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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 742239" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>@<a href="https://nikonites.com/member-46724-twistedthrottle.html" target="_blank">TwistedThrottle</a>:</p><p>I got out to my backyard in the pre-dawn to attempt Venus, Mars, and Uranus this morning. Turns out my yard is a terrible location in summer with tree canopy issues. But I used this as an opportunity to revisit <a href="http://digicamcontrol.com/" target="_blank">DigiCamControl</a>. Connected to my D7000 via USB cable I could display the Live View screen on my PC and really control most everything on the camera. And yes there is an astrophotography mode where the camera can be set to Bulb on shutter speed and you can set any long-exposure time you want in even 1 second intervals. So it will take the place of a plug-in intervalometer and get around the 30 second limit. There is also a check box to allow external shutter release in case you want that. I found it was better to have it save to card only instead of transferring to PC immediately. And something I did not try in the dark but did after the sun rose is using manual control of the autofocus motor from the software. So you can have the camera in autofocus mode, get that infinity focus dialed in looking at a larger screen, and leave it there because you have to check a box to enable focus before shutter release. The only things that are not controllable are the exposure mode (M, A, S, P) and the autofocus on/off if controlled at the lens selector switch. This software is free, very unlike Nikon's Camera Control Utility (and far more features). The only issues I had was the USB cable getting tugged and losing connection while my goto mount was moving to target.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]344556[/ATTACH][ATTACH]344557[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 742239, member: 48483"] @[URL="https://nikonites.com/member-46724-twistedthrottle.html"]TwistedThrottle[/URL]: I got out to my backyard in the pre-dawn to attempt Venus, Mars, and Uranus this morning. Turns out my yard is a terrible location in summer with tree canopy issues. But I used this as an opportunity to revisit [URL="http://digicamcontrol.com/"]DigiCamControl[/URL]. Connected to my D7000 via USB cable I could display the Live View screen on my PC and really control most everything on the camera. And yes there is an astrophotography mode where the camera can be set to Bulb on shutter speed and you can set any long-exposure time you want in even 1 second intervals. So it will take the place of a plug-in intervalometer and get around the 30 second limit. There is also a check box to allow external shutter release in case you want that. I found it was better to have it save to card only instead of transferring to PC immediately. And something I did not try in the dark but did after the sun rose is using manual control of the autofocus motor from the software. So you can have the camera in autofocus mode, get that infinity focus dialed in looking at a larger screen, and leave it there because you have to check a box to enable focus before shutter release. The only things that are not controllable are the exposure mode (M, A, S, P) and the autofocus on/off if controlled at the lens selector switch. This software is free, very unlike Nikon's Camera Control Utility (and far more features). The only issues I had was the USB cable getting tugged and losing connection while my goto mount was moving to target. [ATTACH=CONFIG]344556._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]344557._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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