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June 18, 2026

P: Canon tethering stopped working after updating to Lightroom Classic v15.4

  • June 18, 2026
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Installed this and my tethered camera setup no longer works.  It appears to work as before, but no images are transferred.  Canon R1, Windows 11.  Anyone else having tethering issues?

    Pinned Reply By Rikk Flohr_Photography

    See ​@Matulaitis  post:  

     for a workaround to get your tether functioning again. 

    31 replies

    Participant
    July 8, 2026

     Updated Camera firmware and checked connections and cables. Reverting back to older version it works normally. I can take photos but image review is unavailable and autofocus will stop working while tethered. If I unplug camera functions normally. This update was forced mid workday and now my catalog upgraded so I can’t go back. Please help as this is setting me back on my work.

    Participant
    July 8, 2026

    “Use Canon SDK for tethering Canon cameras” seemed to temperoarily fix the issue of the “PC Full” message popping up. But, now the the catalog just closes on it’s own when I’m shooting or disconects from my camera on it’s own.

    Adobe y’all are such a mess. It’s actually ridiculous how bad your live tethering is.

    Participant
    July 7, 2026

    Has these been a resolution to this? I have the same issue and all of my discussions with help have not resolved the issue.

    kristin.coffee
    Participant
    July 6, 2026

    I figured it out! If anyone else has this issue and is pulling their hair out. ;-)

    Need to go into your system settings and turn on permissions for removable drives. Oy vey. LOL.
     



     

    Participant
    July 5, 2026

    I cannot use tether capture with my canon R5 now that I have update to 15.4 as I see others have the same problem. When will this bug be fixed??

    kristin.coffee
    Participant
    July 5, 2026

    Hello,

     

    I am not able to get Lightroom Classic 15.4.1 to connect to my Canon EOS R5 (with the most recent firmware, I just updated today).

     

    My OS is Tahoe 26.5.2, on a MacBook Pro M3 Max.

     

    I am also using a brand new Tether Tools (orange) cord from camera to laptop.

     

    I am able to get Capture One to connect to my camera (through a trial subscription to confirm it will work). When I try connecting camera to Lightroom via the ‘Tether Connection’ option I just get a window that says it is trying to establish a connection and never does. I’ve tried restarting everything, unplugging everything, deleting apps and re-installing them. I also deleted the Lightroom preferences as suggested on this page:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/desktop/kb/troubleshoot-tethered-capture-lightroom.html

     

    Nothing is working. Any thoughts? 

    Thank you.

    Participant
    July 5, 2026

    Larry Lilac posted the solution below: “I also found that checking “Use Canon SDK for tethering Canon cameras” solves the problem. So the native Adobe tethering doesn’t seem to work properly?” it’s in your Lightroom Preferences under the general tab...check the box and then restart Lightroom… THANK YOU LARRY!!!!!!!!

    Yessica Duque
    Participant
    July 8, 2026

    Doesn’t work with the r6m3

    Participant
    July 5, 2026

    this same thing is happening to me and I have a shoot tomorrow...what a nightmare.

     

    Yessica Duque
    Participant
    July 5, 2026

    Whatever you updated doesn't work with my R6m3, you’re costing me a lot of time, money and patience...

    Participant
    July 1, 2026

    Thank you Adobe for causing a catastrophic mess during a shoot when you decided to automatically update Lightroom Classic with “improved tethering.” You cost me money and time and you should really better test these improved features before forcing updates on people.