P: Unable to import from direct connected Nikon

[jay hamilton]

This problem just recently started. I believe I upgraded my Mac M1 to Ventura and updated Lightroom to the latest version since this stopped working. I have no problem using Nikon transfer to transfer the images from both cameras. 

When I select Add Photos in Lightroom then select Connected Devices (Lightroom does recognize both cameras when they are connected), I see the camera flashing its green indicator as it typically does to reflect that Lightroom seems to be reading. While it is reading, Lightroom displays the message "No images can be imported...." Prior to this issue, that message would be displayed until Lightroom finishes reading the camera or camera card. Now that message remains indefinitely. 

So I am wondering if there was something in either the OS update or Lightroom update that has caused this to stop working.  

[Calshotlight]

Does not seem to be fixed in Lightroom 12.1 on iMac running Ventura 13.1. For an Olympus Pen F camera.

Tried to import today into Photos, OM Workspace and of course Lightroom. Import into Lightroom using SDcard in an Apple SD card reader satisfactory. However since this function was available to me before the update I would still like to have the ability to import direct from camera using the suplied cable.

[F. McLion]

Thread title says Nikon .. ?!?

[jay hamilton]

Creative Cloud only shows 6.1 as being available and which I have installed. 

[jay hamilton]

I see that I also have access to Adobe Lightroom Classic via Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) which is at version 12.1. So this still is a problem with the version 6.1 that is available via Adobe Creative Cloud. Trying LRC now. 

[John R Ellis]

"Does not seem to be fixed in Lightroom 12.1 on iMac running Ventura 13.1. For an Olympus Pen F camera."

This thread is primarily about problems connecting to Nikons, though a number of people have reported elsewhere with problems with other manufacturers.  The Pen F manual and some online threads indicate that camera may support mass-storage mode.  Try setting USB Mode to "Storage" (it may be called "Mass Storage") before connecting the camera.  Then the camera will (hopefully) appear in the Files section in the left column of the Import window (not the Devices section).  Some other non-Nikon users have reported switching to mass-storage mode works for them.

[jamafi]

I tried to import my images to lightroom today from my card. The images showed up ok in the import dialoge screen in lightroom all ticked ready to import. I cllicked import and the image files have all transfered successfully to a folder in my pictures as usual. However, when the import finished all I saw was "no photos in previous import" in lightroom. I cannot locate the images anywhere (checked "all photos" and the new dated folder is not referenced in the folders list in lightroom (i.e. it knows the images aren't in lightroom). I've tried clearing the cache (removing the previews.Irdata from the lightroom catalogue) - no joy.  Any ideas please?  

I am using version 12.1 of lightroom classic (camera raw 15.1) on a Mac Studio (2022) macOS Monterey 12.5.1

Thank you! 

[KR Seals]

@jamafi Your issue is completely different that what is being discussed in this thread. I suggest you post your issue in a new thread.

[jamafi]

Thank you @KR Seals   I am a bit new to this and thought as I also had a Nikon and was having problems importing from the camera it was the same thread. However good news. In the meantime I solved the issue. I noticed I had three temporary files in the Lightroom Catalog file directory (folder).

Temporary Import data.db, Temporary Import data.db-shm and Temporary Import data.db-wal. According to LightroomQueen, these apparently should be deleted automatically when an import completes. As Lightroom crashed during the previous import they were still there. I deleted them and also the images from the harddrive folder (so I wouldn't be importing duplicates) and tried the import again. It worked! 

[MicheleGattuso]

hallo to everyone!

I'am unlucky since i've bought a new macbook pro with Ventura, a nikon Z6 ii and i use Lightroom for my job. Since i can't stop to work until a fix i' am working at the moment with C1. I tether with it, than, once at home, i import the job folder in Lightroom and i continue with it as always since i really prefer it for color correction and export. 
Is there someone that can tellme how can i import in Lightroom also crops done inside C1 during the theter ?

[F. McLion]

@MicheleGattuso 

Please open a new thread with your request, as this is different to this one here.