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LStavri
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September 17, 2020
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When will Tethering be available for the Canon EOS R5?

Adobe - when will the Canon EOS R5 and Canon EOS R6 be added to the list of Tethered camera support for Lightroom Classic??

 

Do you have a timeframe for when these cameras will be added?

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    Ian Lyons
    Ian LyonsCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 16, 2021

    Tethering support for the Canon EOS R5 and R6 is now availavle via Lightroom Classic 10.2

     

     

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    Tom Weishaar
    Participant
    November 30, 2020

    Any new info... on LR including tethering for Canon's R5?  I have been using LR for over 9 years and though tethering in LR has always been "finiky" R5 I can't seem to tether at all with my R5.  B&H Photo has a "Cyber-Monday" deal on Capture One and to be honest "I NEED TO TETHER!" I have so much time invested in LR that making the change seems like a one way street.

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      utrphoto
      utrphoto
      Participant
      October 28, 2020

      I didn't want to do it but I've swithed Capture One, because they currently support tethering (with live view) for the Canon R5. I've used Lightroom for 12 years but might not go back if I feel like Capture One is a better product.

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        Brad15C3
        Participant
        November 17, 2020

        I see you posted this on October 28th... Wondering as a lightroom Tether capture user what the transition has been like for you for you to Capture One?  Do you like it?  Thanks for your input.

         

         

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        utrphoto
        utrphoto
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        January 1, 2021

        Hello - There's a bit of a learning curve for Capture One but I has able to gain a basic knowlege of the program in a couple days. But there is a huge problem with C1, it only saves the image to the computer and not the camera. However a photographer named John Gress has a Youtube video detailing a workaround that allows the image to be saved to the camera. As of today there still isn't R5 tethering support, it's really amazing Adobe can't get this done!

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        johnrellis
        johnrellis
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        September 17, 2020

        From this topic in the official Adobe feedback forum:

         

        "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."

         

        Canon added tether support for the R5 and R6 to its SDK on 7/22/20, and LR added raw support for them in LR 9.4 (8/18/20), so we might expect to see tether support in 9.5 or 9.6.  A new release of LR comes out once every two months, so middle of October or middle of December.  But as dj_paige mentioned, Adobe rarely announces dates.

         

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        Maior ADV
        Maior ADV
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        November 14, 2020

        Hi, we are at version 10.0 and tethering with the R5 is still not supported! How long do we have to wait to use our cameras with LR?

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        dj_paige
        dj_paige
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        November 14, 2020

        @Maior ADV said:

        "Hi, we are at version 10.0 and tethering with the R5 is still not supported! How long do we have to wait to use our cameras with LR?"

         

        Please read this exact thread, this is discussed clearly.

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        dj_paige
        dj_paige
        Legend
        September 17, 2020

        We are not Adobe in this forum, we are just other Adobe customers, like you, and Adobe never tells us in advance. So you will find out at the same time as everyone else finds out.

         

        Also, as I understand things, Adobe needs some code from Canon, and so the delay is at Canon's end.

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          LStavriAuthor
          Participant
          September 17, 2020

          Thanks.

           

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