Can you shoot tethered from a Linux laptop, and what software works?

Asked 10/4/2010

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I’d like to try tethered shooting from an Ubuntu Linux laptop. My camera is a Canon 5D Mark II, but I’d also like answers that are useful for other camera brands and models. What Linux options are available for tethered capture, and are there any workarounds if the camera maker only provides Windows software?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

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This is a native software you could use:

http://entangle-photo.org/

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And this too: http://www.darktable.org/

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Yes. On Linux, common tethering options include gPhoto2-based tools and Linux photo apps that support tethered capture.

From the answers provided:

  • Entangle is a native Linux tethering application.
  • darktable also offers tethered shooting support on supported cameras.
  • gPhoto2 is a common Linux command-line solution and is often the underlying library many Linux camera tools rely on.

Camera support varies by model, so the key question is whether your camera is supported by gPhoto2/libgphoto2. If it is, native Linux tethering may work well.

If your camera manufacturer only supplies Windows tethering software, a practical workaround is to run Windows in VirtualBox on your Linux laptop and install the camera’s official software there. For USB-connected cameras, make sure:

  • USB 2.0 is enabled in the VM settings
  • the camera is passed through to the virtual machine via the VM’s USB device menu

So the short answer is: yes, tethered shooting on Linux is possible, either natively with Entangle/darktable/gPhoto2 or via a Windows virtual machine if needed.

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