mwilliamsphotography Posted February 4, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 4, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I tried to shoot my S2P tethered yesterday, and can't get it to work! I downloaded the S2 Shuttle software, install instructions, and the user instructions ... and followed them. When I open the shuttle software, only the top dialog box opens, and I can connect to the camera and shoot from the computer, but the images go to my Mac's Picture file as individual shots. I can't find where to select a destination folder, and the second lower dialog box never appears to do any control of the camera ... nor is there the little arrow bottom left of the top box to open the second dialog window. Any help out there? -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sizabledream Posted February 4, 2011 Share #2 Posted February 4, 2011 I have used the S2 shuttle software and its working, but much better for tethering is Adobe Lightroom 3.x with the S2. You can then immediately control the picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted February 4, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) When I open the shuttle software, only the top dialog box opens, The little triangle-arrow on the lower left of the upper dialog (under 'Free Memory') does not appear or work to open the bottom options? Edited February 4, 2011 by pico Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted February 4, 2011 The little triangle-arrow on the lower left of the upper dialog (under 'Free Memory') does not appear or work to open the bottom options? No there is nothing there. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted February 4, 2011 I have used the S2 shuttle software and its working, but much better for tethering is Adobe Lightroom 3.x with the S2. You can then immediately control the picture. So, how do you set that up? I'm on a Mac and have LR 3.3 Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpixel Posted February 4, 2011 Share #6 Posted February 4, 2011 So, how do you set that up? I'm on a Mac and have LR 3.3 Marc Its easy... 1. Set Data Storage in the S2 menu to External 2. Plugin the cable 3. Start LR 3.3 4. File - Tethered Capture - Start Tethered capture... then choose a destination folder. There will be a small window telling that the S2 is detected. Then just press the button and you will see the shoots in the window.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share #7 Posted February 5, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Its easy... 1. Set Data Storage in the S2 menu to External 2. Plugin the cable 3. Start LR 3.3 4. File - Tethered Capture - Start Tethered capture... then choose a destination folder. There will be a small window telling that the S2 is detected. Then just press the button and you will see the shoots in the window.. Well I tried that and something is amiss. The LR3 dialog window say "no camera detected". I tried different USB-ports including the one on the back of the Mac tower. No joy. Yet if I open the S2 Shuttle, just the top part shows but connects to the camera ... then I can shoot, but it only transfers the shots to my Mac Picture Folder ... but not to a specific job folder since I can't select which folder to shoot to. It's always something : -( I'm going to fire up my laptop and try that with fresh downloads of the software. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted February 5, 2011 Any ideas anyone? The only thing I can't check is the cord itself. It is brand new, but because it is a proprietary connection at the camera end, I can't swap it out with another USB cord to check that. It is odd that it will partially connect with the Leica Shuttle, let me shoot, and will transfer files to the computer, but LR doesn't recognize the camera as being connected. ?????? I need this feature for my work if the S2 is going to be my go to camera for a lot of studio work using strobes. WTF! Any ideas welcome. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpixel Posted February 5, 2011 Share #9 Posted February 5, 2011 Any ideas anyone? Turn on the S2 - set the Data Storage in the menu to External and put the cable to the computer and restart the mac. After restart run LR 3.3... this should/must work... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share #10 Posted February 5, 2011 Turn on the S2 - set the Data Storage in the menu to External and put the cable to the computer and restart the mac. After restart run LR 3.3... this should/must work... Update, I set up my Mac Lap top running LR 3.3 and it worked flawlessly ... and pretty fast too for USB, and that was uncompressed files! It is NOT the camera or cord ... it is some issue with my Mac Tower. I am running disk permissions on it now, and will try your suggestion xpixel ... and send many thanks to you and all the S2 folks ... your patience is appreciated. Most of the time I'd be using my lap-top with the S2 on location anyway. It'd be cool to wirelessly shoot to an iPad someday. Possible? -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted February 5, 2011 Share #11 Posted February 5, 2011 It'd be cool to wirelessly shoot to an iPad someday. Possible? There is a wireless SD card that transfers files, but I do not know if it is compatible with the S2. It works along with this software. However, I do not know if it works on-the-fly More here. I would be interested in others' input on this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
c6gowin Posted February 5, 2011 Share #12 Posted February 5, 2011 Marc, Here is a Rob Galgraith article regarding setup and use of the EyeFi Pro X2 card and ShutterSnitch. My biggest concern is whether the EyeFi card is compatible with the S2. I read somewhere that it is not compatible with the M9 and can actually cause damage to the camera. I can't find the link now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted February 5, 2011 Share #13 Posted February 5, 2011 The EyeFi X2 card does work in the S2. We've done it..... BUT, it is very slow, especially for DNG files. What we found a somewhat workable option was to shoot DNG + small JPG and use the EyeFi card to transmit the low-res JPGs to the computer while the DNGs were stored on the CF card. It was fun to try, but I'd never really recommend this for actual shooting. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted February 5, 2011 Share #14 Posted February 5, 2011 Update, I set up my Mac Lap top running LR 3.3 and it worked flawlessly ... and pretty fast too for USB, and that was uncompressed files! -Marc Marc, I'd suggest you shoot compressed DNG all the time. There is absolutely zero quality loss and the transfer times are considerably less, as is disk/card usage. In-camera, there is no sacrifice in terms of processing speed - the compression is done real-time. After we tested compressed vs. uncompressed using the latest firmware, we requested that Leica remove the menu option for uncompressed as there is no benefit whatsoever to the end user. By default, most new users and renters feel that uncompressed will offer better quality when all they get is slower tethering and a shallower buffer. Case in point: the maximum number of shots in a minute to a 90MB/s CF card using uncompressed is about 32, while you can get 60 using compressed. Big difference in speed. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpixel Posted February 6, 2011 Share #15 Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) After we tested compressed vs. uncompressed using the latest firmware, we requested that Leica remove the menu option for uncompressed as there is no benefit whatsoever to the end user. There is a benfit actually on the Mac. With uncompressed files you can fast preview the dng files, compressed is (actually...?) not possible nor in Aperture on a Mac... Edited February 6, 2011 by xpixel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Posted February 6, 2011 Share #16 Posted February 6, 2011 The EyeFi X2 card does work in the S2. We've done it..... BUT, it is very slow, especially for DNG files. What we found a somewhat workable option was to shoot DNG + small JPG and use the EyeFi card to transmit the low-res JPGs to the computer while the DNGs were stored on the CF card. It was fun to try, but I'd never really recommend this for actual shooting. David Thanks David, i was about to post and ask this. Did you use one of the cards with geotagging' Cheers Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share #17 Posted February 7, 2011 Well, my Mac Tower just doesn't like the S2 : -( Maybe it struck up an exclusive deal with the Hasselblad MFD? LOL! Reset pRam, did a systems sweep, ran updaters for Mac USB, shut everything down, unplugged all aux devices, even unplugged the computer and waited 1/2 hour ... No Joy. ... then loaded a fresh copy of LR downloaded from the Leica site, and also even put it on a different internal hard drive ... still no joy, the computer won't recognize the S2 camera. Fired up my wife's Mac Air ... loaded a copy of LR ... tethered worked perfectly ... works perfectly on my older Mac Laptop also. I'll just hook up a spare 27" monitor to my lap top for the times I may want to shoot portraits in the studio. Not worth reloading my operating system on the Mac tower and all the headaches that entails ... since everything else works fine. Very odd. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lx1jon Posted February 7, 2011 Share #18 Posted February 7, 2011 Marc, I have no experience of tethering nor of the S2, but just a quick Mac-user's debugging suggestion to offer. Have you tried logging into a different account on your Mac Tower? If need be, set up a virgin account for the purpose. This will avoid any dodgy preference files etc as the new account will start from fresh. If this does work then you know it isn't your machine itself, and there's just a dodgy preference or permission somewhere in your usual account. If it doesn't work, then I'm really beaten! Hope that helps, Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted February 7, 2011 Share #19 Posted February 7, 2011 Marc, Yours is the first case I've seen where an S2 isn't just recognized via plug n' play with either a Mac or PC in LR 3.3. Do other USB devices work on your tower? Perhaps there is a USB driver issue. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted February 7, 2011 Share #20 Posted February 7, 2011 Not all the USB ports on the Mac have the same power. Try another port. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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