📷 DOING THIS made me a BETTER PHOTOGRAPHER: Tethering into Lightroom (including Sony) Why? How? 

Something I've found has improved me a lot as a photographer is actually speeding up rather than slowing down. I've been joining friends on hiking trips in Scotland climbing some of our beautiful mountains. There's been countless places and times we've been where I would have liked to stop for a few hours to get set up for the perfect shots, but being part of a group that's continually moving with only small breaks every now and then has forced me to have to think on my feet about good shots, I've learned more about my camera and can nail down the perfect settings for the shots I want quicker. Obviously preparation and patience is a key element of good photography (especially landscapes) but limiting the time I have to take shots and the number of shots I can take like this has definitely improved my photography, there's definitely benefits to both slowing down and speeding up I think

MAN YOU SAVED MY LIFE! - My Macbook cannot run Sony IED so i saw this video and i downloaded Smartshooter 4 and SOLVED IT! Thanks a lot! greetings from Chile🇨🇱

Thanks Glyn, this was a great video and very helpful in fast tracking the set-up. Appreciate it.

I just did this for the first time today. Just testing it out and I'm really impressed with it.

Totaaly agree Glyn- recently purchased the Cam Ranger 2. Amazingly fast RAW transfers, wirelessly to any mobile device...transformational!

Many thanks. Very helpful. Tried to tether in past and would have loved to have this option available.

great idea for building client confidence :)

Another really useful, interesting episode, Glyn. Thank you buddy.

Great bit of info shared here, shooting tethered in the conmercial world is invaluable. Sony's refusal to work with Adobe is a pain in the butt, so glad Smart Shooter exists. That final tip about getting excited about your own work is something I have always done without thinking about it. Back in the film days (and still now), when I saw something good happening I may even do a little involuntary dance. I had never really considered that this had a positive effect on my subjects and clients, thinking about it now I realise that when I get excited about what is being produced and my lighting then the atmosphere in general lifts and the subject maybe realises that the emohasis is on me to produce good work and not on them. Obviously if you are using models then they do have a job to do, but with portraiture it really is down to us. Nice one, maybe next time I get back to the UK we can have a wander and a landscape shoot, maybe throw a drone up, would be fun.

Delighted to see this availability for Lightroom. I did try it a couple of times but it was a bit sluggish. I have a very small space to work in, but will try to shoot tethered from now on. Very glad you did not recommend an alternative product, which I find prohibitively expensive!

Thank you.

Hi Glyn, big thanks for this vid. I always wanted to look into tethering to show others what I'm shooting. I was planning to link my laptop to a pc projector, but kept struggling on tethered capture as I too am shooting Sony. I will now look into smart shooter 4 as an interface.

Really helpful (as usual), Glyn, thank you. I much prefer tethered shooting indoors, whether model or still life. As a Nikon user Lightroom worked but it was very slow. It's an extra expense, but I opted for Capture One which gave me fast viewing of shots and a lot of controls if/when I choose to apply them. Despite latest Lightroom Classic version, I'm thinking maybe stick to Capture One for all my (non Photoshop) editing. Not yet sure, but there do seem to be some benefits.

Awesome, million thanks, just starting my tethering journey, using a Canon with Lightroom.

Thank you, really useful content, subscribed.

LOVE the Seamaster at 00:40! Nicely done

Thank you 😃

I'm thinking//// looks like something I should take a close into....thanks for another great video....very, helpful....

Really helpful mate, great content. Love the 'reverse psychology' advice, brilliant! Thanks for sharing 😎😎😎

You might also want to try Kuuvik Capture (5) and even Capture One does well at this. Smart Shoot 4 does need some updating as it's ben awhile since the last one.

Super helpful - Mac And Me let’s go 🙌🏾 Speed is essential these days.

You did me the month with this video, i always have problems with the time in my Shootings, this was my favorite video of the year hahahaha

Nice. Thank You

Loved the intro!!!!!

Gonna try this for sure, same camera so that helps, to bad Sony and Adobe are still having problems together....

Very good Intro!

Great video and good content. I have started the tethering via Lightroom but it does like to go to sleep and loose connection to the camera which in my case is the Pentax 645Z even when using Tehter Tools cable. However, I will look into the Smart Shooter 4, the Cam Ranger is too expensive for me as I am not a commercial photographer.

I was once told to show clients their portraits horizontally reversed, as people are most used to seeing themselves in the mirror. Perhaps that's less the case now though.

Great video! Question: how do I get Lightroom Classic to write my photos to both the cards in my camera (Nikon D750) as well as import them to my laptop with Lightroom?

Great video...Great voice. You have a fantastic voice for broadcasting.

Great info! Would you hapen to know how to get the TTL from defaulting on my Wescott Universal commander when I cnnect to the A7SIII Hot Shoe? Do I have to turn some thing off? I want o control my FJ400 manually through the on-camera commander (FJ-X2

What kind of cable are you using to connect your Sony A7Riv, and how do you secure it to the camera?

Thank you again Glyn for this reminder and encouragement. I have and occasionally shoot tethered but tend to shy away cause my laptop screen is not good. I have hauled a larger excellent monitor, a spare I used to use for all my editing. So do you use only laptop screen or at times use sep monitor? And Noticed the coat and tie in a short clip there. What’s “your” preference for that when shooting w clients. My personal opinion is many have traded the value of their own presentation for what they feel is a fact that they are good enough, or a pro that they don’t care or need to care how they look. Thanks again!

Thanks Glyn. Some of the videos on here talk about using hdmi cables for tethering and some usb, does it make a differnce which we use?

nice review. just purchased smart shooter 5 (win11) for Sony a7rv, launched it in LV and it works fine. Then launched lightroom classic and could take pictures. But cannot have liveview inside LRC as we can have inside capture one. Did i miss something ?

Glyn Thanks for another great video. Would Smart Shooter 4 work wirelessly with a Sony A7R3 and an iPad? Thanks.

Brilliant video, Glyn, as always. I am looking at the ONsite Relay A Coupler Bundle from Tether Tools. Do you know if one can buy this item in UK?

Is there a way to do wireless tethering from the camera settings on a Z6II to Lightroom?

great video. How does the speed of Smart Shooter compare with something like Capture One? Is C1 faster? Also, I like how with C1, you are able to organise the photos, add stars/rate them, mark them as selects.. is there something similar on Smart Shooter?

Does this also support Lightroom or only the older classic version?

I love tethered shooting much more productive.

The speed with Smart Shooter vs Lightroom is laughably quicker than Lightroom alone. Even with Raw and even with 'Continuous' switched on. Haven't tried the Smart Shooter LR plug in yet but Smart Shooter is the way to go.

I use capture one. Sony A7r3

am here from PI channel i saw your comment there i pressed your name and omg :D i found nice videos and btw u have nice voice u can do nice voice overs

Hello. Is it working for LUMIX S5 ? Thank you for the answer

Thanks for this! One question. My computer is an older (mid 2015) MacBook. DOesn't have USB-C. Can I purchase a USB-C to USB 3 cable? Will tethering work in this case? I also have a iPad Pro12.9. Is tethering possible here to work with Lightroom Mobile?

My PC in the studio is still running windows 7 therefore won't run lightroom anymore but does avoid all the bloatware that comes with win 10. I use the Camranger2 to shoot tethered wirelessly over a 5G connection and has it's own stand alone software and as long as the photos are on the card I can take them to my win10 machine and edit them there be it photo stacking or portraits. 😉

I was testing my lenses using tethering.. when I got to my old tamron 28-75 Xi (my kick around lens) noticed that it resolves way better while tethered. Is there a reason for that?

Should be great to get to work this way, it seems easy and comfy. But what if someone has an average Nikon camera with no C port on it and is Lr lover also wants to start shooting inside and try to organize things? Glyn, any thoughts on this matter?

I tried to tether recently into LR on a commercial shoot and it was very problematic. Firstly the Tehertools cable kept coming out of the USB on my Macbook slot so would definitely recommend using their 'Jerkstop' product or similar. Also, it's worth checking your screensaver timings on your Mac/PC as this will timeout your LR session. Luckily my assistant had a copy of Capture One on his Macbook so we tried that and tethering was flawless. Just wondering whether Smart Shooter would help with tethering into LR as I prefer using LR for all my cataloging & grading?

very nice sir ! but I have a problem, I purchased tethered cable for my camera, I have Canon R7 mirrorless camera, in light room after capture tethered cable, but camera is not detected pl resolve the problem, thanks

Nice intro

Hello..I have canon 6dii mark and when I shoot a in tethering mode there's no pictures display.. Why?? I have the latest update to classic lightroom and to camera but not working!

I am using a Sony A6600 at work and I can't get smart shooter to move the focus point on the computer when in live view like I do with my own Nikon camera.

👍😃🙏 (already a subscriber).

can you also do this using wireless tether

failed to capture photo. How do I fix this? in lightroom classic?

Do you know if this can be used with an iPad Pro.

I tried the Sony Imaging Edge before and it was frustrating to use and like you said, "clunky". The Sharp Shooter 4 is soooo much better and easier to use on my Sony A7Riii. Thanks a lot! :)

Will smart shooter work with lightroom Cc version?

Does anyone know if this works for LRCC?

After buying my tether tools cable, and using my Sony A7RIV I got the Sony Imaging Edge to work in Live view, then after watching this decided to buy Smart Shooter 4, I must say I am having a massive headache with it and cant get it to work properly! I can see live view in Smart Shooter, setup LR and activated the Plugin, and when I take a shot LR does not import correctly because Smart Shooter is saving the files in 2 different folders, a few shots will go into the Smart Shooter folder and others go into the child Folder I named when activating the plugin called Test Shoot, they are not importing and have to right click the folder and click Synchronise Folder then it can see new images there, that's when I found they were randomly going into these 2 different folders and not importing! I can not find a way to fix it and get it working and I am pulling my hair out! The save folder in Smart Shooter is in a folder called Smart Shooter 4 and that is the folder I set in LR to import too? I also get a message in LR saying "A Captured File Could Not Be Saved, Your Drive maybe full or may longer be accessible" I am confused. Am I missing something, if anyone reads this that can help I would be very grateful, I know you're not support Glyn and you use a MAC and this is Windows I am using, so don't worry about trying to help if you're not sure, however if you are then by all means fire away. Many thanks Ryan.

Agreed Imaging edge and lightroom monitoring a folder is useless, Smart shooter looked impressive, but why buy that unless you are going to send it to lightroom, just use Imaging edge, it's free and works fine for me. By the way I don't use Lightroom, I use Bridge and ACR. The question really should be "Why hasn't adobe got the ability to use Sony cameras with Lightroom tethering ?" I was going to say why not use Capture one, but then I looked at the price...

There is so many comments on this video Glyn im not sure youll notice the comment. Anyway i recently had a bit of a disaster where my memory XQD card failded and i am now looking at trying to use tethering. One as a way of shooting a bit more accurately but two, as a way of backing up my files, not only on the camera but on the laptop. Im still in the process of researching equipment etc. i Have a nikon d850. I did read that capture one basically removes your files on the memory card to speed up thigs. Something i really dont want to take the risk on. But another thing is i use an l bracket. Is there a particular cable you would advise on getting.....much appreciated. Your videos are so educational and priceless.

love my fuji kit but dont get me started on tethering

Does this work on iPad or iPhone? The imaging edge and creative app horrible. Can’t connect. I only want to have images go to device on location immediately.

So, I don't need the Pro Version to import in Lightroom?

ROFL at the trip and smashing glass

Thanks for that. But why should I suffer all this stress with Sony, maybe it’s time I changed back to Nikon?

Tethering to Smart Shooter 4 not working with LR. Sony a 7 III. ON the back of the camera it just shows, Connecting... with the USB symbol and spinning arrows.

What you are doing for the WWII vets is awesome.

Ive tried this with my a7iv but it doesnt read the camera...

Always puzzles me that camera manufacturers haven't been able to build a reliable wireless tethering. Here in 2022 when even a low-end phone supports 802.11ac and thus a wireless bandwidth of several hundred mbits/sec. Running around with a thick, stiff cable attached to the camera, getting it stuck on light stands, tipping over your coffee if the cable catches it, etc.... Tethering is just vital in the studio. Looking forward to ditching the old school cable.

does lightroom still dont support sony directly?

Any chance of sun titles on your videos please?

Sorry this is off topic, but you just got a serious plug on the PixImperfect channel. PNG v Jpeg vid.

sony imaging edge is not reliable. yesterday during a shoot, it only worked once thanks to my buddy messing with my cable. otherwise everything with my camera settings and cable were connected perfectly. its a very annoying program. I am ordering a tether tools usb-c to usb-c to see if that direct line helps into my apple MacBook Pro to sony a7Riii vs the micro USB in the camera to USB classic into my laptop.

Just wonder if anyone on here has tried to use this s/w with Sony A7iv. I just can't get it to work. Has anyone had success? and can provide some guidance. TIA

What a shame that tethering in Lightroom is still not running native on a M1 Mac.

Tether? Barely know her... 🤭

No live view? In 2023? 🤦‍♂🙃

Anybody serious about photography and tethering is certainly using CaptureOne.