Fair is fair: I just ragged Daniel on his blog about what I considered a too-pessimistic chart of pixel counts needed for various print sizes, so I guess I have to let him rag me back! Not that I’m out to get the guy — I’m probably just jealous because he got to photograph the Creighton University Nutcracker and I didn’t… or because his Mazda RX8 is cooler than my car. And he probably gets the hot chicks, too… – Ranger 9

– UPDATED: The 10.6.2 update seems to have solved my previous problem using Sofortbild under Snow Leopard — Ranger 9

i long refused to upgrade to CCP 2 for OSX 10.5, as Nikon should have provided it as a free update.

instead i downloaded Sofortbild, and it works better than Camera Control Pro 1 for 10.4.

most Nikon software sucks, and its support for Mac is abysmal (“if i could do it again,” i would go Canon).

i love Sofortbild, and i thank you for informing me of it.

– Glad you like it! Just make sure you don’t upgrade to MacOS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”), as it seems to break Sofortbild… at least that’s been my experience so far. UPDATED: If you upgrade to Snow Leopard, make sure you install the 10.6.2 update — Ranger 9

Also check out DSLR Camera Report Server from onOneSoftware. It is a free Mac based controller for tethered shooting. But it has no controls at all! Instead, you download an iPhone app – try the $0.99 version to see if you like it and if it works with your camera. I did, then upgraded to the $19.99 version of the app.

You can fire the camera, set exposure compensation, change white balance, set an intervelometer, and use burst mode for 1-4 shots. WHen you fire the camera, the photo is captured to the computer AND it shows up on your iPhone for review about 1 second after firing the camera. Better, you can use LIVE MODE, and see the live capture on your iPhone – then fire when the subject is where you want it. All wirelessly using the wireless LAN in your home. I put the camera outside, computer with 20′ USB cable inside, and I can walk around my house or go outside and see / fire whenever I want. Very cool.

Sounds interesting! Unfortunately, I don’t have an iPhone, so I can’t try it out. (Do you suppose it would work with an iPod Touch as well?) Also: How does it get along with MacOS X “Snow Leopard”? Neither of the remote apps included in my review seem to work with Snow Leopard [UPDATE: problems fixed by 10.6.2 update] — Ranger 9

Thanks for the post on the fast 50′s, too. The new Nokton sure looks like a fine lens.

Take care, glad I followed your link from GetDPI.