Do I need a special Adobe plug-in for Sony cameras?
TBMK- No. But you need the Sony Tether software.
no live view appeared.
That would be a Sony software feature- if it is possible ?? (I am a Nikon person) There is no Live-View function in Lightroom.
I tried to make that folder a LRC watched folder
The 'watched folder' MUST be empty of files before you enable Auto-Import.
I have found in the past that I could re-establish the Auto-Import function by re-defining both the 'Watched' and 'Destination' folders (ie creating new folders), and setting these new folder locations in the Auto-Import setup. (The Sony tether folder destination would then also need re-defining!)
Get the Auto-Import function to work first (test by a drag&drop of any photo file) onto the 'Watched' folder and see that LrC imports and plaes it in the 'Destination' folder.
(I have my 'Watched' folder on the desktop so as to drag&drop photos from most applications.)
You may find this link helpful-
https://briansmith.com/how-to-tether-sony-a7-a7r-a7s/
Many thanks. I got all of it configured today after a couple of hard days.
Yes, I am already using the Sony tethering software mentioned in your link. It is very clunky software, though. Reminds me of something from the DOS era or very early WIN era. Now I've got a perfectly streamlined workflow for film negative capture: The Sony Imaging Edge software gives me a live view with full camera controls. Once I make the exposure the file is deposited into my LRC watched folder. LRC then moves it to another folder (this was where I got lost yesterday- couldn't locate that folder at first because it is deep in the OS system's Library folder; once I found it, I moved it to the desktop), where it auto imports and my custom preset is applied. My preset converts to black & white and then does a negative-positive reversal.
I first developed this system in 2018, when I provided all of the scanning, editing and printing services for a large museum exhibition of medium format film negatives from the early 1960s. I used a 42 MP Sony a7r II camera with a Canon 100mm macro lens on a copy stand and a broad spectrum LED panel for illumination from below. Film negatives were fluid mounted on glass suspended a few inches above the light panel on a custom built, moveable platform that allowed the negatives to be scanned in either 2, 4, or 6 sections and then stitched together in photoshop. Print sizes included 22x22, 30x30, 30x40, 40x40 and 40x55. Having just recently upgraded to a Sony 61-MP mk IV camera, I will never again have to capture more than 2 or 3 sections of a negative, moving the film in a single direction. Someday I hope to have 100-150 MP at my disposal for single shot capture.
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