Nikon Z7 autofocus not working while tethering - Lightroom Classic 8.3.1 on macOS 10.15.3

Hi Sahil,

As the auto-focus is not working while tethering, could you please share Lightroom Classic's Help>System Info dialog text here? As it would be helpful for us to troubleshoot further.

The Autofocus works when I shoot from the camera, but do not work when I shoot from the computer (trigger capture on LR).

System Info:

Lightroom Classic version: 8.3.1 [ 201905241238-dcd7e2de ]

License: Creative Cloud

Language setting: en-BR

Operating system: Mac OS 10

Version: 10.14.5 [18F132]

Application architecture: x64

Logical processor count: 8

Processor speed: 2,7 GHz

Built-in memory: 16.384,0 MB

Real memory available to Lightroom: 16.384,0 MB

Real memory used by Lightroom: 3.421,3 MB (20,8%)

Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 5.974,3 MB

Memory cache size: 229,3MB

Internal Camera Raw version: 11.3 [ 197 ]

Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5

Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX

Camera Raw virtual memory: 2170MB / 8191MB (26%)

Camera Raw real memory: 2172MB / 16384MB (13%)

Displays: 1) 1920x1200, 2) 1680x1050

Graphics Processor Info:

Metal: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Application folder: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic

Library Path: /Users/nikimbasoul/Pictures/AUTHEN/AUTHEN.lrcat

Settings Folder: /Users/nikimbasoul/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

Installed Plugins:

1) AdobeStock

2) Aperture/iPhoto Importer Plug-in

3) Facebook

4) Flickr

5) Nikon Tether Plugin

Config.lua flags: None

AudioDeviceIOBlockSize: 512

AudioDeviceName: Built-in Output

AudioDeviceNumberOfChannels: 2

AudioDeviceSampleRate: 44100

Build: 12.1x4

CoreImage: true

GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_BLUE_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_GREEN_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_RED_BITS: 0

GL_ALPHA_BITS: 8

GL_BLUE_BITS: 8

GL_DEPTH_BITS: 24

GL_GREEN_BITS: 8

GL_MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE: 2048

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS: 8

GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS: 16384,16384

GL_RED_BITS: 8

GL_RENDERER: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M OpenGL Engine

GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 1.20

GL_STENCIL_BITS: 8

GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation

GL_VERSION: 2.1 NVIDIA-12.0.23 355.11.10.50.10.103

OGLEnabled: true

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Could you try resetting the preferences of Lightroom and let us know if it helps? How to set Lightroom Classic preferences

I try that ans still not working

Just a long shot, could you check if the Camera or the Lens is locked to Manual focus by any chance?

No. But why not to ask, right?

=]

Also, I see that you're working on the beta version of macOS Catalina 10.15.3, our apps are not tested on beta operating systems and that might be the reason for this issue. You should try downgrading your OS to Mojave.

Sorry, my mistake, I'm using 10.14.5. I have no idea where I came from with Catalina Version.

Cheers,

Patrick

@Tony_See didn't work for me, still not working autofocus while shooting on the computer throw LR Classic. The camera even try to focus, just shoot.

On Capture One and Control Pro I have to use Live view.