Z8 Not connecting

[kjshank]

Hi I just purchased BYN with the intention of using it to shoot the eclipse.  I am having issues connecting to my Z8. I emailed my logfile to you if that helps.

Regards,

kjshank

[admin]

Well, I have personally tried and tested the Z8 this weekend and I can confirm with 100% certainty that the latest RC7 pre-release not only connects to the Z8 with BYN 64 bits version but that live view works as well.

Please re-download, re-install, and reboot. 

Keep us posted.

[kjshank]

I happened to have a freshly formatted and reinstalled windows 10 laptop available so I installed only .net and BYN, still no success connecting. I put the camera in airplane mode. USB data connection is set to MTP/PTP. I found another setting in the Z8 for "USB connection priority", I tried both "Upload" and "Shooting" 

The Z8 you were testing with this weekend, does it have the newest firmware? I am on version 2.0

logfile-[20240305-15h09m18s556]-[3528]-2024-03-05.txt

[astroman133]

How is the camera connected to the computer? Is the USB cable known to be good? Does the Windows Device Manager see the camera once it is connected and powered on?

[admin]

The error below from your log files says it all; the issue is that the Nikon SDK is not even loading.... your camera firmware is irrelevant here, your issue is the computer.

Make sure you have the C++ 2017 or higher installed on your computer.

 

2024-03-05 15:09:32,818 [Main] DEBUG - Nikon drivers 'Type0031_Z8/C:\Program Files\BackyardNIKONv3.5\NikonX64\Type0031_Z8\Type0031.md3' is loading...
2024-03-05 15:09:32,834 [Main] ERROR - Error loading Nikon driver file : 'Type0031_Z8/C:\Program Files\BackyardNIKONv3.5\NikonX64\Type0031_Z8\Type0031.md3'
2024-03-05 15:09:32,834 [Main] ERROR - Failed to load MD3 file: C:\Program Files\BackyardNIKONv3.5\NikonX64\Type0031_Z8\Type0031.md3. The file might be corrupted or in use by another process. You can download MD3 files from Nikons website: https://sdk.nikonimaging.com/apply/
2024-03-05 15:09:32,834 [Main] ERROR -    at BinaryRivers.Camera.Nikon.Wrapper.NikonMd3..ctor(String md3File, String md3EntryPoint)
   at BinaryRivers.Camera.Nikon.Wrapper.NikonManager..ctor(String md3File, String md3EntryPoint, SynchronizationContext context)
   at BinaryRivers.Camera.Nikon.NikonCameraManager.LoadManagers(String dir)
2024-03-05 15:09:40,379 [Main] INFO  - Camera Not Found!  Make sure it's connected to the PC and turned ON :)
2024-03-05 15:09:40,410 [Main] INFO  - Camera state changed: 'Disconnected'