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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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DdeGannes

Community Expert

Additional info, Adobe provides tethered support in Lightroom Classic for approximately, 50 Canon and 37 Nikon, Camera models at the present. Considering the number of Digital Cameras on the market this is a relatively small persentage.

I expect Canon and Nikon provide tether capture software for the Cameras they manufacture and sell.

Judging from the number of posts in the Adobe forum the with respect to tether capture the magority of Canon and Nikon are not satisfied with the software from the Camera manufacturer.

I use an Olympus Camera and I am fully satisfied with the software supplied by Olympus.

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 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.

mtdm45649256

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Hi guys

i use lightroom 11.5 on my mac

but it cant seem to find my canon r7 when i start a tethering session

im a doing something wrong

or is it just not supported yet?

Hope to hear from anyone

Thanks!

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F. McLion

Community Expert

The R7 seems not yet to be supported.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/tethered-camera-support.html

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mtdm45649256

Participant

this is a old article it says Last updated on Jun 14, 2022

so this is not about version 12 of lightroom classic

so wil it work under v12 or not?

A

actual colour

Participant

Z9 tether in LR????

magicgenie

Known Participant

I am using the tether workaround (auto import) with NX Tether software. It actually works better than the old clunky LR way of tethering, in my opinion. So nice to be able to tether successfully finally with the Z9. I'm also looking at Capture, as the Capture users rave no end about it's tethering ability.

Sanpanza

Known Participant

Yup, same here. I bought Capture one and am thinking of ditching LR altogether. They just are not supporting photographers like they use to. This is a prelude to their coming AI market where photographers in many genres will be replaced by secretaries and assistants because AI will do the work of the photographer. It is already happening to lower end photographers.

Their clients are using iPhones for company headshots and AI software cleans up the shirt iPhone picture and replaces the background and shapes the light.

This is where Adobe is going.

magicgenie

Known Participant

Interesting. Tell me about your Capture learning journey and tether experience?

magicgenie

Known Participant

Any news this week with the update on Z9 tether?

S

stylish_mindset15A7

Participating Frequently

Dears, we eagerly await Z 9 tethering. I wonder how I can be forced into a subscription model, when just I have to do my job, means pay, and you just decide not to maintain the product? Is there any plan to do so, 10 Months after the release of this camera?
I am s studio pro, dumb enough to switch my proven D850 bodies for Z 9 ones just to understand Adobe is not supporting the flagship.

Any help / hint would be highly appreciated. I really feel urged to swap the ecosystem, as your competitor can do without problem.

Sanpanza

Known Participant

Adobe understands the market better than photographers. There is not enough money in selling software to photographers but with the advent of AI they can ditch photographers as clients and begin to market to the public and businesses. They see a future where you can morph iPhone pictures into professional-looking headshots, architectural and still-life images shot with phones, so why would they prioritize photographers if many of us will be obsolete in 10 5-10 years?

This is a shot over the bow folks.

Adobe has had almost a year to come out with a version of Lightroom that is compatible with the Z-9 but has not done so. If this is not enough evidence that Adobe is no longer prioritizing photographers then I don't know what is.

They see the future but we don't. It is one with a lot fewer photographers.

AlexClaude

Known Participant

Has Adobe ever given an explicatino about why they do not support Sony Cameras for tethering???

I just changed from Canon to Sony, and I'm now realising I can't shoot tether ??? What the hell???

AlexClaude

Known Participant

I just changed my photography cameras system from Canon to Sony. I shoot a lot of corporate portraits and I aways shoot tethered to show right away the results to the clients.

And now I just realised that Lightroom does not suppor Sony cameras?!?! What the ??? Why would it not support Sony cameras?

I tried the "hack" usinf Sony's software Imaging Edge Remote and using the auto impot feature in lightroom...ok, yes it does "work"... But it's so slow compared to a real, direct, tethering session I used to do with the Canon cameras...it's just not a valid alternative for a professional photography session, with real clients.

With Sony getting more ang more market share what a dumb move from Adobe???

dj_paige

Legend

What the ??? Why would it not support Sony cameras?

Could be that Sony doesn't co-operate with Adobe on this matter.

magicgenie

Known Participant

Eagerly awaiting.

Last update June 14th. Any thoughts on, if the next update will be August 14th and if Z9 tether support will be there?

BerndBerlin

Participant

After the most recent updates (11.4.1) I thought I have a quick look and see if Tethered Capture is finally properly supported on the M1 Macs.

Guess what - it isn't.

As the M1 has hit the market more than one and a half years ago one can only assume that Adobe has no interest in supporting and developing the tether functionality any further. Rosetta is NOT a long term solution for pros who invest a lot of money to have fast and reliable hardware on a shoot.

This forces a large number of pros over to Capture One as tethered shooting is often a requirement.

Shame on you Adobe. I got tired of waiting.

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