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JamesLindley
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Jan 27, 2016 9:25 PM UTC
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P: Tethering support for Nikon D5500 not recognized

Lightroom 2015.4 now supports tethering for the Nikon D5500.
My Nikon D5500 is not recognised when trying to tether !!!
I received an email from Nikon today announcing a firmware update for my D5500, which i did.
I’m not sure if the firmware update is preventing the camera from connecting.

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    J453
    Legend
    Mar 19, 2017 11:47 AM UTC
    This should work in Lightroom 2015.6/6.6 or later.
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    J453
    Legend
    May 13, 2016 6:03 PM UTC
    We've never been able to give a specific date. We will update this topic once it's fixed.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    May 13, 2016 5:17 PM UTC

    when will fix be released


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    wuy99867734
    Participating Frequently
    Apr 29, 2016 3:47 PM UTC
    Nikon company has provided the new SDK and Lightroom will integrate them.  It will fix the Nikon D5500 firmware problem. 
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    wuy99867734
    Participating Frequently
    Apr 26, 2016 3:55 PM UTC
    Lightroom team have sent the bug to Nikon, but have not got the new SDK for the bug fix. I will talk to Nikon today about the bug. Thanks for your patient!
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    ssprengel
    ssprengel
    Inspiring
    Apr 26, 2016 2:46 PM UTC

    LR uses the Nikon SDK for tethering.  If this is a Nikon-firmware vs Nikon-SDK then Nikon will be the one to fix something and if it's the SDK then LR wouldn't get it until whatever LR release comes after Nikon fixes the SDK.  I'd guess/hope a firmware update might be quicker than an SDK update unless many cameras were simultaneously broken.


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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    Apr 26, 2016 10:25 AM UTC
    Problem still occurs with D5500 - any Updates?
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    JamesLindleyAuthor
    Participant
    Jan 28, 2016 6:15 PM UTC
    Thanks for the info Yuhong, i guess i'll just have to wait.
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    wuy99867734
    Participating Frequently
    Jan 28, 2016 5:02 PM UTC
    Hi James,

    Thank you for reporting this problem!

    Nikon D5500 camera with the old firmware works OK in Lightroom 6.4. However, the camera with the upgraded firmware (C:Ver:1.01) doesn't work in the latest Nikon SDK. I have reported this problem to Nikon.

    Besides, Nikon D5500 camera with the upgraded firmware (C:Ver:1.01) works OK on Mac OS X.

    Thanks,
    Yuhong
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    JamesLindleyAuthor
    Participant
    Jan 28, 2016 7:55 AM UTC
    I'm using Windows 10
    Nikon D5500 Firmware version 1.01

    I have turned off auto play for all devices, deleted Lightroom preferences and re-started Lightroom, re-booted computer and still my camera is not being detected.

    When i turn on tethered capture in Lightroom the camera screen goes black every couple of seconds then comes back on, as if the computer is trying to connect but nothing changes, the camera is not detected.

    I can connect to DigiCamControl software and shoot tethered using that but i would prefer to keep everything in Lightroom.
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