Release Notes

v5.3

26th March 2024

• Fix crash on macOS caused by GUI framework

• Fix issue with detection of Sony cameras on Windows

v5.2

14th March 2024

• Add support for Sony a6700

• Add Download Folder field to Session window

• Add option for showing grid overlay in Live View window

• Fix support for transparent PNG image overlay

• Fix window state save/restore behaviour after restart on macOS

• Fix possible crash when saving barcode info to photo EXIF

• Fix URL for Lightroom Plugin docs

v5.1

14th September 2023

• Add support for Nikon Z8

• Add support for Canon R50

• Add support for PNG overlay images

• Add support for “JPEG” storage mode for Canon and Nikon cameras

• Add support for “Both” storage mode for Fujifilm cameras

• Expose Live View image data to External API

• Fix issue with overlay image being unloaded while still visible

• Fix photo backup when copying from subdirectories of the photo download directory

• Correctly detect photo capture when using Card storage with Sony cameras

v5.0

12th June 2023

• Added Support for New Cameras

• Sony a7R V

• Sony FX3

• Sony FX30

• Fujifilm GFX 50r

• Fujifilm GFX 50s

• Fujifilm GFX 50s II

• Fujifilm X-H1

• Fujifilm X-H2

• Fujifilm X-T1

• Fujifilm X-T2

• Fujifilm X-T3

• Fujifilm X-T4

• Fujifilm X-T5

• Features

• Switch to new docking system for UI windows

• Support saving custom UI workspace layouts

• Support photo backup to secondary location

• Improve support for HiDPI displays

• Add native support for Apple Silicon

• Remove PRO version and enable all features as standard

• Reduce battery usage of photo display windows

• Increase macOS minimum version to 11.0 (Big Sur)

• Switch to per-camera licensing model for multi-camera support

• Add dedicated Barcode window

• Allow saving barcode info to photo EXIF metadata

• Allow barcode scanning to be restricted to specific type

• Application UI

• Add dedicated Loupe window

• Add dedicated Filmstrip window

• Add dedicated Live View window

• Add image thumbnail to Photos table UI

• Add image thumbnail to Barcode table UI

• Add column for Power Zoom position to Camera table

• Add Barcode column to Photos table

• Add support for showing overlay image in Live View window

• Add reset button to background colour option

• Add button to launch QR Code Generator app

• Add link to download QR Code Generator app

• Add info on origin of barcodes

• Add visual highlight of photo barcode location

• Add option to play sound after photo is taken

• Add option to play sound after barcode is scanned

• Add sound effect for camera lost event

• Add barcode format to scanned barcode information

• Set tab order for UI controls

• Make Shoot button more prominent in Camera Controls window

• Lighten background colour of UI tables

• Improve histogram rgb channel levels

• Improve scrollbar behaviour of Filmstrip window

• Improve UI of Delete photo window

• Improve UI of Memory Card Format window

• Improve UI for License window

• Improve UI for Camera Lost Warning window

• Improve UI of Presets UI window

• Improve UI for Sony power zoom

• Enable keyboard movement in Filmstrip window

• Allow vertical orientation of Filmstrip window

• Allow scrolling filmstrip with mouse wheel

• Allow per window live view options

• Allow multiple instances of Live View window

• Show visual indicator when tool buttons are toggled on

• Make license window flash when trial is ending

• Update app style sheet and icons

• Update macOS dmg with background image and icon

• Improve Windows installer package

• Use checkerboard pattern for dummy photo areas

• Rename Capture window to Preview window

• Rename Filename Options window to Session window

• Move camera options to Cameras window

• Move barcode options to Barcode window

• Move session options into popup menu

• Remove camera power icons from UI

• Remove Photos sub-menu from top menu bar

• Remove live view controls from Camera Controls window

• Remove option to enable/disable photo display

• Remove Recent Photos window

• Remove Card Preview feature

• Fixes

• Automatically close camera lost warning when camera is reconnected

• Add confirmation prompt when deleting camera preset

• Increase movement during Sony power zoom wide/tele commands

• Fix bug with use of barcode camera filter expression

• Fix error when reading Sony power zoom position

• Ignore Apple devices from USB detection

• Ignore non-camera USB devices on Windows

• Ensure mousewheel focus only happens when liveview is enabled

• Ensure camera lost warning is shown again when another camera is lost

• Ensure main window is focused when license window closes

• Support connection to Sony cameras using Sony PTP driver on Windows

v4.26

3rd October 2022

• Add support for Nikon Z6 II

• Add support for Nikon Z7 II

• Add support for Nikon Z9

• Fix support for Nikon image quality * modes

v4.25

6th August 2022

• Add support for Sony a7 IV

• Add support for Sony ZV-E10

• Add support for Canon R7

• Add support for Canon R10

• Add support for Liveview zoom/position on Sony cameras

• Add support for direct shutter button control on Sony cameras

• Fix crash caused by bug with texture loading in UI layout logic

• Fix issue with shutter button control during continuous highspeed shooting

• Fix issue with Sony triggering during MF focus mode

• Fix incorrect loupe size when loading photo thumbnails

• Disable Lightroom plugin install button for mac app store version

• Remove barcode metadata checkbox from options UI

v4.24

28th March 2022

• Fix issue with photo quality setting being ignored on Sony cameras

v4.23

27th October 2021

• Adjust Sony live view focus sensitivity

• Ensure Nikon cameras are disconnected gracefully

• Ensure Recent Photos list auto-scrolls to end when new photo is added

• Fix clickable UI area for camera live view popup menu

• Fix typo in tooltip for focus step buttons

• Improve log message for failed license activation request

v4.22

7th May 2021

• Add support for Sony a1

• Add support for Canon R5

• Add support for Canon R6

• Add support for Canon 90D

• Add support for Canon 850D / Rebel T8i / Kiss X10i

• Add support for full control of camera settings on Sony a7R4, a7C, a1

• Add support for Pixel Shift mode on recent Sony cameras

• Add display option to enable/disable filmstrip and tool panels

• Add photo filename validation feature

• Adjust Sony live view focus sensitivity

• Allow Colour Temp setting to be part of stored camera preset

• Fix Storage mode setting for recent Sony cameras

• Fix intermittent failure of live view on Sony cameras

• Fix video download on Canon EOS R

• Fix quick loupe for live view on Sony cameras

• Fix issue with background image being hidden until first photo is taken

• Ensure Lightroom retains focus when plugin is launched from within Lightroom

• Ensure empty files are removed if video download fails

• Ensure live view is marked as not-supported on the Sony a6000

v4.20

29th January 2021

• Add support for Sony a7C and a7S III

• Add full support for Canon CR3 file format

• Add support for live view focus with Sony Alpha cameras

• Add support for controlling power zoom on some Sony Alpha cameras

• Fix live view on Sony a7C and similar models

• Fix issue with dropped replies for External API requests

v4.19

11th November 2020

• Improve barcode scanning accuracy for small 1D type barcodes

• Fix broken video file downloads on Canon cameras

• Add support for setting custom White Balance colour temperature on Nikon and Sony cameras

• Add link to Lightroom plugin install instructions

• Ensure invalid External API requests are correctly rejected

• Update message in trial ended notification window

v4.18

5th October 2020

• Add support for Lightroom tethering plugin

• Add support for Nikon D6

• Add support for Nikon D780

• Add support for Nikon Z 5

• Add support for Nikon Z 50

• Add support for Canon RP

• Add support for Canon M6 Mark II

• Add system tray icon to mac app

• Add command line option to start minimised to system tray

• Improve accuracy of barcode scanning

• Prepare support for macOS Big Sur and Apple silicon

• Do not exit app when minimised to system tray and main window is closed

• Fix incorrect msg_seq_num on External API replies

v4.17

1st July 2020

• Fix issue with flickering liveview on Sony cameras

• Fix use of Windows network shares in Photo Download Directory

• Fix deadlock issue after barcode scan triggers photo renaming

• Add help menu item for submitting feedback email

• Show full product SKU in License window

• Decrease tolerance for over/under exposure warning

v4.16

24th May 2020

• Add PRO upgrade link to Help menu and About window

• Add button to License window for rechecking license

• Add license type and order ID to License window

• Make PRO features visible but disable for standard version

• Fix issue with UI focus when trying to change/edit camera from camera table

v4.15

22nd April 2020

• Improve reliability of Sony capture when AF is enabled

• Improve latency of Sony AF capture

• Improve highlight graphics for filmstrip photos

• Fix Sony auto focus functionality

• Fix camera status when Sony MF capture fails

• Fix issues with Sony photo download during highspeed continuous shooting

• Fix crash when value for script parameter contains empty text

• Detect Sony storage mode setting from camera

• Add option to enable/disable Capture display

• Add system tray icon to windows app

• Add option to start app minimised to system tray

• Add highlight for current camera in Cameras display panel

• Add StorageID, PersistentID, and OriginalPath to External API photo info

• Add GetCamera request message to External API

• Add option to persist photo info after app restart

• Support restore of photo info from previous session

• Allow app to be activated/deactivate via External API

• Allow Camera Controls current camera to be selected from Cameras display panel

• Ensure any outstanding Sony autofocus requests are cancelled before disconnect

• Restore camera selection mode after app restart

v4.14

19th February 2020

• Improve image quality of previews and thumbnails in photo display window

• Add option to disable Live View focus with mouse wheel

• Add support for bugsplat crash reporting on mac

• Add error code descriptions to cryptlex license window UI

• Ensure correct texture level is chosen in photo preview window

• Ensure Quick Loupe uses fullsize photo

• Ensure control characters (ie. newline) are stipped from photo filename

• Ensure PhotoFilename field is sent to external API event stream

• Fix issue with Sony camera properties getting out of sync

• Fix issue with Sony capture requests returning early failure

• Fix issue with histogram when two display windows are used

• Fix error when running Bulb Timelapse script

• Fix crash when loading background image

v4.13

16th January 2020

• Fix issue with photo detection and download on Sony a7R4

• Fix issue with sticky UI controls on mac

• Fix crash when using multiple display windows on mac

• Add mappings for more Sony a7R4 camera settings

• Show trial ID in trial/license window

• Ensure log file is updated on regular interval

v4.12

31st December 2019

• Fix issue with update window getting stuck in background on mac

• Fix issue with Live View FPS controls

• Fix issue with photo names contained absolute files paths

• Fix External API fields for CameraNumDownloadsComplete and CameraNumDownloadsFailed

• Add option for setting default Live View FPS

• Add rate limiter to photo viewer to avoid backlog of loading/decoding operations

• Stop sendling LiveviewUpdated message to External API

v4.11

15th November 2019

• Add support for photo quality settings on Sony cameras

• Add option to hide on-card photos from filmstrip

• Add new OptionsUpdated External API message

• Add UI to allow formatting memory cards in specific cameras

• Change ‘Delete All’ button to only delete known photos and not download directory

• Improve UI for hiding/unhiding photos

• Fix support for RAW+JPEG mode on Sony cameras

• Ensure large log file does not persist once app is restarted

• Ensure app update checks do not happen while activation window is still visible

• Ensure OptionsInfo and DownloadPath are added to External API synchronistion reply

• Ignore folders created by camera on memory card

• Ignore duplicate photos when shooting to dual memory card slots

• Avoid possible app hang when handling USB communication errors on Windows

v4.10

28th October 2019

• Switch to new Cryptlex licensing system

• Add option to disable automatic rotation using photo EXIF

• Add option to apply photo rotation using camera metadata

• Add option to auto fill Session Name or Unique Tag when clipboard text changes

• Add checkbox for pausing output text in log window

• Add single ‘Manage License’ item to help menu

• Fix USB host controller detection and balancing on Windows

• Fix orientation of live view loupe when display mirroring is enabled

• Fix possible hang when closing application

v4.9

29th September 2019

• Add Sony support for cameras in the a6xxx range, a9, and a7 variants

• Add support for changing Sony camera properties

• Add support for live view on Sony cameras

• Add UI buttons for incrementing/decrementing camera properties

• Add script for direct shutter button control for Canon cameras

• Fix colouring of UI text for script status

• Fix photo rendering for GPUs that have limited max texture size

• Fix issue with [E] filename token when shooting RAW+JPEG

• Replace warning icons with coloured text in Camera Controls window

• Allow parallel downloads from cameras connected through same USB host controller

v4.8

29th August 2019

• Add support for Canon 250D / Rebel SL3 / Kiss X10

• Add new zxing barcode scanner engine

• Add buttons for pasting clipboard into filename options text fields

• Fix issue with support for cardless operation with Canon cameras

• Fix misleading names used in PTP property log messages

• Show Card/Disk status for filmstrip thumbnail placeholder

• Replace Client Presentation Mode option with Card Preview dropdown menu

• Change behaviour of barcode text field to accept external scanner input

• Track Session Name and Session Number information with each photo

• Improve GUI table perf by disabling automatic column resizing

• Separate photo location and hidden status

• Allow photos to be unhidden

v4.7

25th July 2019

• Fix possible crash when recovering from failed camera connection

• Fix possible crash when sending External API event messages

• Fix issue with rejected download requests when camera already has capture request pending

• Fix issue when changing UniqueTag via External API

• Fix issue with migrated camera names being overridden with default model name

• Add placeholder text for thumbnails of photos that have not yet been downloaded

• Add link to documentation website in Help menu

• Add link to documentation website in Options window

• Ensure Client Presentation Mode only downloads JPEGs when shooting RAW+JPEG

• Ensure session num UI gets updated after options update

• Ensure log file is flushed when handling bugsplat report

• Show totals for photo/camera/nodes in UI tables

• Reduce use of GPU when Capture tab is not visible

• Update UI to improve layout of photo and camera tabs

• Update UI to improve layout of Options window

• Add ability to purge files from photo download directory

• Filter out noisy Nikon ExposureIndicateStatus messages from log

v4.5

24th May 2019

• Fix live view near focus command on Nikon cameras

• Fix possibly crash in photo rendering code

• Avoid duplicate text when using [E] extension in filename expression

• Default to using ‘SSP_[S]’ when computed filename is empty

v4.4

28th April 2019

• Add persistant storage of script parameter values

• Add camera rotate button to live view UI

• Add option to disable live view status indicator

• Add option to enable/disable update check during startup

• Add icon colour highlight to indicate when display options are enabled/disabled

• Fix incorrect display of photo shutter speed info

• Fix issue with update checking

• Fix issue with maximised window state not being applied after restart

v4.3

12th April 2019

• Fix bug in behaviour of “Default Storage Mode” option

• Fix possible hang during shutdown if Live View is active

• Fix issue causing scripts to fail for Canon cameras when using Disk storage mode

• Fix issue causing scripts to fail for Nikon cameras when using Both storage mode

• Fix issue with Focus Stacking script that caused focus movement to be ignored

• Fix issue with old photos being shown if new photo is taken with same filename

• Fix issue with automatic barcode scanning incorrectly triggering file rename

• Allow scrolling through filmstrip using mouse wheel

• Improve performance of barcode scanning

v4.2

5th April 2019

• Fix Camera Controls UI redraw issue on mac

• Fix crash and communication issues on mac with Nikon D500 and D850

• Fix crash on start up when Canon cameras already have pending photos to download

• Fix issue with drag movement of Live View AF region

• Allow select/view photo from filmstrip when using multi-camera display

• Filter out non-PTP USB devices (such as phones)

v4.1

31st March 2019

• Fix crash when camera settings get out of sync on Canon cameras

• Fix crash on mac when using Nikon D3xx range of cameras

• Fix issue with non-script files being shown in Scripts menu list

v4.0

28th March 2019

• Added Support for New Cameras

• Add support for Canon R

• Add support for Nikon Z6

• Add support for Nikon Z7

• Add support for Nikon D3500

• Add support for Sony a6300

• Add support for Sony a6500

• Add support for Sony a7R III

• Add support for Ricoh Theta S

• Application UI

• Add button to display toolbar for fullscreen mode

• Add button to imgui UI to quick swap window types

• Add photo browser gui

• Add pulse indicate to liveview window

• Add quick loupe for liveview

• Add separate option to enable/disable liveview quick loupe

• Add Smart Shooter icon to Camera Controls window

• Add visual indicator for elapsed video recording time

• Add visual indicator of liveview resolution and FPS

• Allow customisation of quick loupe window size

• Allow double click on filmstrip to start photo download

• Allow filmstrip navigation with keyboard

• Allow loupe window zoom using right mouse drag

• Allow loupe zoom reset with middle mouse click

• Allow sequence/batch num spin box to be reset by entering 0

• Change warning icons from PNG to SVG

• Customise About window with extra Tether Tools info

• Disable multiply display windows on mac (not yet working)

• Ensure UI does not display liveview image from previous session

• Fix issue with GUI state not being restored after restart

• Hide Barcode button from context menu for standard licenses

• Hide multicamera selection controls for standard license

• Highlight loupe rect when loupe window is hovered

• Hook up liveview focus to mouse wheel

• Improve layout of Display Options UI

• Improve pan/zoom of loupe window

• Improve UI layout for Camera Presets window

• Improve UI layout of Script Controls window

• Improve UI looks for groupbox and tooltip widgets

• Improve UI looks of loupe window

• Improve UI of Filename Options window

• Improve visibility of UI cursor when editting text

• Make “New Display” into modeless window

• Make Recent Photos panel hidden by default

• Remove Display Mode selection from UI

• Remove icons from top menu bar

• Remove unused “Restart Required” dialog from options window

• Rename ‘Display’ tab to ‘Capture’

• Reword tooltips in display window button

• Switch UI to SVG icons

• Update UI layout of Filename Options window

• Update with new icon and logo graphics

• Update wording from Liveview to Live View

• Camera Fixes

• Add checks to enable features for Nikon D3xxx cameras

• Add handling of Canon CR2 and CRAW image format

• Add identifiers for remaining current Canon DSLR cameras

• Add property mappings for more Canon program modes

• Correctly finish pending bulb tasks during camera disconnect

• Do not show ‘Unknown’ when photo format is not known

• Ensure Canon liveview status gets updated after enable/disable

• Ensure computed filename is never empty string

• Ensure duplicate download operations are discarded

• Ensure photo format is populated from filename extension if unknown

• Extract extra EXIF metadata from photo during save

• Fix camera hotplug detection on mac

• Fix crash on start up if camera already has download pending

• Fix issue with auto connect not applying to multiple cameras

• Fix issue with stale camera properties after reconnect

• Fix possible crash when camera property goes out of sync

• Fix possible photo save errors, if filename expression option gets set to empty text

• Force liveview support feature for Nikon D3400 and D3500

• Gracefully download pending canon photos after unexpected failures

• Gracefully stop video when disconnecting from camera

• Improve handling of Nikon continuous shooting mode

• Improve perf of Nikon liveview update logic

• Support check/sync clock operation on Canon cameras

• Support extra photo metadata from EXIF

• Changes to External API

• Add command line options to enable External API

• Add image orientation to photo object

• Add tracking of liveview frames with CameraLiveviewNumFrames

• Convert External API to synchronous reply behaviour

• Ensure CameraName is sent for first update of new camera

• Gracefully handle exit() call from python camera scripts

• Implement support for PhotoOrigin API field

• Remove UTF8 BOM from json encoder output

• Rename BulbInterval field to BulbTimer

• Rename CameraLiveviewFocus field to CameraLiveviewFocusStep

• Switch to python language for embedding scripting

• Unify API using for External API and embedded python scripting

• Add Client Presentation Mode feature

• Add support for [S] session name and [I] session num filename tokens

• Add tracking of elapsed video recording time

• Add trigger index to camera metadata

• Allow control of camera operation order using trigger index

• Change custom script loading ability to PRO feature

• Delete camera presets file if all presets are deleted

• Enable high DPI mode for windows installer

• Ensure UTF8 BOM is written when saving text files

• Remove ability to send feedback from within app

• Remove JPEG camera storage mode

• Remove liveview recording feature

• Remove Nullsoft branding from windows installer

• Remove option for reseting sequence number when directory is empty

• Remove option to disable filename generation

• Remove Options Presets feature

• Remove rebranding feature

• Remove support for [N] camera index token in filename expression

• Rename executable for windows uninstaller

• Rewrite camera communication on mac to improve reliability

• Rewrite camera communication to optimise download performance

• Set smart shooter trial mode sku to PRO

• Sort execution of camera operations by trigger index

• Update app to allow running in CLI mode

• Update license texts for 3rdparty libraries

• Update mac minimum version to Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra)

• Use simplified smartshooter logo for windows installer background

v3.38

8th December 2018

• Fix detection of Canon 6D Mark II model name

• Fix auto focus on the Canon 6D Mark II and other Canon cameras

• Fix mirror lockup state for Canon 6D Mark II and other Canon cameras

• Fix mappings for ISO, Drive Mode, and White Balance camera properties on Canon cameras

• Fix use of MRAW and SRAW image formats on Canon cameras

• Fix possible photo save errors, if Filename Expression option gets set to empty text

• Fix mac support for generic PTP cameras

• Allow Photo Download Directory to be set from External API

• Add Microsoft .NET v4.0 package to windows installer

• Remove ability to send feedback from app

v3.37

21st May 2018

• Fix possible app hang on windows, during handling of unexpected camera disconnection

• Fix possible crash on mac, if camera gets disconnected while downloads are pending

• Improve scheduling of download threads for multi-camera parallel downloads

• Enable USB fast poll when camera battery is fully charged

v3.36

11th February 2018

• Fix auto focus for Canon 750D and other newer Canon cameras

• Fix focus stacking script for some older Nikon Cameras

• Add filename expression token [X] for camera serial number

v3.35

24th January 2018

• Fix error when trying to set camera group for multiple cameras

• Fix support for Nikon D3400 liveview

• Search default data path if camera database file is not found

• Add new ‘Group’ camera selection mode to External API

• Update External API docs for CameraSelection and PhotoSelection fields

v3.34

26th November 2017

• Fix issue with default storage mode not being applied after camera reconnection

• Fix failure to launch Windows app, caused by missing MSVC DLL

• Play intermittent beep when lost camera connection is detected

v3.33

15th November 2017

• Add support for Nikon D850

• Add ability to set per-camera display rotation

• Fix ability to shoot with older Canon cameras such as the 450D and 40D

• Fix resync of batch number when triggering multiple cameras

• Fix incorrectly disabled Connect/Disconnect buttons in Camera Controls UI

v3.32

9th September 2017

• Fix crash during camera disconnect after synchronising clocks

• Fix crash during exit if images are still being loaded

v3.31

27th August 2017

• Add support for Canon 200D / Rebel SL2 / Kiss X8

• Add option to disable auto rotation of images

• Add UI to allow selection of GRID network interface/adapter

• Fix crash when camera is disconnected but photo save operation is still pending

• Fix hang when using some Nikon cameras in Mac

• Fix issue with some Nikon cameras disconnecting after failed capture

• Fix intermittent failures with ‘MoveFocus’ script command, used by focus stacking script

• Fix some minor issues with Nikon D7500 camera properties

• Fix issue where video size was reported incorrectly in the UI

• Fix issue with GRID network connection changes being ignored

• Fix deletion of photos from camera for simulated Disk storage mode (Nikon D3xxx cameras)

• Attempt to recover photo status after camera disconnect/reconnect

• Improve UI visibility for display options menu

• Ensure photo display fading only happens if next download is underway

v3.30

9th August 2017

• Fix hang when download failure causes a camera disconnection

• Fix incorrect filename when reshooting photo

• Update to External API to ZeroMQ v4.2.2

v3.29

7th August 2017

• Fix bulb mode for Canon 5D Mark III

• Fix issue with corrupt camera communication on Mac version

• Fix issue of excessive memory usage during video downloads

• Fix crash when enabling/disabling External API

• Add support for strftime() formatting with [T] filename token

• Add support for camera groups

• Update Camera Controls UI to support camera groups

• Ensure display window does not try to load/view video files

• Override Canon drive mode setting during bulb mode

• Support External API relay of custom messages between GRID nodes

• Support External API shutter button control with Canon cameras

v3.28

1st June 2017

• Add support for Canon 77D / 9000D

• Add support for Canon 800D / Rebel T7i / Kiss X9i

• Improve performance of photo file saving

• Improve download performance for continuous shooting

• Fix liveview for some Canon cameras such as the 7D and 5D Mark II

• Attempt to save photo to backup location when photo download/save fails

• Increase limit on max GRID network transfers to 99

• Ensure backslashes are converted correctly for filenames on Mac

• Ensure restart prompt is not shown when closing Options/Preferences window

v3.27

1st May 2017

• Switch to DevMate for licensing system

• Remove use of Canon EDSDK for camera communication

v3.26

15th March 2017

• Improve performance with multi-camera asynchronous downloads

• Balance downloads across detected USB host controllers

• Add individual tracking of camera busy status

• Add automatic detection of physical camera USB attach/detach

• Recover USB connection state after camera plug/unplug

• Rename ‘Refresh List’ button to ‘Detect’

• Remove JPEG previewer script

• Change UI labels for supported cameras option

• Fix option for resetting sequence/batch number after barcode scan

v3.25

31th January 2017

• Add warning popup for unexpected camera disconnection

• Add prototype for Canon EDSDK replacement

• Add USB download rate to information shown in camera table

• Improve UI for Log window

• Improve UI for Camera Controls window

• Fix UI layout of Options window on high DPI displays

• Fix photo scale when 1:1 pixel display ratio is requested

• Fix intermittent crash after camera becomes disconnected

• Fix possible buffer overflow/crash during camera detection on windows

• Stop excessive camera communication traffic with Nikon D3xxx models

• Ensure restart prompt is only show once when changing options

• Ensure camera trigger requests are rejected when mirror lockup is enabled

• Disable shoot action in camera context menu when mirror lockup is enabled

• Cleanup and reduce logging during camera detection

v3.24

16th November 2016

• Fix error causing early expiration of trial version

• Fix intermittent hang caused by race condition with excessive logging

• Fix intermittent hang during shutdown, due to race condition with log messages

• Add support for easy bug/crash reporting using Bugsplat

• Reduce External API traffic message to trace level

• Remove unnecessary log warnings about unmapped Canon properties

• Stop duplicate work when setting names during camera connection

v3.23

5th November 2016

• Add support for Canon 5D Mark IV

• Add display option for always showing the most recent photo

• Optimise GRID photo saving when using shared NAS storage

• Update to Canon EDSDK v3.5

v3.22

12th September 2016

• Add support for Nikon D5

• Add support for Nikon D500

• Add JPEG only option for GRID network photo syncing

• Add button to force resynchronise of camera batch numbers

• Synchronise batch number when triggered multiple cameras

• Optimise file operations for computing photo hash when saving files

• Improve accuracy of liveview zoom region size/position

• Improve performance of downloads from multiple Nikon cameras

• Fix ability to change camera settings from the camera table

• Fix/avoid crash in Microsoft Windows runtime on certain CPUs

v3.21

17th April 2016

• Fix crash with Canon cameras on Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)

• Add support for Canon 80D

• Add support for Canon 1300D / Rebel T6 / Kiss X80

• Add support for Canon 1D X Mark II

• Fix positioning of liveview zoom with rotated display

• Only rotate displayed photos if orientation if not specified in photo file

• Update to Canon EDSDK v3.4

v3.20

3rd April 2016

• Support utf-8 text

• Update code signing certificate for compatibility with latest Windows requirements

• Add filename expression token [E] for photo file extension

• Add warning message for when Graphics card does not support OpenGL

v3.19

9th February 2016

• Fix error when saving photos to sub-directories of photo download directory

• Fix crash when reading JPEG image if file contains bad data

• Fix crash if script interpreter cannot be initialised

• Fix crash on mac due to missing liblzma library

• Keep history of previous log file contents (up to 8mbyte limit)

v3.18

23rd January 2016

• Fix issue of data file corruption after crash

• Fix crash on mac when opening photo in external editor app

• Fix layout of mac DMG package contents

v3.17

20th December 2015

• Fix crash when deleting and then taking photo with the same filename

• Fix crash when UI has to resize scroll bars

• Detect JPEG orientation from Nikon photos

• Ensure Canon storage mode is not forced to Disk on first connection

v3.16

1st November 2015

• Detect orientation of JPEG images and auto-rotate display

• Add ability for applying presets to custom camera selection

v3.15

7th September 2015

• Fix ability to resume Nikon liveview after camera trigger

• Ensure Nikon liveview AF area mode is set to ‘Normal’ to allow UI focus positioning

v3.14

30th August 2015

• Add ‘JPEG’ camera Storage mode to allow selectively only downloading JPEG photos

• Improve performance of External API message communication

v3.13

8th August 2015

• Allow trigger during liveview for Nikon D3200 and D3300

• Add Auto Focus action to camera context menu UI

• Ensure External API reports cameras from all GRID nodes

• Ensure External API receives event messages from all GRID nodes

• Relax restriction on valid IP host addresses for GRID nodes

v3.12

13th July 2015

• Allow editing of camera settings directly from camera table UI

• Fix inconsistent camera status and settings when running scripts

• Ensure camera power information is updated across GRID network

• Ensure node remove requests are set to all GRID nodes

• Improve method for GRID node synchronisation

• Gracefully handle GRID nodes that have clashing IP addresses

• Only warn for GRID node mismatch against connected nodes

• Only save GRID node addresses that were active or manually added

v3.11

21st June 2015

• Add DOF Preview functionality for supported Nikon cameras

• Fix problem with how GRID logic handles network unavailable conditions

• Fix mouse input handling for retina displays

v3.10

1st June 2015

• Add support for Nikon D7200

• Add support for Canon 5DS and 5DS R

• Add support for Canon 750D / Rebel T6i / Kiss X8i

• Add support for Canon 760D / Rebel T6s / 8000D

• Add support for Canon 1D Mark III and 1Ds Mark III

• Add ability to manually add GRID node by IP address

• Improve reliability and performance of GRID networking

• Save GRID node adddresses in database file

• Allow quick view of photos when changing selection in Recent Photos window

• Fix problem with saving UI state of Filename Options window

• Fix memory leak during External API usage

v3.9

14th May 2015

• Fix issue with Nikon liveview mode continuously activating mirror/shutter

• Add option to customise spacing between photos in display window

• Move UI for display options to display window toolbar

v3.8

6th May 2015

• Add support for camera Drive Mode setting

• Add support for customising the liveview refresh rate

• Add option to reset sequence/batch number when Unique Taq or Barcode is changed

• Add possible fix for Canon communication relibility issues on Windows

• Add UI for customising logging levels in Log window

• Add internal support for half pressing shutter release button

• Split UI for Camera Presets and Filename Settings into separate windows

• Improve UI for managing the display’s background image

• Ensure Nikon Storage mode is set to Card when starting video recording

• Ensure Camera Controls UI is consistent with the current camera status

• Fix app hang on Windows after failed Nikon USB transfers

• Fix Storage mode settings for Nikon D200, D40, D60, D80

• Fix Image Quality settings for Nikon D200, D40, D60, D80

• Save and restore the enabled log levels with app options

v3.7

23rd March 2015

• Allow re-ordering of UI table columns

• Fix error when loading decimal numbers for script UI

• Improve reliability of Canon camera management on Windows

• Reduce text width for UI table column names

v3.6

11th March 2015

• Add support for Nikon D5500

• Add External API feature

• Add ability to select multiple cameras or photos and apply actions to them

• Add ability to hide photos from list, without deleting them

• Add Refresh List action to camera context menu

• Improve accuracy of camera clock syncing to (to +-100ms from local time)

• Improve detection of barcodes during automatic barcode scanning

• Improve reliability of camera detection on Mac

• Improve detection of duplicate Nikon cameras on Windows

• Extend actions available in photo context menu

• Ensure photo delete operations affect all copies across GRID network

• Fix issue with double filename extensions when using [O] in filename expression

• Fix UI layout issues with Options window

• Remove Reset Sequence/Batch number buttons from Options window

• Deprecate [N] token from filename expression

v3.5

1st February 2015

• Fix identification and communication problems with Canon 100D / SL1

• Fix ability to stop script once it’s already running

• Fix changing of camera settings across multiple cameras

• Fix missing DLLs in Windows 32-bit installer

• Update Mac OS X minimum version to 10.7 (Lion)

• Force camera Storage mode setting to Disk if no memory card is inserted

• Ensure formatting is only requested for valid memory cards

• Ensure Connect/Disconnect buttons reflect camera status

• Add camera information for number of memory cards inserted

• Add visible warning for GRID node version mismatch

• Stop printing of duplicate MTP camera device information

v3.4

20th January 2015

• Fix batch number increments across grid network

• Fix crash during photo status updates

• Add batch number column to photo table

• Allow secondary display windows to go full screen

v3.3

18th January 2015

• Add UI warning for camera batch number mismatches

• Add new EnableDOF/DisableDOF camera script commands

• Add Windows DLL for VC++ OMP redistributable

• Add UI button to force refresh of table information

• Improve behaviour of UI photo transfer progress bar

• Improve handling of Canon video recording state

• Improve network logic for managing/closing duplicate node connections

• Ensure accuracy of clock syncing is not affected by application latency

• Track photo sequence and batch number correctly for grid nodes with not connect cameras

• Fix bug where Nikon D3xxx photo downloads would save zero sized files

• Allow UI table columns to be hidden

• Ensure UI for camera and photo table resizes correctly to information

• Reduce noise of logging for camera messages

v3.2

3rd December 2014

• Add support for Canon 7D Mark II

v3.1

23rd November 2014

• Add support for Nikon D750

• Add preliminary support for Nikon Coolpix cameras

• Add button to show/hide camera and photo names in the display window

• Add warning indicator for when multi-camera settings are mismatched

• Add option to set a default camera autofocus mode

• Add ability to enable/disable Mirror Lockup on Canon

• Add button for anticlockwise photo rotation

• Improve UI for adding camera presets

• Allow camera presets to include all available camera settings

• Support display autorotate for RAW photo orientation

• Ensure busy icon is shown whilst local camera operations are pending

• Convert semicolons to underscores in photo filenames

• Harmonise text used for camera autofocus modes

• Harmonise text used for Canon exposure compensation settings

• Show columns for camera settings in the camera table

• Add filename expression token [M] for milliseconds

• Allow filename expression [D] and [T] (date/time) to include a separator character

• Allow SetActiveCamera script function to take camera name as parameter

v3.0

2nd November 2014

• Smart Shooter GRID - networked multi-computer control of multi-camera arrays

• Switch to 64 bit for Windows version

• Switch to 64 bit for Mac version

• Add support for Nikon D810

• Add support for Nikon D3300

• Add support for Live View on Nikon D3200 and D3300

• Add new UI for listing cameras and photos

• Add ability to scan barcodes directly from captured images

• Add ability to recompute photo filename after capture

• Add ability to save and load camera settings as presets

• Add ability to synchronise camera clocks

• Add ability to format camera memory cards

• Add ability to alter brightness of Liveview image

• Add Liveview only display mode

• Add camera and photo name labels to display window

• Add UI context menus to display window for camera/photo actions

• Improve and optimise performance of display drawing

• General improvements to UI appearance

• Set default Storage mode to Disk

• Ensure mouse wheel does not change dropdown menu selections

• Ensure camera database names are available before connecting to camera

• Support Retina display resolutions on Mac

• Harmonise names used for Canon and Nikon image quality settings

• Support TIFF and PNG background images

• Fix crash on some AMD Radeon HD graphics cards

v2.18

25th May 2014

• Add support for Nikon D4s

• Add support for changing focus mode on Nikon

• Add confirmation prompt for Options reset button

• Fix capture on Nikon D3x

• Fix problem with ‘FULL PC’ message on some Canon cameras

• Fix long running memory leak and crash for Nikon on Windows

• Fix for possible image download corruption for Nikon on Windows

v2.17

27th April 2014

• Add support for Canon 1200D

• Improve Nikon photo download speed on Windows

• Fix crash on mac caused by old ‘disable asynchronous camera communication’ option

• Always show last known aperture/shutter speed for Canon

v2.16

10th April 2014

• Fix long running memory leak and crash on Mac

• Fix crash/hang on Mac when communicating with cameras during reconnection

• Fix duplicate phantom Canon cameras listed on Mac

• Add option to disable loading of script during start up

v2.15

26th March 2014

• Support for Nikon Df

• Support for Nikon D5300

• Support for bulb mode shooting on Nikon

• Fix crash during reconnection of Nikon cameras

• Fix long running increase in memory usage due to infinite log history

• Improve accuracy of time intervals in camera script loops

• Improve information about Nikon shutter speed setting

• Add delayed trigger script

• Add multicamera option to focus stacking script

• Add new WaitUntil camera script function

v2.14

4th December 2013

• Support for Canon 70D

• Support for Nikon D610

• Fix problem with unusable camera settings when live view is enabled

• Ensure Nikon live view zoom is set to 1:1 pixel ratio

• Ensure live view is resumed after using TakePhoto script command

• Enable prompt for feedback on Mac app store

• Fix URL used for latest version check

v2.13

3rd November 2013

• Ensure live view is resumed after taking a photo

• Fix bug where incorrect photo was displayed when selecting from Photos window

• Fix failure to close app when exiting with live view enabled

• Add script for delayed trigger of camera

• Add option to time lapse script to support multiple cameras

v2.12

12th September 2013

• Major update to Nikon camera communication on Mac (for improved reliability)

• Support for Nikon D7100 (mac and windows version)

• Support for Nikon D3000, D3100, and D3200 (mac and windows version)

• Fix inconsistency of options presets after startup

• Fix issue with persistent storage of Application Name option

• Fix crash when using identify camera button in camera database

• Rename ‘Customer Text’ to ‘Unique Tag’ in UI

v2.11

5th August 2013

• Support for Canon 100D and 700D

• Support for Nikon D7100 (windows version only)

• Add new camera setting for auto focus mode

• Add ability to reshoot a specific photo with the same filename

• Add ability to delete a specific photo

• Add presets for photo download/filename options

• Add filename expression variable for customer text

• Fix issue causing failure to start when asynchronous camera communication is disabled

• Fix issue causing failure to start when running over Windows remote desktop

• Fix crash on Windows when Nikon cameras are unexpectedly disconnected

• Fix problem with consistency of camera name database during camera connection

• Fix problem with consistency of camera name after edit

• Improve UI for Script Controls window

• Add slave camera script

• Allow manual memory card formatting on some Nikon models whilst tethered

v2.10

5th June 2013

• Support for Nikon D3000, D3100, and D3200 (windows version only)

• Support multiple simultaneous Nikon cameras (windows version only)

• Support for Nikon video recording (windows verison only)

• Fix for Canon video recording

• New camera database for assigning custom names to each camera

• Fix batch numbering scheme for photo file names

v2.9

26th April 2013

• Improve process for registering license information

v2.8

3rd April 2013

• Add support for Canon 6D, 5D Mark III, 1D C, 650D/Rebel T4i

• Add ability to control multiple cameras at once

• Add ability to start/stop video recording for Canon cameras

• Sort camera drop down list alphabetically

• Add display indicator for connection status of multiple cameras

v2.7

8th March 2013

• Add preliminary support for Nikon D5200

• Add minimum width specifier for photo naming policy

• Add Z keyboard shortcut for multi shot

• Fix problem starting app on Mac OS X 10.5

v2.6

30th January 2013

• Redesign and improve how photo filenames are generated

• Add ability to disable automatic photo display

• Add setting for default display mode

• Reduce memory usage of application by disabling image caching

• Fix failure to start on some Windows XP machines

• Use camera name stored in Canon cameras

• Add simple script for shutter speed bracket

v2.5

14th January 2013

• Fix problem with blank live view display with Nikon D600

• Fix rare connectivity problem with some Nikons on windows

• Add option to store each photo in a sub directory separately for each connected camera

v2.4

19th December 2012

• Add ability to set a background display image

• Add ability to upload log file to support server

• Add option for fixing compatibility with problematic Nikon cameras on Mac

• Fix display problem with Intel HD 3000 graphics cards, as used by some Macs

v2.3

20th November 2012

• Add support for Nikon D600

• Add option for automatically connecting cameras

• Add option for setting a default Storage mode

• Add option for fade transition when waiting for new photo to load

• Fix problem when using optional script parameters

v2.2

12th September 2012

• Fix for issues with Nikon D800 live view

• Fix for issue with Canon auto focus during live view

• Fix for error with focus stacking script

• Live view is turned back on after taking photo

• Live view scale and position are restored

• Easier exit from full screen mode

v2.1

13th August 2012

• Add icon for windows uninstaller

• Ensure application adjusts layout to fit screen size

• Try and set Canon disk space to avoid PC FULL message on camera

• Ensure update window shows the correct current version

v2.0

6th August 2012

• Application has been redesigned to be more user friendly, with dark styling to minimise distraction from the photos themselves

• Graphics system has been rewritten to improve performance and add support for multiple windows and multiple monitors

• Script interface has been updated so that its more intuitive to load scripts and control script parameters, and includes built-in scripts for timelapse, HDR, HDR timelapse, and focus stacking

• Improvements to reliability of camera communication, with faster photo download and preview

• Support for Nikon D4, D800, and D800E

• Support for Canon 650D, 5D Mark III, and 1D X (windows version only).

v1.1.14

14th February 2012

• Updated to latest Nikon SDK

v1.1.13

8th February 2012

• Fixed issue with bulb mode shooting on some recent Canon cameras

v1.1.12

2nd February 2012

• Fixed issue with Nikon camera connection reliability on mac

• Fixed issue with Canon autofocus when shooting with live view

v1.1.11

3rd September 2011

• Fixed issue with Live View zoom on Nikon

• Allow application to start again if it has previously not closed correctly

v1.1.10

3rd September 2011

• Fixed issue with JPEG decoder

• Fixed issue with Nikon D40x

v1.1.9

29th August 2011

• Added auto focus support for most Canon cameras

• Improved performance of live view mode

v1.1.8

31st July 2011

• Added shortcut keys for some of the camera settings

• Added logic to check only one instance of the application is running

• Added full screen mode

• Fixed crash when using buggy OpenGL drivers (naughty Intel 965/963 Graphics Media Accelerator!)

v1.1.7

23rd June 2011

• Added support for Nikon D5100

• Fixed problem with bulb shooting on Canon 600D/Rebel T3i and Canon 1D Mark IV

• Fixed issue parsing TCL script parameters that contain certain characters, such as ‘:’

• Added example script for timelapse shooting with bulb exposures

v1.1.6

14th May 2011

• Fixed issue causing failure to start with some OpenGL drivers

• Fixed issue for Nikon camera communication that caused failure after 100 photos

• Added 15 use limit for trial version

v1.1.5

14th April 2011

• Added support for Canon 600D (Rebel T3i) and Canon 1100D (Rebel T3)

• Reduced since of Mac version by stripping out redundant code

• Fixed rare crash on Mac related to loading rogue Qt plugins

v1.1.4

4th April 2011

• Added option to wake screensaver when a new photo is taken

• Fixed bug that caused crash if the return result of a script was too long

• Added TCL example script for delayed shooting timer

v1.1.3

15th March 2011

• Improved reliability of Canon photo download

• Added new TCL functions ‘GetPhotoDetails’ and ‘GetCameraDetails’

• Added log output for TCL function return values

• Disabled bulb shooting button for Nikon

• Fixed bug with photo filenames for Nikon

• Added TCL example script with SmartShooter stub functions

v1.1.2

22nd February 2011

• Added new icon and title graphics

• Improved reliability of ‘Reset Layout’ menu option

• Updated Nikon camera modules to latest version

v1.1.1

8th February 2011

• Fixed compatability with OpenGL v1.1 and above

• Added ability to specify photo filename sequence number

• Added support for minidumps for crash analysis in Windows

v1.1.0

31st December 2010

• Added support for Nikon D40, D60, and D80

• Added ability to save GUI layout for next time program is run

• Ensured GUI layout adapts to small screen sizes (such as Macbook Air 11″)

• Fixed minor issues with GUI rendering on Mac

• Added HDR timelapse example scriptsFixed problem with TCL script interpreter

v1.0.702

26th December 2010

• Added support for Nikon D7000

v1.0.690

20th December 2010

• Added ability to rotate photo display

• Added preliminary support for Nikon D200

• Standardised names for aperture and shutter speed values between Nikon and Canon

• Improved logging information to help when writing scripts

v1.0.598

11th December 2010

• Added customisable photo filename prefix for Nikon

• Added ‘MultiShot’ ability to take a photo with all connected cameras at once

• Fixed live view display when multiple cameras have live view enabled

• Fixed aperture controls when using Canon 1D Mark IV in Bulb shooting mode

v1.0.588

24th November 2010

• Fixed compatability with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)

v1.0.582

19th November 2010

• Added Auto Focus functionality (Nikon only at the moment)

• Set log viewer window to float by default

• Fixed issue that caused the view 1×1 button to scale the photo incorrectly

• Fixed crash when a photo download attempt fails

v1.0.560

10th November 2010

• Improved reliability of script commands

• Fixed issue with Nikon live view stopping after photo is taken

• Added support for Nikon D3x

v1.0.546

6th November 2010

• Fixed crash on certain graphics hardware when loading large photos

• Fixed issue causing error dialog to be shown when trial is exited

• Added optional Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 runtime installer (required by Nikon image library)

v1.0.538

3rd November 2010

• Improved performance of Nikon live view

• Added Depth of Field (DOF) preview option for Canon live view

• Set log file size limit to 10MB

• Updated install package so example scripts are more obvious

• Added missing DLL for Nikon NEF library

• Fixed problem with Canon unknown image quality settings on Mac OS X

v1.0.525

30th October 2010

• Fixed crash with graphics cards that do not support OpenGL v2

v1.0.522

28th October 2010

• Added support for Nikon D300 and D300s

• Added support for Canon D60

• Added error reporting dialog in case application closes unexpectedly

v1.0.512

22th October 2010

• Added support for Nikon D90 and Nikon D5000

• Added indicator for camera battery status

• Added context menu to launch external file browser for photo file

• Fixed issue with image histogram: blue and green channels were incorrectly swapped

• Reduced trial photo limit to 30 photos

v1.0.483

6th October 2010

• Added histogram display for the photo colour channels

• Added option to highlight areas of the photo where the colour is at the edge of the colour range

• Added option to display a grid line overlay

• Added option to auto run the current script whenever a new photo is taken

• Added option to open photo in an external editor application

• Added context menu to the Photo List window

• Added command line parameter to specify a script to run immediately after start up: SmartShooter.exe -r myscript.tcl

• Improved performance when synchronising camera settings

v1.0.462

22th September 2010

• Added ability to take photos with bulb exposure timer

• Added tool tips to user interface

v1.0.451

20th September 2010

• Added ability to record each Live View frame as a JPEG image

• Added ability to download all photos

• Added option to set the background colour

• Fixed crash on Mac when validated license

v1.0.440

19th September 2010

• Added mouse cursor icons to photo display

• Added button to view photo at 1:1 pixel to screen ratio

• Improved Photo List interface

v1.0.432

16th September 2010

• Fixed problem when loading a new script

v1.0.426

15th September 2010

• Added ability to change White Balance and Metering Mode

• Fixed problem with ISO range control when using Canon 5D Mark II

• Fixed notification message when a new camera is detected

v1.0.417

12th September 2010

• Improved performance of Live View

• Mac version: Fixed crash whilst processing RAW photos

v1.0.412

10th September 2010

• Improved reliability of Live View

• Added user defined parameters to camera script controls

v1.0.377

24th August 2010

• Fixed crash in JPEG loader

v1.0.371

17th August 2010

• Improved performance of JPEG processing

• Added functionality for registering a license

• Removed beta license expiry

v1.0.350

18th May 2010

• Added support for Mac OS X (Intel)

v1.0.341

17th May 2010

• Improved GUI interface

• Added ability to interrupt and stop a running script

v1.0.290

30th March 2010

• Fixed possible problem on some Canon EOS cameras with Live View operation

• Fixed bug which caused some values for Exposure Compensation setting to be missing

• Improved performance of log window

v1.0.284

29th March 2010

• Added ability to change position of live view zoom

• Added keyboard shortcuts for moving and zooming the display

v1.0.278

24th March 2010

• Added Exposure Compensation setting

• Fixed handling of camera disconnection

• Fixed crash during manual photo download

v1.0.272

18th March 2010

• Updated trial expiry date

v1.0.268

17th March 2010

• Correctly positioned live view output when zoom is enabled

• Added log viewer for diagnostics

v1.0.253

7th March 2010

• Added option for viewing full RAW image

• Fixed crash when camera settings change

v1.0.219

13th February 2010

• Added controls for live view focus

• Simplified interface layout

v1.0.214

11th February 2010

• Added Aperture setting

• Added Shutter Speed setting

• Added ISO setting

• Added Image Quality setting

v1.0.201

7th February 2010

• Changed RAW photo display to use preview JPEG data

• Improved photo download speed

• Saved options to hard disk

• Converted interface to docking layout

v1.0.140

11th January 2010

• Fixed option to set photo download directory

v1.0.134

10th January 2010

• Disabled TEST camera

• Set log directory to Windows application data folder

• Made interface layout DPI aware

v1.0.121

6th January 2010

• First release!