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 known issue with Lightroom and macOS Ventura.

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.

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