Can I tether a Sony a7 to Lightroom on a Mac?
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I’m trying to connect a Sony a7 to my Mac with USB and use Lightroom 5 for tethered capture. When I start tethered capture, Lightroom shows “No Camera Detected,” and the camera LCD displays “USB Mode,” so I can’t take a picture. The Sony a7 doesn’t appear on Adobe’s supported camera list. Is that why it won’t work, and is there a workaround or alternative way to shoot tethered and still get images into Lightroom?
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Yes, it is most probably a problem that the Sony A7 is not listed in the officially supported camera list of Lightroom.
There are several things I found on the web that might help you.
Firstly make sure your camera's USB mode is not set to Mass storage but to PC Remote.
Now you can try using other software to tether your camera. Sony has the Remote Camera Control application available free of charge, and from the site it seems it supports the A7. You can involve Lightroom in this process by monitoring the folders to which Sony's application imports photos. The photos will then show up in LR directly after you shot them so you can develop/inspect immediately. Here it's explained how to set this up.
If you really want to use Lightroom 5 to tether your camera I found a paid plug-in (web archive; original site is dead). I am not related to the company, nor do I have experience with the plug-in, but there is a demo-version (web archive) available so you can try it out first.
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Yes. The likely issue is that Lightroom 5 does not natively support tethered capture for the Sony a7, so the missing support-list entry is probably the reason Lightroom reports “No Camera Detected.”
A practical workaround is to use Sony’s own tethering software instead of Lightroom for camera control. Set the camera’s USB connection to PC Remote rather than Mass Storage, then connect it with Sony Remote Camera Control or Imaging Edge. Configure that software to save captured images to a folder on your Mac.
Then in Lightroom, use Auto Import / watch folder so Lightroom monitors that folder and imports each new file as it arrives. This gives you near-live review and editing in Lightroom even though Lightroom is not controlling the camera directly.
If you specifically want Lightroom to handle tethering, a third-party paid plugin may be required, but native Lightroom support for the Sony a7 is not available based on the answers provided.
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