NOT available on the Z7 either. The same "Currently taking a photo. Wait for it to complete."
So I unplugged the Unleashed from the Z7 and put it back on the D750, only this time, I connected the USB cable as well to the camera and the Unleashed. I don't recall the exact sequence of operations I did in the Unleashed app. but Video and Time-lapse modes are available for use on the D750!
So I tried to use the app. to start a video, nothing recorded. I then switched to Time-lapse and set up a time lapse, have access to all the settings I didn't have before. I start it and see the shot counter go up and the clock spin. But my D750 I see the focus light go on but the shutter will not actuate.
I stopped the Time-lapse in the app., switch to Photo mode and try to actuate the shutter. Again the focus light on the D750 but the shutter won't go off.
So I tried disconnecting the USB end of the cable from the D750 and start Time-lapse again and the shutter is going off as expected. So the Unleashed device and app. works when the USB cable is connected to the device but not to the micro USB of the camera itself.
Then I go and reconnect the Unleashed on my Z7. I then realize that the Z7 has a USB-C port, not micro USB like the D750. So I can't find a way to get the Video or Time-lapse modes available on the Z7. I tried back and forth and can't get it to work.
Tried putting the Unleashed back on the D750 without the USB cable and the Video and Time-lapse modes are disabled. Tried connecting the cable just to the Unleashed and still can't access the Video or Time-lapse settings. So again, I connect the micro USB connector end to the camera. Verified again that I can change the Time-lapse settings and start a Time-lapse but it won't actually trigger the shutter on the D750. So I disconnect the micro USB end of the cable and now see that again, a Time-lapse run will trigger the shutter and save shots to the memory card of the D750.
It can't be sending or receiving any data through the USB cable if only one end is connected, right?
Yet to summarize, I have to first connect both ends of the USB cable on the D750 to be able to access the Video and Time-lapse modes without the "currently taking a photo" error message. Then I have to disconnect the micro USB end of the cable to get the shutter to actually trigger in Time-lapse mode.
Seems like the Unleashed device and the app. are tracking the state of whether the USB cable is plugged into the device and seems to behave differently depending on whether the cable is connected at all, or is connected on both ends, or is connected only on one end.
Initially I was mainly interested in the geotagging feature but I've been reading more on time lapse shooting so I would want to be able to use those features of the device and the app.