Imaging Console Lite
Nikon Essential
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Control your Nikon camera for free. Use your iPhone/iPad/Mac for photo and video capture, plenty menu settings, media browsing, and downloads. Start now.
Imaging Console Lite is a third-party camera control, live monitoring, and file transfer app for Nikon Z-series mirrorless and cinema cameras.
It focuses on a streamlined single-camera shooting experience and is designed for photography enthusiasts, independent photographers, and visual creators whose primary needs are controlling one camera, monitoring live view, and transferring files from the camera.
Without a subscription, you can connect one compatible camera for remote shooting, camera setting adjustments, touch autofocus, in-camera media browsing, and manual downloads. For a more complete single-camera workflow, subscribe to Lite Plus to unlock advanced controls, LiveView, LUT workflows, gallery processing, and export tools.
Main Free Features
• Connect one compatible camera via USB (MTP/PTP) or wireless PTP/IP
• Remotely capture photos and record videos
• AF-ON focus control
• Adjust shutter speed, aperture, ISO, exposure mode, and exposure compensation
• Adjust white balance, metering, focus mode, and AF-area mode
• Select Picture Controls and adjust vibration reduction
• Use and freely reorder an iMenu containing 12 essential controls
• Single-shot self-timer
• Quickly review images after capture
• Browse photos and videos stored on the camera
• Manually download original files and save them to the system photo library
Main Lite Plus Features
Lite Plus is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. Both plans unlock the same features:
• Live View monitoring
• Touch autofocus
• Burst shooting control
• Multiple self-timer shots
• Change supported settings throughout the complete camera menu
• Freely add, remove, and rearrange iMenu items
• Automatically display a preview after capture
• Custom LUT and Picture Control library
• Apply LUTs to Live View monitoring and gallery workflows
• Anamorphic de-squeeze monitoring
• Red night-vision interface
• Gallery filters and LUT image processing
• Automatically load original files
• System sharing and saving to Files
• Quickly create three-second Live Photos
Available Only in Imaging Console
• Multi-camera cluster control and simultaneous live monitoring
• Global synchronized triggering
• Automatic downloads, instant transfer, and automatic GPS metadata attachment
• Special shooting mode controls
• Professional monitoring tools, including focus peaking, framing guides, false color, and timecode
• Power zoom and advanced monitoring controls
• Live Photos with a custom duration
• Custom media import and FHD file workflows
• Voice memo management
• Live Activities and advanced capture and control options
• IPTC and copyright management
• GPS in-camera attach
Compatibility
Expeed 7 models: Z9, Z8, ZR, Z6III, Z5II, Zf, and Z50II.
Expeed 6 models: Z5, Z6, Z7, Z6II, Z7II, Z50, Z30, and Zfc. When using the camera’s “Connect to smart device” function, camera control, Live View monitoring, and access to in-camera files are available. When using “Connect to computer,” camera control and Live View monitoring are available.
Feature availability may vary depending on the camera model, firmware version, connection method, and shooting mode.
Important Notice
Imaging Console Lite is an independently developed third-party product and is not affiliated with, associated with, authorized by, endorsed by, or otherwise officially connected with Nikon Corporation, RED Digital Cinema, or any of their affiliated companies. References to Nikon, RED, and related product names are made solely to describe device compatibility.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://scrawny-honeydew-fc3.notion.site/Imaging-Console-Privacy-Policy-38878bef77b880108900e47dd6ff4441
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
- (Beta) Added watermark feature with two built-in templates: "Corner Watermark" and "Photo Card". Supports auto‑download/manual download of in‑camera photos and gallery photo editing, enabling direct export of watermarked photos after capture.(Plus)
- Added LUT preview support for monitoring in photo shooting mode.(Plus)
- LUT preview is no longer restricted to Log mode when monitoring in video shooting mode.(Plus)
- Added two new touch AF modes in monitoring: "AF Point Positioning" (photo/video) and "Touch Shutter/Trigger AF" (photo), offering the same experience as the camera's touch AF, with cycling through four modes.(Plus)
- Optimized touch AF logic and responsiveness.(Plus)
- Fixed duplicate downloads of in‑camera photos when the second card slot function was set to "RAW Primary Slot – JPEG Secondary Slot" or "JPEG Primary Slot – JPEG Secondary Slot" on dual‑slot cameras.
- Fixed burst photos not displaying as merged when the second card slot function was set to "RAW Primary Slot – JPEG Secondary Slot" or "JPEG Primary Slot – JPEG Secondary Slot".
- Other bug fixes and optimizations.
- The kitten felt the owner wasn't spending enough time at home, so she gave the owner several cat punches.
The developer, 栋 张, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- 栋 张
- Size
- 142.6 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lite Plus Annual $9.99
- Lite Plus Monthly $0.99
- Copyright
- ©️2026 Dong Zhang