Peter Kilmister Posted March 9, 2016 Share #21 Posted March 9, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sorry to disagree with you, Exodies, but the MFHG allows charging of the battery via an extra. It also allows a flash connection via an extra. Please read the manual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bilbrown Posted March 9, 2016 Share #22 Posted March 9, 2016 @billbrown: The MF Handgrip has a USB cord that enables you to download photos from the SD card to your PC. That's it. Extras are extra. If you want a charger it is an extra. If you want a flash link that's also an extra. Sorry, mate, you need to empty your wallet. OH I get that. What I am asking is I can SEE the M240 in Image Capture now, but it doesn't connect to Leica Image Shuttle 2, or Lightroom/CP1 anything. How do I get it to read directly to my Mac/Folder and load in Lightroom at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbrown Posted March 9, 2016 Share #23 Posted March 9, 2016 Has anyone had issues with LIS2 "seeing" a connected M240? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ricard Posted March 9, 2016 Share #24 Posted March 9, 2016 Sorry to disagree with you, Exodies, but the MFHG allows charging of the battery via an extra. It also allows a flash connection via an extra. Please read the manual. No offense intended, but I never get the point of the "please read the manual" posts. For me, the point of a forum is to get the information WITHOUT having to suffer through manual. I wont the grip, but I have no idea of where the manual is. I don't think I have ever read a camera manual. I've learned a lot from forums such as this. I had no idea I could charge the battery using the grip. That's a big thing, since I have only one charger and they are super expensive. I'll be experimenting tonight, trying to figure out how to charge the battery using the grip. You could have saved me a lot of trouble, by just posting the info Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted March 9, 2016 Share #25 Posted March 9, 2016 Sorry to disagree with you, Exodies, but the MFHG allows charging of the battery via an extra. It also allows a flash connection via an extra. Please read the manual. Disagreement is fine I was was replying to Bilbown's remark: "I just want to make sure the Handgrip doesn't have to be charged before I run down to my local Radio Shack and get a different USB cord." The handgrip doesn't have to be charged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 9, 2016 Share #26 Posted March 9, 2016 The power supply designed mainly for running the M240 et al cameras continuously, which also fairly slowly charges the battery, is an expensive and quite rare item. Most dealers would have to order this in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHPhoto Posted March 19, 2016 Share #27 Posted March 19, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I purchased a USED one of these from Tibor at the Leica department at Samy's in LA. The GPS works fine but I'm having issues tethering it. I didn't get any of the extras. I have a USB cord, is there some trick to this? Maybe it needs to have a charger (none came with the device I received). I have installed Leica Image Shuttle 2, and even tried using Image Capture as one above poster did. I don't know, maybe my USB cord isn't V3 (it's older and I was testing it). I just want to make sure the Handgrip doesn't have to be charged before I run down to my local Radio Shack and get a different USB cord. I bought my MF grip new in December '15 and only today attempted tethering to LIS v2.2 on MacBookPro. The computer sees the camera but LIS won't! Tried all manner of USB cables - even breaking the seal on the original cable pack to make sure it wasn't some weird Leica compatibility issue . No joy in LIS seeing my M-P240. I tried the camera in Mass Storage and PTP usb mode as well. Any tips, anyone?? Thanks, Grant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aivar Posted May 13, 2016 Share #28 Posted May 13, 2016 Has anyone had issues with LIS2 "seeing" a connected M240? I have just tried to connect - nothing works - typ 240 + el Capitan 10.11.4.camera's update July 2014. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski542002 Posted May 13, 2016 Share #29 Posted May 13, 2016 I have never had a problem with LIS being able to see my M240. This is the order that I launch the programs. I launch C1 pro first, then I launch LIS, then LIS tells me attach camera. I tether my M, and then turn it on. I have moved away from Lightroom which has been very buggy. I am also not using El Capitan. I am one version below that operating system. There have been issues with support using El Capitan. I am in no rush to experiment right now. Hope this helps and sorry you're having these frustrating issues with tethering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STB Posted May 13, 2016 Share #30 Posted May 13, 2016 I have just tried to connect - nothing works - typ 240 + el Capitan 10.11.4. camera's update July 2014. See this current thread: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/260302-leica-image-shuttle-not-recognizing-my-m-240/ In the eight months since Apple released El Capitan, Leica has yet to support it. When it comes to tethering an M 240 on the current operating system, your very expensive multifunction hand grip is a paperweight. Not that Leica has seen fit to tell anyone, let alone say when it will fix this. I've sent Leica an e-mail asking when we can expect a fix (see the above thread) and got a response suggesting that Leica can't even figure out how to run its own e-mail system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 13, 2016 Share #31 Posted May 13, 2016 You can use Mac Image Capture in a very primitive way for tethering, with the USB set to PTP. It only works on Automatic timed shutter not manual individual shot and you have no control over the camera. Given that I now have an SL where the SL app for my iPad works beautifully, I cannot say I will be using the M240 in tethered mode any time soon. At least the GPS on the MF grip, FINALLY works again after the FW update, after two years of idiocy and procrastination by Leica. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski542002 Posted May 13, 2016 Share #32 Posted May 13, 2016 I have to believe that somehow Apple, Adobe, and Phase One are all somewhat culpable and responsible to find a resolution to this tethering issue. Wilson, I do plan to get an SL soon, and will sell my M240. I expect the SL to tether for me successfully using C1Pro & LIS, as long as I don't migrate to El Capitan at least until a permanent fix is in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STB Posted May 13, 2016 Share #33 Posted May 13, 2016 You can use Mac Image Capture in a very primitive way for tethering, with the USB set to PTP. If one has a spare Mac, the better solution is to install Yosemite. If you have an old enough Time Machine backup, it might work, but I did a fresh install. The following instructions work: http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/18/clean-install-os-x-yosemite/ (Make sure you follow step 4 re erasing your hard drive; otherwise the install will not work). This is how to make the Yosemite boot drive: http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/16/make-os-x-yosemite-boot-install-drive/ Between backing up your files, installing Yosemite and downloading any applications you need, you can plan on spending a few hours doing this. Because, you know, Leica doesn't think your time is worth anything. I think a class action suit by handgrip purchasers, for this and other problems, might be just what's needed to smarten up this company. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STB Posted May 13, 2016 Share #34 Posted May 13, 2016 I have to believe that somehow Apple, Adobe, and Phase One are all somewhat culpable and responsible to find a resolution to this tethering issue. Leica is solely responsible for its failure to update Leica Image Shuttle for the M 240. This has nothing to do with Apple, Adobe or Phase One. As for Lightroom tethering, Adobe can do nothing until Leica submits either its SDK or a plug-in (which, interestingly, it has managed to do for the S). Nor are Apple, Adobe and Phase One responsible for Leica's complete failure to communicate with its customers on this issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 13, 2016 Share #35 Posted May 13, 2016 I have to believe that somehow Apple, Adobe, and Phase One are all somewhat culpable and responsible to find a resolution to this tethering issue. Wilson, I do plan to get an SL soon, and will sell my M240. I expect the SL to tether for me successfully using C1Pro & LIS, as long as I don't migrate to El Capitan at least until a permanent fix is in. I know the Phase One folks fairly well having been a user since version 2. Leica give no help whatsoever to Phase One and I think this goes back to the proposed merger/acquisition of Phase One by Leica in 2008, where one or other of them pulled the plug, which seems to have left ill feelings. In order to even get Leica camera and lens profiles on Capture One, us end users are having to lend Phase One our cameras and lenses, as it would seem Leica is not prepared to. That is also why there are very few Leica lens profiles on C1. I have posted before that it is high time that these two companies kissed and made up in the interests of their customers, who buy their expensive products and in essence, pay their salaries. Perhaps it is time that we owners reminded them of that and stopped with the attitude that Leica is doing us a favour by making their cameras for us. The Leica Image Shuttle debacle is just one instance of Leica letting down their customers. BTW tethered support for the SL on C1 either on computer or their tethering app on iOS, is not coming any time soon, if ever. You can link in C1 with the SL app on iOS, by setting up an auto transfer from the iPad via iCloud to a Mac and then an auto-import into C1, but it is all very slow and clunky unless you have a 100 mbps fibre optic upload connection. Much easier to take the SD card out and load direct. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeTexas Posted April 19, 2017 Share #36 Posted April 19, 2017 Does anyone know if there's an intervalometer that will trigger the shutter via the USB port? I'd really like to make some timelapse videos, but I don't really want to bring my laptop along to use the Shuttle software. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 19, 2017 Share #37 Posted April 19, 2017 You can use Mac Image Capture with the smart grip and you will also need the power supply, which does not come cheap. The intervalometer via Image Capture only fires the shutter and there is no control of camera parameters apart from that. You have to set them manually. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeTexas Posted April 19, 2017 Share #38 Posted April 19, 2017 You can use Mac Image Capture with the smart grip and you will also need the power supply, which does not come cheap. The intervalometer via Image Capture only fires the shutter and there is no control of camera parameters apart from that. You have to set them manually. Wilson I can use the Leica Shuttle Program on my PC. I was just hoping one of these portable intervalometers (https://www.adorama.com/bowrclc1r.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwldzHBRCfg_aImKrf7N4BEiQABJTPKMmOUQKMIGtdydcpQkK2kIg-Q1ohudkUhBhN8_YxilMaAn-18P8HAQ) would work as a trigger, so I didn't have to carry my laptop with me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 19, 2017 Share #39 Posted April 19, 2017 I can use the Leica Shuttle Program on my PC. I was just hoping one of these portable intervalometers (https://www.adorama.com/bowrclc1r.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwldzHBRCfg_aImKrf7N4BEiQABJTPKMmOUQKMIGtdydcpQkK2kIg-Q1ohudkUhBhN8_YxilMaAn-18P8HAQ) would work as a trigger, so I didn't have to carry my laptop with me. I suspect there will be a protocol issue on these. Strangely, Leica had an excellent intervalometer set up as far back as the Digilux 2 in 2004 but it then seems to have taken a back seat until you reach the SL. Even the SL's electric remote is an overpriced piece of garbage. It does not even have a decent two level touch switch. Because it uses a custom plug, there is no option available. As someone else said a $5 switch connected to a $70 plug. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeTexas Posted April 20, 2017 Share #40 Posted April 20, 2017 I suspect there will be a protocol issue on these. Strangely, Leica had an excellent intervalometer set up as far back as the Digilux 2 in 2004 but it then seems to have taken a back seat until you reach the SL. Even the SL's electric remote is an overpriced piece of garbage. It does not even have a decent two level touch switch. Because it uses a custom plug, there is no option available. As someone else said a $5 switch connected to a $70 plug. Wilson The Image Shuttle program works quite well. Maybe I should just look for a cheap Windows tablet with good battery life, so I don't have to haul a laptop around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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