NX Field supports the capture of decisive moments – achieving immediacy in the workflow even those from previously difficult perspectives and angles, by enabling the remote cameras to be positioned in places that are not easily accessible, such as at the goal line of a race or near a stadium ceiling, or in situations where the number of photographers allowed on site are limited.
NX Field will be released by NPS (Nikon Professional Service), an organisation through which Nikon offers support and services to professional photographers throughout the world. To use NX Field, the dedicated camera firmware is to be installed for a fee, and the NX Field app2 must be downloaded to a compatible smart device.
More details on enabling NX Field will be available here.
By connecting multiple compatible Nikon DSLR cameras, the camera set as the master camera can simultaneously control the shutter release on the remote cameras via a wired LAN cable or wireless LAN3.
The NX Field supports remote shooting over 5G high-speed communication standard or the internet4. With the NX Field app for smart devices, the shutter release on remote cameras connected can also be controlled from the compatible smart devices. The app can also be used to easily perform a number of tasks remotely, including checking the live view image, changing camera settings, and checking and uploading images captured with the cameras individually. All of these can be done with a user interface that pursues flexibility and usability to streamline the on-site workflow.
Providing further flexibility, the system also enables the immediate and automatic upload of images captured with the master and remote cameras to an FTP server. When a wired LAN cable connection is used, the system is extremely stable as is not easily affected by external factors such as a lack of sufficient Wi-Fi signal or congested Wi-Fi traffic.