Tethered shooting with a 5D and Mac OS X ???

Turn camera on and connect the camera to the computer, launch EOS Utility and then LR. This sequence works flawlessly for my 1Ds2. It should take about 3 seconds for the image to appear.

PacAce wrote in post #6214337
There's always the WFT module if you really want to be 100% wireless.

Yeah if you want to die from boredom waiting for the picture to transfer , I have one for sale.

MacOS X 10.5.2 + Capture One Pro 3.7.9 + Canon EOS 5D = tethered shooting works as it should from the start.

breal101 wrote in post #6215977
Yeah if you want to die from boredom waiting for the picture to transfer , I have one for sale.

A slow pic transfer doesn't mean you have to stop taking pictures while waiting for the transfer. Remember, in this case, the pictures on the screen are for the benefit of potential customers, not for you to chimp at.

True enough Leo but in our case we need to do both, tethered we get near instant feedback. The WFT is just to slow for it to be much use to us. It could be useful to someone who likes to move around and shoot different angles but we tend to have the camera on a tripod and adjust lighting to shoot just that angle. We bought it with the 1Ds MkIIs , tested it, rejected it and put it back in the box. We probably should have returned it but we thought it might someday come in handy. So far after about 2 years it hasn't happened, so now we want to get rid of it.

OK boys, no fighting!

I will be trying out the DPP and Lightroom trick in the morning. Will let you know what I think.

breal101 wrote in post #6218636
True enough Leo but in our case we need to do both, tethered we get near instant feedback. The WFT is just to slow for it to be much use to us. It could be useful to someone who likes to move around and shoot different angles but we tend to have the camera on a tripod and adjust lighting to shoot just that angle. We bought it with the 1Ds MkIIs , tested it, rejected it and put it back in the box. We probably should have returned it but we thought it might someday come in handy. So far after about 2 years it hasn't happened, so now we want to get rid of it.

Are you shooting RAW? RAW files do take a little longer to transfer than JPEG images. And are you using wireless 802.11G? G is much faster than B or A. But you are right, wireless transfer is slower than wired USB.

It would be great if Canon comes out with a wireless transmitter that can transmit at 802.11N speed in the very near future!

Rudi wrote in post #6219086
OK boys, no fighting!

I will be trying out the DPP and Lightroom trick in the morning. Will let you know what I think.

Good luck! If you try both of them, I'd be interesting in a comparison of the two programs and which you like better.

My bad, I meant EOS Utility and Lightroom, but I guess once I have everything hooked up I might as well try DPP as well.

I can tether my 5D but get errors with my 1D Mark IIn with my Mac, I remember some "trick" somewhere but can't find it. I'm using EOS Utility and ImageBrowser but never thought of the auto import w/Lightroom. Let me know if anyone knows the issue with the error and the 1D Mark IIn with EOS Utility.

PacAce wrote in post #6219132
Are you shooting RAW? RAW files do take a little longer to transfer than JPEG images. And are you using wireless 802.11G? G is much faster than B or A. But you are right, wireless transfer is slower than wired USB.

It would be great if Canon comes out with a wireless transmitter that can transmit at 802.11N speed in the very near future!

Always RAW for us, and if they can get a faster interface we will probably be the first to grab it up. Switching to 1DsMkIII soon so that would be even more important.

taygull wrote in post #6219437
I can tether my 5D but get errors with my 1D Mark IIn with my Mac, I remember some "trick" somewhere but can't find it. I'm using EOS Utility and ImageBrowser but never thought of the auto import w/Lightroom. Let me know if anyone knows the issue with the error and the 1D Mark IIn with EOS Utility.

What error?

I use my 1D2 with Eos utility and DPP...

You're using FW, right?

René Damkot wrote in post #6224733
What error?

I use my 1D2 with Eos utility and DPP...

You're using FW, right?

Yes I am using the FireWire cable...to my Macbook Pro. I'll get you the exact error later today since my FW cable is at the studio.

I use aperture myself with my 350d, works perfectly for me. automatically imports them all, give the trial a go and see how you get on