Michael Naylor Posted November 13, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 13, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have an M10-P with the latest firmware and I can successfuly use the new iOS Leica Fotos app form my iPhone or iPad. The app can upload DNG files to Apple iCloud, so they will eventually end up in Apple Photos on my iMac. Clever stuff, but very slow. I'd like to transfer them directly to my iMac over my local Wifi - instead of having them first go three times around the World. This would be considerably faster. My question is, does anyone know if a direct upload is possible, because I hate having to remove and replace the memory card each time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pico Posted November 13, 2018 Share #2 Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) M10 Wireless Transfer.app, written by our esteemed member, Jeff Mellody, works to directly download from the M10 to my MacBook Pro. Be patient while it first makes the connection. It is very good and quick enough for me. If Jeff is reading: Sir, your instructions on-line may need to be updated. Edited November 13, 2018 by pico 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Naylor Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted November 13, 2018 43 minutes ago, pico said: M10 Wireless Transfer.app, written by our esteemed member, Jeff Mellody, works to directly download from the M10 to my MacBook Pro. Be patient while it first makes the connection. It is very good and quick enough for me. If Jeff is reading: Sir, your instructions on-line may need to be updated. Jeff's article refers the old M10 firmware. The latest firmware is different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 13, 2018 Share #4 Posted November 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, mkenaylor said: Jeff's article refers the old M10 firmware. The latest firmware is different. True. I was just nudging him. His program works so well that the instructions can be simplified. It's a winner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Naylor Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted November 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, pico said: True. I was just nudging him. His program works so well that the instructions can be simplified. It's a winner. I'm sorry Pico, the article doesn't talk about a MacBook Pro and the screenshots are from an iOS device - not from some app the Jeff might have written. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charleswang Posted November 13, 2018 Share #6 Posted November 13, 2018 Not familiar with Jeff's app, but here's a software I've been using (also developed by a very talented forum member Mark) on my macOS systems. https://transienteye.com/photographic-software/ The speed is more than adequate but for large batch transfers (100+ photos) I would still transfer from a card reader directly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charleswang Posted November 13, 2018 Share #7 Posted November 13, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Mark's original post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 13, 2018 Share #8 Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, mkenaylor said: I'm sorry Pico, the article doesn't talk about a MacBook Pro and the screenshots are from an iOS device - not from some app the Jeff might have written. The OP was asking about transferring to Mac OS. I answered. Edited November 13, 2018 by pico Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 13, 2018 Share #9 Posted November 13, 2018 Neither of these solutions will work with the CL using the current v2.1 firmware. The ability to connect to an existing WLAN is not functioning at all, and the ability to connect to a hotspot created by the camera is only enabled for Leica FOTOS app at present. I hope this gets corrected in the near future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Naylor Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted November 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, pico said: You should be sorry. The OP was asking about transferring to Mac OS. I answered. I am the original poster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Naylor Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share #11 Posted November 13, 2018 1 minute ago, ramarren said: Neither of these solutions will work with the CL using the current v2.1 firmware. The ability to connect to an existing WLAN is not functioning at all, and the ability to connect to a hotspot created by the camera is only enabled for Leica FOTOS app at present. I hope this gets corrected in the near future. Thank you. A much better answer than that provided by pico. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 13, 2018 Share #12 Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, mkenaylor said: I am the original poster. Well, is my face red! Anyway, you asked to transfer to Mac OS (iMac). Now you have two programs recommended for direct loading. BTW they look and act almost the same -- using same Mac libraries, I think. Quote Thank you. A much better answer than that provided by pico. ramarren's answer has nothing to do with the iMac, and you were asking about the M10 - a completely different issue. Edited November 13, 2018 by pico Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 13, 2018 Share #13 Posted November 13, 2018 mkenaylor: Well, a MacBook Pro is a macOS system, so perhaps there was some confusion in terminology or word usage. The software that pico pointed to is a macOS application, even if the web page seems confusingly interspersed with an iOS app as well. I normally just pull the card from the camera and use an SD card reader on the computer side (whether built-in or a plug-in model) because the transfer performance with large DNG files is so much better. As a trivial speed test, I transferred 10 CL DNGs via the Leica FOTOs app and the Lightning->SD Card Adapter to my iPad Pro ... the difference in speed was 8 minutes or so with Leica FOTOS and 27 seconds with the card adapter. I did the same test from card to my Mac mini's external storage and the time dropped again to 7 seconds. That kind of transfer speed improvement is worth the small annoyance of carrying a small reader dongle and pulling the card out for me, most of the time. What I did find convenient about using Leica FOTOs with the CL was the ability to see the preview thumbnails for frames a heck of a lot faster than with the card adapter on the iPad. This meant I could scan a few dozen frames with the FOTOS app, pick the three or four I wanted, download them to the iPad, and have them on my iCloud Files so they were instantly available on macOS as well for import into Lightroom when I arrived home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 13, 2018 Share #14 Posted November 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, pico said: ... ramarren's answer has nothing to do with the iMac, and you were asking about the M10 - a completely different issue. Actually, my test was done with macOS on a Mac mini using the CL, which uses the same protocol to transfer files as the M10. Both apps used to work before the most recent firmware update, which was released to enable the latest Leica FOTOs app on Android and iOS, with the unfortunate side effect that the WLAN connection capability has been disabled (at least on the CL ... I am not sure about the M10). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 13, 2018 Share #15 Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ramarren said: side effect that the WLAN connection capability has been disabled (at least on the CL ... I am not sure about the M10). That CL situation sucks. FWIW, both the Mac OS programs work, as does the iOS Fotos app on the M10. I would be tempted to crack Fotos to find out what's going on, starting by finding if the earlier Fotos is truly completely deleted from the iPhone. (I don't know Android) Edited November 13, 2018 by pico 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Naylor Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted November 13, 2018 36 minutes ago, pico said: That CL situation sucks. FWIW, both the Mac OS programs work, as does the iOS Fotos app on the M10. I would be tempted to crack Fotos to find out what's going on, starting by finding if the earlier Fotos is truly completely deleted from the iPhone. (I don't know Android) Just to be clear pico, and avoid another red face, what firmware version is your M10 running? The latest version (at least for the M10-P) is 2.6.5.1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 13, 2018 Share #17 Posted November 13, 2018 10 minutes ago, mkenaylor said: Just to be clear pico, and avoid another red face, what firmware version is your M10 running? The latest version (at least for the M10-P) is 2.6.5.1. Exactly what Leica recommends: 2.6.5.0 I have an M10, not M10 P Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/291426-m10-to-imac-direct/?do=findComment&comment=3630651'>More sharing options...
mmradman Posted November 13, 2018 Share #18 Posted November 13, 2018 1 hour ago, ramarren said: >>snip<< What I did find convenient about using Leica FOTOs with the CL was the ability to see the preview thumbnails for frames a heck of a lot faster than with the card adapter on the iPad. This meant I could scan a few dozen frames with the FOTOS app, pick the three or four I wanted, download them to the iPad, and have them on my iCloud Files so they were instantly available on macOS as well for import into Lightroom when I arrived home. I thought one of the uses of chimping of the rear screen was to preview images on the camera/memory card. Now we can chimp via smart phone, what next in the digital world? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted November 13, 2018 Share #19 Posted November 13, 2018 3 hours ago, mmradman said: I thought one of the uses of chimping of the rear screen was to preview images on the camera/memory card. Now we can chimp via smart phone, what next in the digital world? Proof prints? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted November 14, 2018 Share #20 Posted November 14, 2018 6 hours ago, mmradman said: I thought one of the uses of chimping of the rear screen was to preview images on the camera/memory card. Now we can chimp via smart phone, what next in the digital world? I never "chimp". I finish a session, then review the images I took as a group. I've not missed having an LCD on the M-D at all. 2 hours ago, earleygallery said: Proof prints? I don't know about anyone else, but I always do proof prints even today with computer image processing/inkjet printing. Laying ink on paper correctly is never an easy thing. Although the machinery is digital, the actual ink on paper is a real material interaction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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