Editing Tethered Capture With Nikon D7500

== Overview ==

This article covers tethered capture to a Mac desktop when Lightroom isn't able to connect to a Nikon DSLR camera. Apparently this is a [https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/known-issues.html known issue with Lightroom and macOS Ventura].

As of January 2025, tethered capture works within Lightroom Classic.

== Tools ==

* '''Nikon D7500''' Firmware C 1.11 (Feb 2023) 
* '''Adobe Lightroom Classic''' version 12.1 (Feb 2023)
* '''Mac Studio''' macOS Ventura 13.1/Mac M1 chip
* '''Nikon Camera Control Pro 2''' 

== Camera Control Pro 2 ==

Paid software produced by Nikon. 

* Connect the camera to the Mac desktop with a micro USB C to USB C cable. 
* Start '''Camera Control''' software.
* Turn on the camera. '''Camera Control''' should detect the camera automatically.
* Set the destination folder with '''Main Menu''' > '''Tools''' > '''Transfer Options...''' > '''Destination folder'''
** Set the destination folder to a folder on a local drive that Lightroom can access as a "watched folder".
* '''Lightroom'''
** Open the catalog where the photos should be imported.
** '''File''' > '''Auto Import''' > '''Auto Import Settings''' 
*** Choose the CC Pro destination as the '''Watched Folder'''.
*** Select a '''Destination Folder''' to have Lightroom transfer the images from the initial CC Pro destination folder to wherever they should be located for Lightroom to best manage them.
*** Check '''Enable Auto Import''' or '''File''' > '''Auto Import''' > '''Enable Auto Import'''.
** Click on the watched folder in the '''Folders''' pane of the gallery. 

Now when an exposure is captured on the camera, it will automatically transfer first to the CC Pro destination folder, then Lightroom will transfer it to its final destination and import it into Lightroom. With individual photos open in the Lightroom app, new images will appear as they are captured by the camera.

== Troubleshooting ==

=== Glare from the camera's built-in flash ===

When using the camera to photograph flat artwork under the camera, I was getting glare from the camera's built-in flash when using a remote flash.

Theoretically, there would be a setting on the camera to prevent this, but I couldn't figure out how. 

In the meantime, It's possible to tape a piece of paper a few inches in front of the built-in flash. This doesn't interfere with the remote flash and it eliminates hot spots caused by the built-in flash firing.

=== Permission denied when using Lightroom's auto import ===

'''Symptom:''' When '''Enable auto import''' is selected in Lightroom, Lightroom responds with a dialog stating that it doesn't have write permissions to the destination volume.

'''Solution:''' Open auto import settings and re-select the destination folder, even if it is the same location. 

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