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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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Damien23459377jjnn

Participant

Lightroom ne reconnait pas mon appareil photo sony A7 IV, jaimerais faire un shooting connecté mais impossible

JP Hess

Inspiring

If you are referring to tethered shooting support, Lightroom only supports that with specific models of Canon and Nikon cameras. There is no such support for any Sony cameras.

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Justin25017342u7ck

Participant

Hi Adobe,

It would be really great to have Tethering available for the Canon EOS 90D in Lightroom Classic.

My ( very old! ) Canon EOS 600 D does it but I only use it as a backup and prefer the 90 D.

I noticed in the supported list the 80 D is on there.

Are there any plans to have the 90 D included?

Pretty please?? 🙂

Sanpanza

Known Participant

It has been over6 noinths since Nikon came out with th eZ9 but Adobe has failed to suppor tethered capture. Capture one supported tethered caputre withing2 months of the Z9's release, so what is the problem with Adobe?

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michaelk31020731

Participating Frequently

This is extremely frustrating. Seems like they just don't care. Unless they are just waiting until so many cameras need to be added they can do it all in one update. 🙄

Sanpanza

Known Participant

This is Adobe's way of telling photographers that we are no longer important because we are not their main profit center and because AI is meant to replace many of us. They are telegraphic their future aspirations of AI dominance.

I do think it Adobe wants to make a large section of photographers obsolete.

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peterk56070589

Participant

I can not tether to lightroom classic with my Canon R3. Do you know when this will be up dated?

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michaelk31020731

Participating Frequently

Don't hold your breath,. I've been trying to get an asnwer about that for the last 5 months. No one will tell me anything. Canon says it has to do with Adobe and Adobe won' say anything. On that note, Capture One DOES support the R3 for tethgering, so it looks like I'll be making the switch.

rendysavage

Participating Frequently

So like you, I've been waiting for months too, till today... I jumped when I saw the R3 support on latest 11.4 update. But perhaps I jumped too quickly... for some reason, I cant get my R3 to connect to both my 16-inch MacBookPro and 27-inch iMac. Anyone manage to get your R3 to connect?

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7865436

Inspiring

Does LR support tethering for sony a7iii and does it have live view? thanks so much!

dj_paige

Legend

Answer is here: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/tethered-camera-support.html

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7865436

Inspiring

Thank you so much for the link! I'm suprised that sony is not supported!

Mieke Engelbos

Participant

It seems that LR Classic - version 11.3.1 does not yet support the Canon R3 camera for tethering. Any idea when this will be solved/updated ?

Thx nd knd rgds

Mieke

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balanced_Spirit5EEA

Participant

PLEASE get Canon EOS R5C update so we can tether with lightroom.

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mathiasp13774575

Participant

Bonjour à tous. Lors de mes shooting en studio. J'utilise souvent la capture en mode connecté de lightroom afin que les clients puisse voir le résultat en grand, directement à la prise de vue. Jusqu'au canon R5 cela allait mais je suis passé du R5 au R5C depuis juillet et depuis, et malgré les dernières mises à jour de Lightroom et Firmware de Canon, le boitier reste encore aujourd'hui indétectable. Quelqu'un saurait-il de quel moyen remédier à ce problème, ou quelqu'un a déjà eu ce problème avec ce boîtier ?

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F. McLion

Community Expert

I don't see the R5C among the supported models: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/tethered-camera-support.html

Also, read here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-tethering-support-requests-and-information/m-p/12949027/page/3

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Jeremie226465031c3k

Participant

Hi Adobe Team,

Please please please make tethering available for the Nikon Z9 in Lightroom Classic!

It's now 4 months after its release & I was hoping it would be supported by this point as the camera has been out since late December 2021 & was camera of the year in 2021.

Myself & other pros are currently having to use older Nikon Cameras for our commercial clients or switch to Capture One which isn't ideal.

I'm using the latest Mac Monterey 12.3.1 & Lightroom 11.3.1

Please make it happen, your hard work is appreciated & valued.

Kindly,

Jeremie

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T24304030d7h8

Participant

It's been well over a year now - This should be sorted by now!!

Sanpanza

Known Participant

It's an embarrassment!

Adobe is a huge corporation, so you have to understand that this lack of tethering for higher-end models is NOT a mistake. It is strategy.

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Sebastian24105614hqg0

Participant

Tethering is a no brainer feature that you just need for your camera.

I hope this feature will be added asap for the EOS R5 C so that I can go back to my normal workflow on set.