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November 7, 2017
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This post is applicable to Lightroom Classic.

ETAs for tethered support for specific cameras are not available.

Tethered Capture is a feature of Lightroom Classic that allows the direct connection of your camera to the Lightroom desktop environment. Images are imported into your Lightroom catalog as they are captured via the connected camera.

New camera support for reading the raw files is generally added quickly after a camera is released by its manufacturer. New camera support can be verified here: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html.

Tethered support for a particular camera model normally follows a version or two after the raw file support. Adobe relies on the manufacturer’s (Nikon & Canon) SDK (Software Development Kit) to facilitate the tethering of your camera to Lightroom. The timing of the release of a manufacturer’s support via their SDK greatly affects the time to release for tethered support. In addition, Adobe goes through a rigorous process of integrating the functionality of the SDK and tests tethering before support is announced.

To see if your camera is supported for tethering on your version of Lightroom, refer to this document: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/tethered-camera-support.html

If your camera is listed, but your Lightroom version is too old, you may need to update or upgrade to enable tethering.

If your camera is not listed, and your camera’s raw file isn't supported, you would need to check with the camera’s manufacturer to see if they support tethering via their SDK.

Note: Not all camera manufacturers or models will necessarily receive tether support.

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stylish_mindset15A7

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Adobe, it is time you start to understand. You forced us into subscription model, so we are not customers anymore. As a customer, we can understand the properties of a product and then, decide whether to buy it or not. Forced by your greed into subscription models you took us this opportunity. We shall be lemmings, just paing while praying. But guys, you still don't understand. As subscriptors we are your owners. So we don't beg, we command. So Adobe, deliver or we we will stop feeding your mills for no output. Our patience is over. The first of the big 3 has understood their customers are left alone by Adobe and has reacted. Thank you Nikon, shame on you Adobe.

I decided to stop pouring money into a company which never delivered. Begging 12 years for keyboard customisation in LR. 12 years beging for proper performance in LR. 12 years begging for a swiss german keyboard shorcut scheme. And now begging a year for Z9 tether support. While you just take the money I have to earn with your tools not supporting me getting my work done.

Bye Bye Adobe, it's over now. You did neither deserve my money nor my trust as a stakeholder in your capabilities. You decided to let down the clientele who made you big. You took money for PS for decades and you never even got this product straightforward and cleaned up. You sit on your chairs for years not even thinking about investing in LRC to get it flawless and performant.

https://nikonrumors.com/2022/12/22/nikon-z9-now-comes-with-free-capture-one-23-licence-and-free-overnight-shipping.aspx/

Above shows you Adobe is done with Photographers. And I am done with you. You can't beleive how good it feels to fill my lungs with fresh air and breathe the wind of change.

Keith Reeder

Participating Frequently

Nobody "forced" you to do anything; and you are not "photographers".

You not being happy with a particular aspect of Adobe's offer is your problem, and certainly not evidence that Adobe is "done with photographers".

Sanpanza

Known Participant

Just to bust your illusions about adobe, here is an example of how AI is replacing higher-end photographers: https://petapixel.com/2022/12/21/photos-used-to-generate-ai-images-for-client-so-photographer-never-shoots-again/

You are toast Keith and Adobe knows it.

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Fiore69

Participant

I bought a Canon R6 mark 2 but I can't thether it with Lightroom, maybe it's not supported? I need it to work in the studio.

DdeGannes

Community Expert

At Fiore, the Canon R 6 MK II was released Nov 2022 not supported for tether capture. It takes several months for Adobe to provide tether capture for new camera models.

Example Canon R 7 was release in May 2022 tether capture support was provided in Dec 2022 with LrC update 12.1.

Surely Canon your camera manufacturer has provided you with Tether.support software?

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.3; PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.

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Fiore69

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Thank you for your answer, yes of course I have Canon software for tethering, I'm used to using Adobe for a leaner workflow, however after your advice I tried to use it, I had some connection problems with the usb cable because in the settings of the R6 mk2 you have to make sure that some menu items are set correctly, after which I used Adobe LR with automatic import from a specific folder and after taking the photo with the Canon software I immediately find the raw file in the LR library . So now I can work, indeed I will tell you that the Canon live view is much more precise and there are many more options, if I get used to this working system I might not even use Adobe for tethering anymore. The only thing I don't like, I don't have the small shooting window directly in the software, I have to look for it on the desktop every time. Thanks for your help, I hope this helps others. Sorry for the mistakes, I don't speak English I used the translator.

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Lokitoz

Participating Frequently

I own the G85 and would like to tether it to Lightroom Classic on an M1 Macbook Pro.

I connect the camera via USB cable to the PC but LRc won't recognize it.

Is there a way to tether this camera to Lightroom so that when I take a photo I can immeditately see it on LRc ?

Thanks.

Ian Lyons

Community Expert

Cameras with tethering support in Lightroom Classic (LrC) are listed here https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/tethered-camera-support.html You'll note that no Panasonic model is listed. You should probably check with Panasonic to see if they have a tethering plugin that can be used with LrC.

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Sebastian24105614hqg0

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Adobe,
it's been 3 months now, since I opened: ADB-26052006-M1Y1. There have been several updates for Lightroom, still Lightroom Classic is not able to shoot tethered with the Canon R5 C.
The R5 C is out since January 2022!
As I mentioned last time Capture One can do this for months already. What is your problem here? Why are you not implementing this?
Is Adobe for Hobbyists and Pros like me have to switch to Capture One to get our Cameras working now or what do you recommend?

This is really frustrating me and I'm considering to cancel the subscription finally.

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determined_mindset157F

Known Participant

Adobe is apparently very keen to lose customers to CaptureOne.

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determined_mindset157F

Known Participant

Is this true? Even after the newest update of Lightroom, the tethering of the Canon EOS R5 C is still not possible.

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stylish_mindset15A7

Participating Frequently

Don't forget They offendingly ignore the pro-aimed Z9. This for More than a
year by now.
They sleep ignorantly in it once more

gillesdebda

Inspiring

Hello team,

I just installed Lightroom Classic 12.1 on my Mac under Ventura 13.0.1

I tried to thether my Nikon Z7II via LRC in WIFI mode. LRC tells me my Z7II is not detected.

My Mac is well connected to the WIFI from my Z7II et Nikon Wireless Transfer Utility is up.

Could you help me or it is a bug ?

To be more complete tethering with a USB-C cable works fine.

Thanks.

Gilles

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defaultym7jm7m0ofdq

Participant

Hello, I do not use wifi but have the same camera and software and today was a big frustration, with USB 3.0 tether pro cable I was not able to tether... It just could not find camera...ahh

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kirkc90637677

Participant

WTF Nikon and Adobe!!! Get it together!!! I've had my Z9 forever and I still can't shoot tethered! Totally unacceptable ! Why buy top end products if you have to shoot at low end options. This is totally unacceptable.

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photoaaron1

Participating Frequently

Adobe has had ample opportunity to deal with this. The Z9 was released a year ago. There are cameras on the tethered supported list that were released around the same time. Its bad enough that LR moves like a snail with Z9 files, not being able to shoot tethered is a professional embarrassment.

Sanpanza

Known Participant

From what I am hearing, this is Adobe's way of forcing camera makers to pay Adobe to develop software compatible with all the camera features.

So there is a stalemate and the only option high-end Nikon, Sony and Canon owners have is to buy Capture One.

Using Nikon software is another option but if you try and use it with Lightroom, the software is extremely slow. So there you have it. Adobe vs. the World. Photographers are expendable since they don't see them as a profit center in the future since AI is going to put a lot of the lowered ones out of business.

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Run27471550vpi6

Participant

Is X-T5 do tether? And I can't find Nostalgic Neg film sim. in newest LR

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Jeffrey Maguire

Participant

One year after the Z9 release and Nikon and Adobe still haven’t sorted out the support of tethered capture in Lightroom Classic. For a camera which is Nikon’s new professional “Flagship” claimed to be ‘UNSTOPPABLE’ that is unless you’re trying to tether the thing! We’ll most likely get Content Authenticity Initiative tech in the Z9 before tethering support in LRC.

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