Hi. Been here before, same idea, but new try, with other gear:

I bought a Nicon Coolpix d500 (cheap). I know it is possible to remote control it via USB. I have a cable, but no software for it.

I would like to make time compression movies of e.g. clouds, so I would like to hook the camera to a laptop, have it make shots at an interval, save each shot to the HD (since you can't get very big memeory sticks for this old camera), and later turn them into a movie. The last part is rather easy, but I can't find good info of how to hook up USB control.

Can anybody here help?

Thanks, Hans

Bump.

Have you looked at Nikon's website for remote control software for the camera? If they don't have it, it is unlikely anyone does.

brian

I have, but it is rather unclear. I have seen it used for a later model.

I guess I'll just get a modern HD webcam, and use the Nikon as paperweight, .

Hans