P: Tethering

Firewire? I have a D3 here, and I'll admit, I'm not particularly familiar with this camera, but I don't see a firewire connector on it.

The download is much slower that we had with software like CaptureOne (firewire) and using Softbilt even to a watched folder. This lack of speed was apparent in 3.4 as well. The computer gets the image in 3 – 5 seconds and then it takes a further 4 seconds to see the image in the library. So if you are shooting a sequence then it takes for ever. I have two photographers here who have the said the same thing and if we are shooting models we have to shoot from the camera and then wait for the images to load.

Hi Paul, if 3.4 is working better for you, there should be no problem if you go back to using it in the meantime.

Thanks,

-kevin

Dan, when you say you're going into the menu on the camera to adjust the lens, what settings are you changing?

Arthur, are you saying the downloads take much longer with LR 3.5 than they did with 3.4? Do you happen to still have 3.4 on your machine? If so, could you try it again just to verify the downloads are faster with it?

Thanks,

-kevin

Thanks so much for all the info; it'll help me a great deal in tracking this down.

Hi
Nikon D3X and D3s
What works flawless is MAC OSX 10.6.7 and either LR 3.3 no issue or LR 3.4 but you can only shoot from the computer not the camera. LR 3.5 works okay from both but has very long download times. The issue occurs with OSX 10.6.8.
The USB lead length has been addressed for all lengths and with the addition of power hubs etc. None of these USB configurations made any difference.
This is an ongoing issue with a lot of professionals who are have to deal with clients. This is a real issue with real repercussions for people trying to earn a living.

Hi
Nikon D3X and D3s
What works flawless is MAC OSX 10.6.7 and either LR 3.3 no issue or LR 3.4 but you can only shoot from the computer not the camera. LR 3.5 works okay from both but has very long download times. The issue occurs with OSX 10.6.8.
The USB lead length has been addressed for all lengths and with the addition of power hubs etc. None of these USB configurations made any difference.
This is an ongoing issue with a lot of professionals who are have to deal with clients. This is a real issue with real repercussions for people trying to earn a living.

HI Kevin,

Great to be talking to you in person, BTW.

It says Up to 480 Mb/sec which, I THINK, is actually USB 2 speed. I'm shooting with it at the moment, all day today (and missing football), and it's doing just fine. It senses your presence.

But it's already doing the "transferring files from camera" thing which I assume will just be there all day until I force it to disconnect. I hope that message doesn't mean it's wasting processing power on something futile, because speed is of the essence! So, when it THINKS it's transferring files, but isn't getting anywhere, that'd be nice if it could just give up on it and get back to work!

So, what's your opinion of me stepping back to 3.4? I don't know how to do that, but if it was a little more stable for me shooting tethered, do you think that would be OK?

Keep me posted. Cheers,

-Paul

Dan, FYI, this issue for Canon is being widely discussed on this thread here: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...