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neilm84145792
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November 11, 2017
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Tethering issue

  • November 11, 2017
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I am trying to tether my Canon Eos 5dsr to my apple computer (not a mac) and I have set everything up correctly (to my knowledge and even ran down the list of "common tethering issues" and still cannot figure out why I cannot get Lightroom to detect my camera. It will detect it for a second then it'll say it doesn't detect my camera. Anyone know why this could be?

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Correct answer Rob_Cullen

So, what's happening with Lightroom Classic?  Is this going to be replaced/re-branded?

I'm a long time user of Photoshop, and have previously (many years ago) used Lightroom to organise my photos.

I've just purchased my first DSLR (Nikon D5300) and wanted to try tethered capture.

Suggestions as to which path I should be taking?


Lr-Classic is new name for the desktop program many have used for years and now upgraded to version 7 (7.0.1) only available by Photography Plan Subscription.(ie. there is no 'Stand-alone' v7)

It must continue to be developed or 'millions' of photographers would be very unhappy.

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-classic-end-life/

Your Nikon D5300 was supported for tethering in Lightroom version 5.3 and will tether with Lr-Classic.

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pschefz
Inspiring
November 12, 2017

LR CC does not support tethering right now

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tia047
Participant
November 21, 2017

Are you serious?

Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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November 21, 2017

pschefz is correct, Lightroom CC does not support tethering. There might be some confusion over the naming though.

Lightroom CC is a brand new cloud-native app, which stores all of your photos in the cloud, but is very new so it has fewer features right now.

Lightroom CC 2015 is the traditional version of Lightroom you've been using over the last few years. It does support tethering, and has supported the Canon 5DSR since 2015.3.

Lightroom Classic is the latest version of the traditional version of Lightroom, which also supports tethering.

This forum is for the new baby cloudy Lightroom, hence the confusion. I'm going to move this thread to the right place (now the Lightroom Classic forum, which also handles issues with older Lightroom versions).

Could you please go to Help menu > System Info and paste the contents so we can see your system details and LR version please?

Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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November 11, 2017

Biggest thing in general is to have the right kind of USB cable and to connect it straight to your computer, not through a hub.

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