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Lightroom 4.1 and Nikon D700 in Tethered Mode

Aug 11, 2012 1:23 PM

Lightroom 4.1 is not seeing my Nikon D700 in tethered mode.

(I'm on a big Mac Pro running 10.6.8.)

The Nikon has the latest firmware.

I have started the computer, the camera and the software in different sequences always getting the same result---No Camera Recognized.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

889 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: Butch_M, Aug 12, 2012 10:07 AM
 
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  • Hal P Anderson
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    1. Hal P Anderson,
    Aug 11, 2012 1:36 PM   in reply to dpwolk
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    On my D300, there's a menu setting for how the USB connection is handled. I can set it to P2P or Mass Storage. For tethering, I suspect you need to set it to the former.

     

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  • Butch_M
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    2. Butch_M,
    Aug 11, 2012 3:23 PM   in reply to Hal P Anderson
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    The D700 does not require a menu selection setting adjustment for tehtered shooting ... it is accomplished directly via the camera's firmware. Same for D800/D800e/D3s/D4 and the D300s ... and several other Nikon models ...

     

    There were some problems reported for tethered shooting with OS X 10.6.8 that I don't think Adobe has addressed. Apparently Apple changed how USB connections are handled in that OS version, though other tether software options seem to work ok ... beyond that, you can use the Image Capture.app (found in your Applications folder) ... if the app recognizes the camera it will show the files contained on the camera card, secondly, if you go to File>Take Picture, it will open a dialog window that will allow you to actually trigger the camera with the space bar on the keyboard (or the camera's shutter release) and download the image taken to the folder you select in the option on the top right of the dialog ... If this works, then you know your camera and USB cable are working properly.

     
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    3. dpwolk,
    Aug 12, 2012 8:38 AM   in reply to Butch_M
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    Very helpful. Yes, camera and tethered connection are working fine with Image Capture...

    Guess I'll have to get dedicated software or wait for LR 5 or 6...

     
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    4. Butch_M,
    Aug 12, 2012 10:07 AM   in reply to dpwolk
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    You can always use Image Capture to tether to your camera, then point Lr to a watched folder of the images being captured ....

     

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS1FAB59DE-8867-4052-BA02- 5CF6C163CD29.html

     
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