Shooting tethered means shooting with your camera connected to your computer. Many photographers like to do this because it pings the images to their computer. As well as saving the images directly to the computer hard drive, it means that you can see your shots on a large screen immediately after taking them.

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Tethered shooting is usually done in the studio or at home, but you can actually do it anywhere that you take your laptop.

Nikon Camera Control Pro 2. Olympus available free of charge. Olympus Image Share App. Olympus Capture Software. Sony available free of charge, but unfortunately without Live View display. Sony Remote Control. Panasonic available free of charge. Panasonic Camera Remote App. Not tied to any particular brand. Capture One Pro Software. See your camera manual for how to set up your camera for remote control. This app automatically connects WiFi for you and remembers a list of known cameras to make connecting to your camera faster after the first set-up.

Not just for pros

You might dismiss the idea of tethered shooting if you’re not a professional or commercial photographer, but it’s also very useful for enthusiasts and hobbyists. For example, it’s far easier to check the detail in the shadows and highlights, make sure the exposure is spot on and ensure that you’ve nailed the focusing. And if you’re shooting a macro subject, it’s a lot easier to assess the depth of field on a large screen.

Sony’s free Imaging Edge software, which includes Remote, also allows you to control your camera remotely via your computer. That means you don’t even need to touch your camera to adjust the focus, white balance, exposure and more, so you can avoid introducing any vibrations that may blur your images. But if you prefer, you can hold the camera and shoot as normal

How to tether the Sony A7 III, A7R III or A9

1. Follow the link to download and install the Imaging Edge software
2. Install Imaging Edge on your computer.
3. Turn on your Sony camera, press the menu button and navigate to USB Connection. Press the button at the centre of the navigation pad to access the options and select PC Remote. Press the centre button to confirm.
4. Now scroll down to PC Remote Settings and press the centre button again. Select each option in turn and press the centre button to access the available settings. This is where you select whether you want still images to be saved on the computer and the card in the camera, or just on the computer. You can also select the image format that you want to save. Once you’ve finished, return to the main menu.
   
   
5. In the camera menu, navigate to Control with smartphone and make sure it’s set to off.
6. Turn the camera off and connect the cable to the USB-C port. Connect the other end of the cable to your laptop. Sony supplies a USB-C cable in the box with the camera, but it’s very short, so we recommend using a Tether Tools cable. Tether Tools makes a range of cables for different cameras and computers. The easiest way to find out what you need is to visit the Tether Tools website and use the online guide.
   
7. Now turn on your camera and fire up the Remote application on your computer. It has to be done in this order. The software searches for a camera connection and then activates the live view. The camera controls are all arranged to the left of the image preview.
   
8. Click on the box next to the Save in destination near the bottom of the controls on the right of the screen. Now find and select the folder where you want to save the image. If you use Lightroom, you can set it to import images from this folder.
9. You can trigger the shutter using the button the camera as normal, or using the icon on the computer screen, just click on it with your mouse.

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There a couple of bugs that stop the Remote software from connecting to the camera. If you find you have this problem, make sure that you deactivate Dropbox and Google backup and sync. Once that’s done, try again.

Shoot with your Alpha camera tethered via a USB cable to your computer using Sony’s Free ‘Remote Camera Control‘ Software.

When you shoot tethered the images will be transferred directly to a folder on your computer instead of the camera’s memory card. It is possible to then Auto Import images from this folder into Lightroom as your shoot progresses (File > Auto Import > Enable Auto Import). For Lightroom to import the images automatically you will need to choose the folder that the Remote Camera Control software is saving the images into by going to File > Auto Import > Auto Import Settings. Lightroom calls this folder the ‘Watched Folder‘.

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NOTE > There is no Live Preview of the image before you shoot when importing images into Lightroom. The advantage of this workflow is that you are simply reviewing the images you have captured on a larger screen rather than the LCD screen of the camera. If you just want to Preview images on larger screen before you capture you can purchase Phase One’s Capture One or use a Sony HD external monitor. An advantage to the tethered workflow is that you can also apply a Develop Preset to the images as they are being imported, e.g. you could apply a high-contrast black and white preset to the images being imported so that your client is seeing images closer to what they have asked you to shoot.

Here are the steps you need to take to shoot tethered using Remote Camera Control and Adobe Lightroom:

1. Download the latest Remote Camera Control App for Windows or for Mac
2. In the Menu settings of your camera set the USB Connection to PC Remote (found in the Setup section that looks like a Toolbox).
3. Start the Remote Camera Control Software.
4. Choose a folder in the ‘Save in‘ section at the base of the Remote Camera Control panel.
5. Choose this same folder in the Auto Import Settings in Lightroom.
6. Switch on the camera.
7. Capture an image.
8. If you have trouble finding where this image is in your Lightroom Catalog go to the Library module and in the Catalog panel choose ‘Previous Import‘. Then right-click on the thumbnail image that you just captured and choose the ‘Go to Folder in Library’ option.
9. Double Click on the thumbnail image to go into Loupe view (full screen preview).
10. Subsequent images that you capture will be now be shown in Loupe view rather than a thumbnail image automatically.

NOTE > In recent versions of my Mac operating system the Camera Control Software has been telling me (after a couple of successfully imported shots) that it is unable to save in the folder that I created and instead saves them to a folder it creates – Documents > Remote Camera Control > Dated Folder. Even if I choose this as the watched folder in Lightroom the software will still come up with the warning – clicking OK in the Remote Camera Control warning dialog will cause the import process to resume. To overcome this problem I have been using this dated folder as the watched folder and also keeping the Remote Camera Control software as the active window when I am shooting. This workflow has resolved the problems I encountered. I expect subsequent software updates (either Apple or remote camera Control) to resolve the current issue I am experiencing.

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Realistic Expectations for Performance: When shooting Raw images in a tethered workflow using an A7RII you can’t expect to 42.4 megapixel images to appear a split second after you press the shutter release on your computer screen. I believe the USB cable from the camera is the ‘bottleneck’ in the pipeline and so I expect to have to wait 10 seconds before the image appears on my computer screen I will then wait another second or two while Lightroom builds a detailed screen preview.

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Problems with a Tethered Workflow: The USB I/O is definitely a problem with the reliability of a tethered workflow but other problems include working with your camera tethered to a laptop computer. I would strongly encourage you to invest in a long brightly coloured USB cable and use a Jerk Stopper on the camera and computer to avoid damaging the USB ports if someone walks through the USB cable while you are shooting. A company called Tether Tools supplies all the equipment you require to make this workflow painless.