Believe me, I've looked! This is why I upgraded to the Nikon D5300). (A quick note here: the Nikon D3100, since it's an entry-level camera, does not have a released SDK from Nikon, which in short means that there is no program out there that can control its Bulb mode. I started with using digiCamControl, a piece of freeware that controls many kinds of DSLRs via USB cable, and looks nice to boot (if a little buggy sometimes). I have a four-port USB hub to plug everything into. I now use it to control all of my equipment - camera, guide camera, telescope, and temperature probe (more on all these things later). It's small, powerful, has a very long battery life, has a full-size USB port, and charges via micro-USB (meaning I can charge it from a lithium-ion battery out on the observing field when there's no AC wall power). One of the best computer purchases I have made is my Microsoft Surface 3 tablet.
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