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P: Tethering support requests and information

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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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christophe mariller

Participant

bonjour,

lightroom C ne reconnait pas mon appareil sony A7iii quand je le connecte en usb et ce malgré que je peux utiliser edge.

Pourquoi ? il ne reconnait pas mon Sony ?

merci

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McDa

Participant

Hi Team,

I am checking the list of cameras supported for tethering and I cannot see Canon EOS M50 Mark II, which is the newer version of Canon EOS M50 that actually is supported by Lightroom Classic.

Would you please extend the list to include this model as well?

Thank you!

Magda

johnrellis

Legend

Moderators: Please merge with this thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-tethering-support-requests-and-information/m-p/12354788

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orlyb65056205

Participant

When will Adobe release an update so the recently released EOS 90D can work with the tether option. For now it says "Comera not recognized"

Thanks

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

As another 'user' without inside knowledge- I do not know.

The 90D raw file compatibility was added in Lr-Classic v8.4, so I can only guess that Tether support might come in the next update release (next in November?- about every 3 months)

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

Sanpanza

Known Participant

Don't count on it. Adobe is refusing to add tethering on several cameras. It has been a year since Nikon came out with a Z9 without tethering options. I had to swtich to Capture One to shoot tethered. Nikon's tether software sucks. Very slow. It is you only choice.

creophoto

Known Participant

Anyone else out there who'd love to be able to tether their Sony with Lightroom? This a99ii 42mp beast is built for such things. Please add the ability, Adobe powers-that-be! We're doing pictures with Santa for our Holiday Party...and I really want to automate the post production.

What are my odds?

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