Body Controls

Use the Nikon body controls for connection, capture, exposure, focus, storage, and metadata.

The Body controls are the main Nikon camera controls exposed by the app. They are intentionally focused on the settings used most often during tethered capture. Many camera settings remain available on the physical body menu instead of being repeated in the app.

Controls are enabled only when the selected body and current camera state support the action. If a control is disabled, connect the body first, check that the selected body is correct, and confirm that the camera mode supports that setting.

Connection controls

  • Connect toggles the selected body connection on or off.
  • Body selects the Nikon model whose Remote SDK module should be used.
  • Lock physical body controls locks or unlocks supported physical camera controls.
  • Status shows the current connection, capture, and communication state.
  • Shoot captures an image using the connected body.

Choose the body before connecting. The selected body determines which Nikon module is loaded, so the selection should match the camera connected by USB. See Supported for the current body list in each Nikon Remote SDK mode. After connection starts, the body list is disabled until the camera disconnects.

Use Lock when you want the app to keep the camera in a controlled remote state or when a setting represented by a physical dial needs to be changed from the app. Some bodies restrict other actions while locked, such as moving the live view focus point. Unlock the body if a camera-side control or live view interaction is blocked.

Exposure controls

  • Shutter speed changes the camera shutter speed when the connected body and exposure mode allow it.
  • Aperture changes the lens aperture when the connected body, lens, and exposure mode allow it.
  • ISO changes sensitivity when the connected body and exposure mode allow it.
  • Exposure compensation changes exposure compensation when the camera exposes that control.
  • Exposure mode changes the body exposure mode when the body supports remote changes for that setting.
  • Exposure delay changes the shutter delay option exposed by the connected body.
  • Exposure meter shows the current metering value when enabled in Settings > Body.

Exposure controls reflect what the camera reports. Available values can change when you change exposure mode, lens, live view mode, movie mode, or physical body switches.

If a list shows ---, the app has not received usable values for that control yet, or the camera does not currently expose that setting. Try reconnecting, checking the body mode, or changing the setting from the physical camera menu when the setting is not part of the app's normal tethering surface.

White balance

  • White balance selects the camera white balance mode when supported.
  • Calibrate white balance starts a supported preset white-balance calibration workflow.

To calibrate preset white balance:

  1. Connect the body and confirm the body is ready.
  2. Place a neutral gray card or white-balance target in the same light as the subject.
  3. Choose one of the preset white-balance entries from the White balance list.
  4. Keep the target framed in front of the camera.
  5. Select Calibrate white balance.
  6. Keep holding the target until the status changes from the in-progress message to the completion message.

The calibration button is enabled only when the selected white-balance entry is a body-reported preset that can be measured from the app. The measured white-balance data is stored in the selected camera preset.

When calibration starts, the status says to keep holding the gray card. If the measurement succeeds, the status reports Calibration successful. If the body rejects the measurement or the measurement cannot be completed, the status reports Calibration failed.

Focus controls

  • Focus mode selects the body focus mode exposed by the connected camera.
  • Focus area mode selects how the camera chooses or uses focus areas.
  • Focus priority selects the focus-priority behavior when the camera exposes it.

Focus controls depend heavily on body model, lens, live view state, and physical switches. If a control is disabled, check the body focus switch, lens focus switch, live view state, and current camera mode.

Use Live View when you need to frame, inspect focus, move the focus point, use contrast autofocus, or use motion-triggered workflows.

Storage controls

  • Image format selects the camera image format or compression option exposed by the connected body.
  • Image quality selects the image size or quality option exposed by the connected body.
  • Image destination selects where the camera records or transfers captured media when the body supports that choice.

The Path page controls the computer-side folder and filename template for received media. The storage controls on the Body page control camera-side format, size, and destination choices.

Metadata

Body Metadata is configured in Settings > Body > Metadata, not on the main Body controls surface. Use Body Metadata for Artist Name, Copyright, User Comment, and ASK or SCASK capture-time metadata templates when the active Nikon SDK mode and body expose those fields.

The main Body controls stay focused on connection, exposure, focus, storage, and capture so routine tethering remains fast.

When controls do not update

  1. Confirm that the selected body matches the physical Nikon body.
  2. Confirm that the camera is powered on and connected by USB.
  3. Check whether the camera is busy writing, capturing, focusing, or recording.
  4. Check physical body and lens switches.
  5. Disconnect and reconnect if the camera mode changed outside the app and the lists do not refresh.
  6. Use the physical body menu for edge-case settings that are not part of the app's main tethering surface.