Hello,
Please find the required documents for adding support for a new camera to the
gphoto2 project.
Serial numbers redacted.
> gphoto2 --auto-detect
> Model Port
> ----------------------------------------------------------USB PTP Class
> Camera usb:001,010
> lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 010: ID 04b0:0456 Nikon Corp. NIKON DSC Z5_2
> gphoto2 --capture-image
> New file is in location /capt0000.nef on the camera
Note, the --capture-image argument would fail when the camera's exposure was
set to bulb mode.
Let me know if I can get anything else for you.
Thanks in advance.
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/main/actions/bulb
Label: Bulb Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: TOGGLE
Current: 2
END
/main/actions/bulb
Label: Bulb Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: TOGGLE
Current: 2
END
/main/actions/autofocusdrive
Label: Drive Nikon DSLR Autofocus
Readonly: 0
Type: TOGGLE
Current: 0
END
/main/actions/manualfocusdrive
Label: Drive Nikon DSLR Manual focus
Readonly: 0
Type: RANGE
Current: 0
Bottom: -32767
Top: 32767
Step: 1
END
/main/actions/changeafarea
Label: Set Nikon Autofocus area
Readonly: 0
Type: TEXT
Current: 0x0
END
/main/actions/controlmode
Label: Set Nikon Control Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: TEXT
Current: 0
END
/main/actions/viewfinder
Label: Nikon Viewfinder
Readonly: 0
Type: TOGGLE
Current: 0
END
/main/actions/movie
Label: Movie Capture
Readonly: 0
Type: TOGGLE
Current: 2
END
/main/actions/opcode
Label: PTP Opcode
Readonly: 0
Type: TEXT
Current: 0x1001,0xparam1,0xparam2
END
/main/settings/datetime
Label: Camera Date and Time
Readonly: 0
Type: DATE
Current: 1750464017
Printable: Fri 20 Jun 2025 05:00:17 PM PDT
Help: Use 'now' as the current time when setting.
END
/main/settings/thumbsize
Label: Thumb Size
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current:
Choice: 0 normal
Choice: 1 large
END
/main/settings/fastfs
Label: Fast Filesystem
Readonly: 0
Type: TOGGLE
Current: 1
END
/main/settings/capturetarget
Label: Capture Target
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: Internal RAM
Choice: 0 Internal RAM
Choice: 1 Memory card
END
/main/settings/autofocus
Label: Autofocus
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: On
Choice: 0 On
Choice: 1 Off
END
/main/status/serialnumber
Label: Serial Number
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current: 0000000000000000000000000XXXXXXX
END
/main/status/manufacturer
Label: Camera Manufacturer
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current: Nikon Corporation
END
/main/status/cameramodel
Label: Camera Model
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current: Z5_2
END
/main/status/deviceversion
Label: Device Version
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current: V1.00
END
/main/status/vendorextension
Label: Vendor Extension
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current: Microsoft.com/DeviceServices: 1.0
END
/main/status/batterylevel
Label: Battery Level
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current: 60%
END
/main/imgsettings/imagesize
Label: Image Size
Readonly: 1
Type: RADIO
Current: 6048x4032
Choice: 0 6048x4032
Choice: 1 4528x3024
Choice: 2 3024x2016
END
/main/imgsettings/iso
Label: ISO Speed
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: 100
Choice: 0 50
Choice: 1 64
Choice: 2 80
Choice: 3 100
Choice: 4 125
Choice: 5 160
Choice: 6 200
Choice: 7 250
Choice: 8 320
Choice: 9 400
Choice: 10 500
Choice: 11 640
Choice: 12 800
Choice: 13 1000
Choice: 14 1250
Choice: 15 1600
Choice: 16 2000
Choice: 17 2500
Choice: 18 3200
Choice: 19 4000
Choice: 20 5000
Choice: 21 6400
Choice: 22 8000
Choice: 23 10000
Choice: 24 12800
Choice: 25 16000
Choice: 26 20000
Choice: 27 25600
Choice: 28 32000
Choice: 29 40000
Choice: 30 51200
END
/main/imgsettings/whitebalance
Label: WhiteBalance
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: Automatic
Choice: 0 Automatic
Choice: 1 Daylight
Choice: 2 Fluorescent
Choice: 3 Tungsten
Choice: 4 Flash
Choice: 5 Cloudy
Choice: 6 Shade
Choice: 7 Color Temperature
Choice: 8 Preset
Choice: 9 Natural light auto
END
/main/capturesettings/exposurecompensation
Label: Exposure Compensation
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: 0
Choice: 0 -5
Choice: 1 -4.666
Choice: 2 -4.333
Choice: 3 -4
Choice: 4 -3.666
Choice: 5 -3.333
Choice: 6 -3
Choice: 7 -2.666
Choice: 8 -2.333
Choice: 9 -2
Choice: 10 -1.666
Choice: 11 -1.333
Choice: 12 -1
Choice: 13 -0.666
Choice: 14 -0.333
Choice: 15 0
Choice: 16 0.333
Choice: 17 0.666
Choice: 18 1
Choice: 19 1.333
Choice: 20 1.666
Choice: 21 2
Choice: 22 2.333
Choice: 23 2.666
Choice: 24 3
Choice: 25 3.333
Choice: 26 3.666
Choice: 27 4
Choice: 28 4.333
Choice: 29 4.666
Choice: 30 5
END
/main/capturesettings/flashmode
Label: Flash Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: Flash off
Choice: 0 Flash off
Choice: 1 Red-eye automatic
Choice: 2 Auto
Choice: 3 Rear Curtain Sync + Slow Sync
END
/main/capturesettings/f-number
Label: F-Number
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: f/2
Choice: 0 f/2
Choice: 1 f/2.2
END
/main/capturesettings/imagequality
Label: Image Quality
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: NEF+Fine
Choice: 0 JPEG Basic
Choice: 1 JPEG Normal
Choice: 2 JPEG Fine
Choice: 3 Unknown value 0003
Choice: 4 NEF (Raw)
Choice: 5 NEF+Basic
Choice: 6 NEF+Fine
Choice: 7 Unknown value 0008
Choice: 8 Unknown value 0009
Choice: 9 Unknown value 000a
Choice: 10 Unknown value 000b
Choice: 11 Unknown value 000c
Choice: 12 Unknown value 000d
END
/main/capturesettings/focallength
Label: Focal Length
Readonly: 1
Type: RANGE
Current: 75
Bottom: 75
Top: 75
Step: 0.01
END
/main/capturesettings/focusmode
Label: Focus Mode
Readonly: 1
Type: RADIO
Current: AF-A
Choice: 0 Manual
Choice: 1 AF-S
Choice: 2 AF-C
Choice: 3 AF-A
Choice: 4 AF-F
END
/main/capturesettings/expprogram
Label: Exposure Program
Readonly: 1
Type: RADIO
Current: M
Choice: 0 M
Choice: 1 P
Choice: 2 A
Choice: 3 S
Choice: 4 Auto
Choice: 5 U1
Choice: 6 U2
Choice: 7 U3
END
/main/capturesettings/capturemode
Label: Still Capture Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: Single Shot
Choice: 0 Single Shot
Choice: 1 Burst
Choice: 2 Continuous Low Speed
Choice: 3 Timer
Choice: 4 Unknown value 8019
Choice: 5 Unknown value 810f
Choice: 6 Unknown value 811e
END
/main/capturesettings/exposuremetermode
Label: Exposure Metering Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: Multi Spot
Choice: 0 Center Weighted
Choice: 1 Multi Spot
Choice: 2 Center Spot
Choice: 3 Unknown value 8010
END
/main/capturesettings/shutterspeed
Label: Shutter Speed
Readonly: 0
Type: RADIO
Current: Bulb
Choice: 0 0.0001s
Choice: 1 0.0002s
Choice: 2 0.0003s
Choice: 3 0.0004s
Choice: 4 0.0005s
Choice: 5 0.0006s
Choice: 6 0.0008s
Choice: 7 0.0010s
Choice: 8 0.0012s
Choice: 9 0.0015s
Choice: 10 0.0020s
Choice: 11 0.0025s
Choice: 12 0.0031s
Choice: 13 0.0040s
Choice: 14 0.0050s
Choice: 15 0.0062s
Choice: 16 0.0080s
Choice: 17 0.0100s
Choice: 18 0.0125s
Choice: 19 0.0166s
Choice: 20 0.0200s
Choice: 21 0.0250s
Choice: 22 0.0333s
Choice: 23 0.0400s
Choice: 24 0.0500s
Choice: 25 0.0666s
Choice: 26 0.0769s
Choice: 27 0.1000s
Choice: 28 0.1250s
Choice: 29 0.1666s
Choice: 30 0.2000s
Choice: 31 0.2500s
Choice: 32 0.3333s
Choice: 33 0.4000s
Choice: 34 0.5000s
Choice: 35 0.6250s
Choice: 36 0.7692s
Choice: 37 1.0000s
Choice: 38 1.3000s
Choice: 39 1.6000s
Choice: 40 2.0000s
Choice: 41 2.5000s
Choice: 42 3.0000s
Choice: 43 4.0000s
Choice: 44 5.0000s
Choice: 45 6.0000s
Choice: 46 8.0000s
Choice: 47 10.0000s
Choice: 48 13.0000s
Choice: 49 15.0000s
Choice: 50 20.0000s
Choice: 51 25.0000s
Choice: 52 30.0000s
Choice: 53 Bulb
Choice: 54 Time
END
/main/capturesettings/burstnumber
Label: Burst Number
Readonly: 0
Type: RANGE
Current: 1
Bottom: 1
Top: 65535
Step: 1
END
/main/capturesettings/applicationmode
Label: Application Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: TEXT
Current: 0
END
/main/other/5001
Label: Battery Level
Readonly: 1
Type: MENU
Current: 60
Choice: 0 1
Choice: 1 2
Choice: 2 3
Choice: 3 4
Choice: 4 5
Choice: 5 6
Choice: 6 7
Choice: 7 8
Choice: 8 9
Choice: 9 10
Choice: 10 11
Choice: 11 12
Choice: 12 13
Choice: 13 14
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Choice: 15 16
Choice: 16 17
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Choice: 18 19
Choice: 19 20
Choice: 20 21
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Choice: 24 25
Choice: 25 26
Choice: 26 27
Choice: 27 28
Choice: 28 29
Choice: 29 30
Choice: 30 31
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Choice: 32 33
Choice: 33 34
Choice: 34 35
Choice: 35 36
Choice: 36 37
Choice: 37 38
Choice: 38 39
Choice: 39 40
Choice: 40 41
Choice: 41 42
Choice: 42 43
Choice: 43 44
Choice: 44 45
Choice: 45 46
Choice: 46 47
Choice: 47 48
Choice: 48 49
Choice: 49 50
Choice: 50 51
Choice: 51 52
Choice: 52 53
Choice: 53 54
Choice: 54 55
Choice: 55 56
Choice: 56 57
Choice: 57 58
Choice: 58 59
Choice: 59 60
Choice: 60 61
Choice: 61 62
Choice: 62 63
Choice: 63 64
Choice: 64 65
Choice: 65 66
Choice: 66 67
Choice: 67 68
Choice: 68 69
Choice: 69 70
Choice: 70 71
Choice: 71 72
Choice: 72 73
Choice: 73 74
Choice: 74 75
Choice: 75 76
Choice: 76 77
Choice: 77 78
Choice: 78 79
Choice: 79 80
Choice: 80 81
Choice: 81 82
Choice: 82 83
Choice: 83 84
Choice: 84 85
Choice: 85 86
Choice: 86 87
Choice: 87 88
Choice: 88 89
Choice: 89 90
Choice: 90 91
Choice: 91 92
Choice: 92 93
Choice: 93 94
Choice: 94 95
Choice: 95 96
Choice: 96 97
Choice: 97 98
Choice: 98 99
Choice: 99 100
END
/main/other/5003
Label: Image Size
Readonly: 1
Type: MENU
Current: 6048x4032
Choice: 0 6048x4032
Choice: 1 4528x3024
Choice: 2 3024x2016
END
/main/other/5004
Label: Compression Setting
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: 7
Choice: 0 0
Choice: 1 1
Choice: 2 2
Choice: 3 3
Choice: 4 4
Choice: 5 5
Choice: 6 7
Choice: 7 8
Choice: 8 9
Choice: 9 10
Choice: 10 11
Choice: 11 12
Choice: 12 13
END
/main/other/5005
Label: White Balance
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: 2
Choice: 0 2
Choice: 1 4
Choice: 2 5
Choice: 3 6
Choice: 4 7
Choice: 5 32784
Choice: 6 32785
Choice: 7 32786
Choice: 8 32787
Choice: 9 32790
END
/main/other/5007
Label: F-Number
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: 200
Choice: 0 200
Choice: 1 220
END
/main/other/5008
Label: Focal Length
Readonly: 1
Type: MENU
Current: 7500
Choice: 0 7500
END
/main/other/500a
Label: Focus Mode
Readonly: 1
Type: MENU
Current: 32786
Choice: 0 1
Choice: 1 32784
Choice: 2 32785
Choice: 3 32786
Choice: 4 32787
END
/main/other/500b
Label: Exposure Metering Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: 3
Choice: 0 2
Choice: 1 3
Choice: 2 4
Choice: 3 32784
END
/main/other/500c
Label: Flash Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: 2
Choice: 0 2
Choice: 1 4
Choice: 2 32784
Choice: 3 32786
END
/main/other/500d
Label: Exposure Time
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: -1
Choice: 0 1
Choice: 1 2
Choice: 2 3
Choice: 3 4
Choice: 4 5
Choice: 5 6
Choice: 6 8
Choice: 7 10
Choice: 8 12
Choice: 9 15
Choice: 10 20
Choice: 11 25
Choice: 12 31
Choice: 13 40
Choice: 14 50
Choice: 15 62
Choice: 16 80
Choice: 17 100
Choice: 18 125
Choice: 19 166
Choice: 20 200
Choice: 21 250
Choice: 22 333
Choice: 23 400
Choice: 24 500
Choice: 25 666
Choice: 26 769
Choice: 27 1000
Choice: 28 1250
Choice: 29 1666
Choice: 30 2000
Choice: 31 2500
Choice: 32 3333
Choice: 33 4000
Choice: 34 5000
Choice: 35 6250
Choice: 36 7692
Choice: 37 10000
Choice: 38 13000
Choice: 39 16000
Choice: 40 20000
Choice: 41 25000
Choice: 42 30000
Choice: 43 40000
Choice: 44 50000
Choice: 45 60000
Choice: 46 80000
Choice: 47 100000
Choice: 48 130000
Choice: 49 150000
Choice: 50 200000
Choice: 51 250000
Choice: 52 300000
Choice: 53 -1
Choice: 54 -3
END
/main/other/500e
Label: Exposure Program Mode
Readonly: 1
Type: MENU
Current: 1
Choice: 0 1
Choice: 1 2
Choice: 2 3
Choice: 3 4
Choice: 4 32784
Choice: 5 32848
Choice: 6 32849
Choice: 7 32850
END
/main/other/500f
Label: Exposure Index (film speed ISO)
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: 100
Choice: 0 50
Choice: 1 64
Choice: 2 80
Choice: 3 100
Choice: 4 125
Choice: 5 160
Choice: 6 200
Choice: 7 250
Choice: 8 320
Choice: 9 400
Choice: 10 500
Choice: 11 640
Choice: 12 800
Choice: 13 1000
Choice: 14 1250
Choice: 15 1600
Choice: 16 2000
Choice: 17 2500
Choice: 18 3200
Choice: 19 4000
Choice: 20 5000
Choice: 21 6400
Choice: 22 8000
Choice: 23 10000
Choice: 24 12800
Choice: 25 16000
Choice: 26 20000
Choice: 27 25600
Choice: 28 32000
Choice: 29 40000
Choice: 30 51200
END
/main/other/5010
Label: Exposure Bias Compensation
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: 0
Choice: 0 -5000
Choice: 1 -4666
Choice: 2 -4333
Choice: 3 -4000
Choice: 4 -3666
Choice: 5 -3333
Choice: 6 -3000
Choice: 7 -2666
Choice: 8 -2333
Choice: 9 -2000
Choice: 10 -1666
Choice: 11 -1333
Choice: 12 -1000
Choice: 13 -666
Choice: 14 -333
Choice: 15 0
Choice: 16 333
Choice: 17 666
Choice: 18 1000
Choice: 19 1333
Choice: 20 1666
Choice: 21 2000
Choice: 22 2333
Choice: 23 2666
Choice: 24 3000
Choice: 25 3333
Choice: 26 3666
Choice: 27 4000
Choice: 28 4333
Choice: 29 4666
Choice: 30 5000
END
/main/other/5011
Label: Date & Time
Readonly: 0
Type: TEXT
Current: 20250620T170017
END
/main/other/5013
Label: Still Capture Mode
Readonly: 0
Type: MENU
Current: 1
Choice: 0 1
Choice: 1 2
Choice: 2 32784
Choice: 3 32785
Choice: 4 32793
Choice: 5 33039
Choice: 6 33054
END
/main/other/5018
Label: Burst Number
Readonly: 0
Type: RANGE
Current: 1
Bottom: 1
Top: 65535
Step: 1
END
/main/other/501e
Label: Artist
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current:
END
/main/other/501f
Label: Copyright Info
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current:
END
/main/other/d303
Label: UseDeviceStageFlag
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current: 1
END
/main/other/d406
Label: PTP Property 0xd406
Readonly: 0
Type: TEXT
Current: Windows/6.0.5330.0 MTPClassDriver/6.0.5330.0
END
/main/other/d407
Label: PTP Property 0xd407
Readonly: 1
Type: TEXT
Current: 1
END
Camera summary:
Manufacturer: Nikon Corporation
Model: Z5_2
Version: V1.00
Serial Number: 0000000000000000000000000XXXXXXX
Vendor Extension ID: 0xa (1.10)
Vendor Extension Description: Microsoft.com/DeviceServices: 1.0
Capture Formats: JPEG Undefined Type
Display Formats: JPEG, Undefined Type, Association/Directory, MS Wave, TIFF,
Script, Apple Quicktime, Unknown(b200), Unknown(b201), Unknown(b982)
Device Capabilities:
File Download, File Deletion, No File Upload
Generic Image Capture, No Open Capture, Nikon Capture 1, Nikon Capture
2, Nikon Capture 3
Storage Devices Summary:
store_00010001:
StorageDescription:
VolumeLabel: [Slot 1]
Storage Type: Removable RAM (memory card)
Filesystemtype: Digital Camera Layout (DCIM)
Access Capability: Read Only with Object deletion
Maximum Capability: 128001769472 (122072 MB)
Free Space (Bytes): 82085281792 (78282 MB)
Free Space (Images): 1674
store_00020001:
StorageDescription:
VolumeLabel: [Slot 2]
Storage Type: Removable RAM (memory card)
Filesystemtype: Digital Camera Layout (DCIM)
Access Capability: Read Only with Object deletion
Maximum Capability: 128001769472 (122072 MB)
Free Space (Bytes): 128000458752 (122070 MB)
Free Space (Images): 2611
Device Property Summary:
Battery Level(0x5001):(read only) (type=0x2) Range [1 - 100, step 1] value: 60%
(60)
Image Size(0x5003):(read only) (type=0xffff) Enumeration [
'6048x4032',
'4528x3024',
'3024x2016'
] value: '6048x4032'
Compression Setting(0x5004):(readwrite) (type=0x2) Enumeration
[0,1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13] value: 7
White Balance(0x5005):(readwrite) (type=0x4) Enumeration
[2,4,5,6,7,32784,32785,32786,32787,32790] value: Automatic (2)
F-Number(0x5007):(readwrite) (type=0x4) Enumeration [200,220] value: f/2 (200)
Focal Length(0x5008):(read only) (type=0x6) Range [7500 - 7500, step 1] value:
75 mm (7500)
Focus Mode(0x500a):(read only) (type=0x4) Enumeration
[1,32784,32785,32786,32787] value: AF-A (32786)
Exposure Metering Mode(0x500b):(readwrite) (type=0x4) Enumeration [2,3,4,32784]
value: Multi-spot (3)
Flash Mode(0x500c):(readwrite) (type=0x4) Enumeration [2,4,32784,32786] value:
Flash off (2)
Exposure Time(0x500d):(readwrite) (type=0x6) Enumeration
[1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,15,20,25,31,40,50,62,80,100,125,166,200,250,333,400,500,666,769,1000,1250,1666,2000,2500,3333,4000,5000,6250,7692,10000,13000,16000,20000,25000,30000,40000,50000,60000,80000,100000,130000,150000,200000,250000,300000,4294967295,4294967293]
value: 4.3e+04 sec (4294967295)
Exposure Program Mode(0x500e):(read only) (type=0x4) Enumeration
[1,2,3,4,32784,32848,32849,32850] value: M (1)
Exposure Index (film speed ISO)(0x500f):(readwrite) (type=0x4) Enumeration
[50,64,80,100,125,160,200,250,320,400,500,640,800,1000,1250,1600,2000,2500,3200,4000,5000,6400,8000,10000,12800,16000,20000,25600,32000,40000,51200]
value: ISO 100 (100)
Exposure Bias Compensation(0x5010):(readwrite) (type=0x3) Enumeration
[-5000,-4666,-4333,-4000,-3666,-3333,-3000,-2666,-2333,-2000,-1666,-1333,-1000,-666,-333,0,333,666,1000,1333,1666,2000,2333,2666,3000,3333,3666,4000,4333,4666,5000]
value: 0.0 stops (0)
Date & Time(0x5011):(readwrite) (type=0xffff) '20250620T165936'
Still Capture Mode(0x5013):(readwrite) (type=0x4) Enumeration
[1,2,32784,32785,32793,33039,33054] value: Single Shot (1)
Burst Number(0x5018):(readwrite) (type=0x4) Range [1 - 65535, step 1] value: 1
Artist(0x501e):(read only) (type=0xffff) ''
Copyright Info(0x501f):(read only) (type=0xffff) ''
UseDeviceStageFlag(0xd303):(read only) (type=0x2) 1
Property 0xd406:(readwrite) (type=0xffff) 'Windows/6.0.5330.0
MTPClassDriver/6.0.5330.0'
Property 0xd407:(read only) (type=0x6) 1
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