Lightroom stops saving to SD card mid shoot - Canon R5 and 5D m IV

Report · Jun 02, 2022

In the middle of a tethered session to Lightroom Classic, the images will no longer save to the SD card for a random period of time. They are saved in the proper session folder on the laptop with the previous shots. Then it will radomly start saving again on the card, usually after I have turned the camera on and off.

I have had this problem ongoing for a couple of years, on both the Canon 5D with a CF card, and the Canon R5 with an SD card. I am not changing anything mid shoot. Also, for the images that don't save to the card, the file numbers start over at 0001, but when it starts saving to the SD card again, it picks up with the last number that was saved on the card. This is maddening.

Lightroom is up to date. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the software and it still happens.

If anyone has any insight I would much apprectiate it.

Report · Feb 20, 2025

Hey Sara,

Sounds like you have switched to Capture One.. Just letting you know my solution did work - I just set the camera to not auto power off. As of Feb 2025, it looks like Adobe has recently updated the tethering capabilities.. so maybe this bug has been fixed?

Report · Feb 21, 2025

Glad you found a solution. Adobe should have come back with a fix. Either way switching was a good idea, the photos are looking better with Capture One.

Report · Feb 21, 2025

Yes, I'm using Cap1 on set, but I still like to do my final edits in Adobe, so it's kind of a pain that I basically "start all over" after downloading the images to the main computer. I wonder if Lightroom will ever add tethered to ipad shooting. It seems they've all but abandoned actual photographers in favor of generative AI. Ugh. Thanks for you replies.

Report · Apr 07, 2025

No, still happened to me last week, everything new cables, cfx type B, laptop, I was in the middle of a shoot and didn't save images at all, not in the SD, not in the SSD. So I continued my shoot tethering directly to my iPad using Cascable App.

really frustrating LR is doing this.

Report · Nov 27, 2024

Your best bet is to switch over to Capture One, it connects instantly, they have a trial software so you can see if it works for you. What a big improvement for us. Adobe has abandoned the photographers and stopped developing, they put all their eggs in the ai basket and forgot the professionals that were using their software.