Why does darktable not detect my Canon 1300D for tethered shooting when gphoto2 works?
Asked 3/6/2022
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I’m trying to use a Canon 1300D with darktable on Linux Mint for tethered shooting. The camera works correctly with gphoto2 from the command line, but darktable does not recognize it for tethered shooting or normal import, whether or not the gphoto2 spawner is running. What should I check to make darktable see the camera?
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A likely cause is that the camera is already mounted by the operating system, which can prevent darktable from taking control of it for import or tethering. Even if gphoto2 works from the command line, darktable may still not detect the camera until it is unmounted.
What to try:
- Connect the camera by USB and turn it on.
- In Linux, unmount the camera from the file system so it is not being used as a storage device.
- Open darktable in lighttable view.
- Check the import panel at top left. If the camera model appears, choose mount camera.
- Then select tethered shoot from the available options.
A workaround mentioned was to remove the memory card and enable shooting without card in the camera menu, which can help avoid the camera being auto-mounted as storage.
So in short: if darktable cannot find the camera but gphoto2 can, make sure the camera is not mounted as a drive before trying to use darktable tethering.
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I also had that same darktable 3.8.x tethering situation with the same camera model (1300D) I.e., it tested ok with the gphoto2 command line, etc.
Using a Linux Mint system on a Dell laptop (core-i3 8GB -no added GPU) it worked with the following steps:
Be sure to unmount the camera from the file system because when a camera is connected to USB and turned on, it gets mounted to show the list of images in camera storage. Alternatively, remove the card from the camera and set shoot without card from Camera → menu.
After unmounting the camera, go to darktable and open the lighttable panel. If the camera model name displays in the import box (at the top left) then choose mount camera. A list with tethered shoot should appear. Select that.
Tip for the camera freeze problem (which I faced): try not to use the "live view".
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