SL2 Tethering + Live View in Lightroom

[hirohhhh]

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I'm scanning some negatives with my SL2 and it would be very useful to have a live view on a big screen (or on a separate screen) to check the grain sharpness. As I'm aware there's no live view feature with Lightroom tethering plugin, but I remember there was some software from Leica that never actually worked for me, but has a live view.

Is that still around, and does it work with the latest Lightroom Classic and SL2 firmware? Can it be active alongside Lightroom tethering capture?

Or is there any other alternative?

[Photoworks]

Capture one is the only way to tether. Leica product can still be downloaded, but you still need to load in Lightroom after the fact.

there is a tool to edit negative in capture one

 

 

 

[hirohhhh]

2 hours ago, Photoworks said:

Capture one is the only way to tether. Leica product can still be downloaded, but you still need to load in Lightroom after the fact.

there is a tool to edit negative in capture one

 

 

 

Oh yeah, totally forgot C1. I used it before for tethering but I wasn't aware it has live view.

I'm using Lightroom Classic + Negative Lab Pro to convert and edit my negatives, so unfortunately, that DNG will have to end up in my LrC catalogue. I'd use Capture One only for tethering if it can support live view.

[Ken Abrahams]

You could connect by wifi to the phone app Leica Fotos and then by adapter to hdmi and any large screen? 

[Photoworks]

11 hours ago, hirohhhh said:

Oh yeah, totally forgot C1. I used it before for tethering but I wasn't aware it has live view.

I'm using Lightroom Classic + Negative Lab Pro to convert and edit my negatives, so unfortunately, that DNG will have to end up in my LrC catalogue. I'd use Capture One only for tethering if it can support live view.

That free utility is a simple version of Negative Lab Pro.
Few months ago I have scanned all my film, about 2 large suitcases full of film in color and BW.

I was using Negative lap pro in the beginning , but it is so slow creating previews, you need to edit one frame of at the time. The setting of other shot in the film strip didn't apply well to the next shots.

In capture one you can do a full roll in less then a min, setup you first frame and then shoot the rest. there is no comparison.

I had the SL2 connected to the computer to capture one, you can but I didn't use live view, I had a large monitor attached to the camera true HDMI, it was right next to the camera and helps for framing and focus, Live view always has a delay in any app that makes it hard to focus in macro.

The fotos app is not great for this, to much delay, to lowres live view to focus, disconnect often, review process requires going out of live view.

 

[Photoworks]

just a suggestion on shooting film.

I used flash true soft box and plexiglass to light the frame. 

Benefit is the the light in the room is irrelevant for color or reflections, and I was getting and f11 at 1/125s

I have tested many light boxes , they seam easy, but color is often missing tones in red and blue, you need to get a real good LED panel for that with CRI of 98

I have tested also Multishot, there was no benefit as most film is still lower resolution, a 40-50MP capture is perfect.