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Inspiring
May 24, 2011
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P: Tethered Shooting Camera Control

  • May 24, 2011
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I am writing this Feature Request in accordance with Victoria's guidelines posted here:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...
and comes from use of the Trial version of DSLR Remote Pro from breezesys.com
(hereafter referred to as DSLRRP) during a product photoshoot.

THE FEATURE REQUEST:
I'd like to see a LOT more Camera control in the Tethered shooting module,
along the lines of the DSLRRP software, which allows control of most of, if not all of,
your Canon or Nikon Cameras' setting from your Laptop, without touching the camera.
And includes some other nice bells 'n' whistles.

Below is a list of features I'd like to see integrated into Lightrooms' tethered shooting,
taken from the features for Canon cameras in DSLRRP, I assume for the Nikon version also.
So if it works there, I see no reason that Lightroom can't also integrate these features.
Also, this is a personal preference, feel free to discuss/add/subtract features.

Primary Features (in order of preference to be added):

Shutter speed, Aperture and ISO selectable from the Tethered shooting Module.
Live View - to include if possible, the ability to auto-focus (see next item).
Shutter Release half-pressed mode (to allow for auto-focus).
The on or off ability to overlay a "Rule of Thirds" grid on the Live View window.
Camera Battery Meter (displayed in Titlebar on DSLRRP software, saves surprises).
The ability, when Tethered, to save shots to Camera Only, PC Only or Camera & PC.

Secondary Features (features useful in other situations than product shooting):

Auto Bracketing (to be setup from a menu dialog, useful for HDR shooting):
Setup Dialog:
Selectable, number of shots.
Selectable, f-stops separating shots (in 1/3 stop increments).
Selectable, setting to modify when in Manual Shooting Mode - Shutter Speed or Aperture.

Time Lapse Mode (to be setup from a menu dialog):
Setup Dialog:
Start immediately OR user-selectable START time & date.
Number of Shots OR user-selectable END time & date.
User-selectable time between shots (hh:mm:ss for absolute control).

The ability to overlay the Cameras' internal Meter display on the Laptop Live View,
(I am adding this to secondary features, because it's an afterthought,
and I am unsure if it can be done).

HOW I WOULD IMAGINE IT WORKING IN LIGHTROOM:
Any of the functions setups would be accessed from a dropdown menu in the menu bar.

Access to the functions setups and the actual functions themselves,
would be accessed from Lightrooms floating tethered shooting control bar.

OR

A better possibility, an option to, instead of using a floating bar, use a sliding panel.
I see this option replacing, ONLY WHEN TETHERED SHOOTING IS ACTIVE,
one of Lightrooms slider panels, which one being left to user choice.
Sliders, to clarify, being the slideout panels/bars on the sides of the Lightroom window.

HOW WOULD IT HELP YOUR WORKFLOW:
Well for a start, if one was interested in the mentioned functions,
it would prevent one having to purchase and run a second program, during tethered shooting.

The Live View mode would help with picture composition,
instead of squinting at the Cameras' LCD, one could see more clearly on the Laptop.

I think the rest of the functions I listed, are pretty much self-explanatory.

Again, these are features I'd personally like to see added, as possible, to Lightroom.

49 replies

Inspiring
June 29, 2018
Yes would love to participate in this trail.  Sign me up coach!
Inspiring
June 29, 2018
I'm very interested. Thank you.
Participating Frequently
June 29, 2018
I'd be interested, thanks Rikk
Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
June 29, 2018

Greetings

To all those who have participated in this thread we would like to invite you to a special test area to review, test and advise Adobe on in-process improvements to the tethered-capture process in Lightroom Classic CC.  Currently we have testing available for Mac users with Canon Cameras. We plan to add other cameras and Windows to the mix in the future. 

If you are interested in participating in this Tether prerelease testing and are a Mac user with a Canon camera currently supported for tethering, please reply to this comment. You will be contacted by Adobe with further instructions. 

Thank you for your patience and enthusiasm for Lightroom Classic CC. 
Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Participating Frequently
November 21, 2017
If camera control (including live view & focusing) isn't added to tethered capture, I'll also be forced to switch to Capture One.
Inspiring
October 28, 2017
Tethered shooting is the main reason I use Lightroom. The only other reasons is to curate a set of photos which I then process in PS.  I would definitely like to see tethered capture improved.

> Shutter Release half-pressed mode (to allow for auto-focus). >

That should hopefully not interfere with those of us who use back button focus and have disabled shutter release.

Currently in Commander mode (Nikon) I control my settings for the power level of my off-camera flash from Nikon's menus_several deep<sigh>. If we're dreaming, I'd like that as much, or more, than bracketing, which is very easy to set up on the camera body itself. I have absolutely no clue how pie in the sky we're dreaming, but heck, what's a dream with limits? <BG>

Of everything you've asked for, I think having Live View on the monitor itself would be my number one.
Participating Frequently
October 28, 2017
I add my vote. This is long overdue, and is a primary reason so many people switch to Capture One. Also, another feature to add would be allowing the tethered import to use the camera's embedded previews (just like the newly added import option in what's now called "Lightroom Classic")
Inspiring
August 20, 2017
I add my vote.
Inspiring
June 8, 2016
I add my vote to increased camera control functionality and live view.
Inspiring
October 1, 2015
I add my vote. Need camera control and live view with tethering. Nothing more to say. I would hate to switch but C1 is looking inviting.