mwilliamsphotography Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share #21 Posted February 8, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) 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 Seems like I always get to be the first for stuff David ... LOL! It's not the camera or USB cord that I can tell ... it's my computer ... since it works fine on my laptop and my wife's Mac Air. I already tried updating the USB drivers. It's probably some jinky preference or something. I ran the utility, but probably need to use the start up disk and repair them there. I'll try that tomorrow. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mwilliamsphotography Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share #22 Posted February 8, 2011 Not all the USB ports on the Mac have the same power. Try another port. Thanks. Yep, tried every one of them including the ones on the back which tend to be better. Unplugged everything and tried them all. No issues with any other USB device, printers, hard-drives, iPhone, scanner, etc. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Posted February 8, 2011 Share #23 Posted February 8, 2011 Do you have a spare cable to check? Otherwise, the guest account is a good idea. I have had no problem with the S2 LR3.3 on a Quad core Mac Pro Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share #24 Posted February 8, 2011 Thanks again everyone. So, today I started up from the install disk and ran the permissions utility ... also ran Tech-Tools. Still didn't work. Created a new user account as suggested, downloaded LR 3.2 from the Leica site ... and it worked. Logged out, and logged back into my main account, and it didn't work. (However, LR 3.3 had been replaced with LR 3.2). Proving that it is some conflict in preferences or something else I can't figure out ... not a USB port issue, not a camera or tether cord issue. I suppose for the few times I may shoot the S2 tethered to this computer I can just log on to the user account ... as long as I remember to save the session to a hard drive before logging back out ... LOL! Any further ideas most welcome. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Posted February 9, 2011 Share #25 Posted February 9, 2011 Try deleting the plist for LR in your main user account. Good to see that it is not a camera fault. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share #26 Posted February 9, 2011 Try deleting the plist for LR in your main user account. Good to see that it is not a camera fault. Ed Ed, how do I do that step-by-step for a tech moron ... any help greatly appreciated. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Rains Posted February 9, 2011 Share #27 Posted February 9, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm pretty sure it's a Mac thing. I had the same trouble you had (during a demonstration!) with a brand new 15" MBP but the S2 worked just fine tethered with my older 13" MB and, interestingly, flawlessly on a PC running W7/64. Go figure. I don't have the answer though, if you nail one down let us know... Thanks again everyone. So, today I started up from the install disk and ran the permissions utility ... also ran Tech-Tools. Still didn't work. Created a new user account as suggested, downloaded LR 3.2 from the Leica site ... and it worked. Logged out, and logged back into my main account, and it didn't work. (However, LR 3.3 had been replaced with LR 3.2). Proving that it is some conflict in preferences or something else I can't figure out ... not a USB port issue, not a camera or tether cord issue. I suppose for the few times I may shoot the S2 tethered to this computer I can just log on to the user account ... as long as I remember to save the session to a hard drive before logging back out ... LOL! Any further ideas most welcome. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share #28 Posted February 9, 2011 Will do Nick. As soon as Ed responds on how to trash the LR plist, I'll report back if it worked. I think he may be right. I had similar issues with a MFD digital back, and trashing something in the library fixed it. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Posted February 9, 2011 Share #29 Posted February 9, 2011 OK ... here goes Assuming that you installed it for your user only Go to Macintosh HD and open the folder "Users" Then open your own user folder (in my case edwinconstable) Now we are going to nuke the system .... Open the folder "Library" Open the folder "Preferences" Delet the followinng files com.adobe.Lightroom2.LSSharedFileList.plist com.adobe.Lightroom2.plist com.adobe.Lightroom3.LSSharedFileList.plist com.adobe.Lightroom3.plist com.adobe.Lightroom3Beta.LSSharedFileList.plist com.adobe.Lightroom3Beta.plist and any other files of the type com.adobe.LightroomX .....plist Your exact list may not be the same as mine ... depends on installation history Restart If this doesn't work we need to work in the application support area I hope not though Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share #30 Posted February 10, 2011 Thanks Ed. Did it, no luck. Still works perfectly in the second account. I have a ton of 3rd party plug-ins and preferences in my main account LR software so I'm reluctant to uninstall LR and reinstall ... It may be that it'll just be fine using the second account when occasionally using the S2 tethered in studio where this computer is located. It'd be nice, but not essential. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 10, 2011 Share #31 Posted February 10, 2011 Marc, If that is the case perhaps you should set up "Fast User Switching" and make a shared folder.... you log in to your secondary account to tether, save the files to the shared folder and when you switch to your normal login you can point LR3.3 to the shared folder as a watched folder to capture the files. I assume that at some point it will behove you to do the requisite reload so that you can work this out but this may buy you some time. Regards, Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Posted February 11, 2011 Share #32 Posted February 11, 2011 Switch auto import off ... it is not compatible with tethered shooting Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilliamsphotography Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share #33 Posted February 11, 2011 Switch auto import off ... it is not compatible with tethered shooting Ed Thanks yet again Ed ... it is off. I've never enabled it. Still scratching my head. -Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Posted February 11, 2011 Share #34 Posted February 11, 2011 Marc Just check that it didn't get carried through from LR2 .. I seem to remember it was a default back then. Otherwise I think you need a clean install and transfer your plugins Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sizabledream Posted February 20, 2011 Share #35 Posted February 20, 2011 Check now the new version of the Leica Image Shuttle version 1.2. Its now about immediately that you can view the picture on the Quick View window of the picture you made... way faster than in LR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliegray Posted November 20, 2023 Share #36 Posted November 20, 2023 Has anyone tried to tether the S2 in Capture? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmith Posted November 25, 2023 Share #37 Posted November 25, 2023 I tether my s3 in C1 all the time in C1 it’s flawless! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted November 26, 2023 Share #38 Posted November 26, 2023 As far as I remember from the time I owned the S2, it was not supported by C1. I used Adobe LR with the Leica Image Shuttle for tethering. The S3 tethering is supported by C1 without the live view option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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