Sofortbild brings to the table almost all, if not the very significant functions of the Camera Control Pro application from Nikon. The basic feature-set includes controlling your camera from the software which is essential for tethered shooting, automatic transfer of captured images to the hard drive, trigger shutter release from the application interface as well as the camera, bracketing and transferring images to your favorite photography workflow tool (Aperture or Lightroom). Apart from the above very basic capabilities the application allows you customize filenames, selecting shooting format (RAW or JPG or RAW+JPG), bracketed shots for subtle control of exposure, ability to change camera settings (like shutter speed, aperture, White balance, ISO etc.) complete display of camera settings on the application interface, timer functions which brings the ability to perform time-lapse photography even though the camera body does not inherently provide the function etc. GPS data read outs and EXIF info display HUD is very good touch. Some features like the Image viewer which can be configured to display the captured shot is basic but provides the user almost all of the functions that he or she would require under the circumstance. Again if you don’t need the image viewer you can configure Sofortbild to directly capture to a folder or import the shots into Lightroom or Aperture, this kind of convenience in a freeware application is just unheard of!
