Download images on Windows / macOS

[Denebola]

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Just to speak about image downloading: Leica Fotos works on iOS, IpadOS and Android, but not on Windows or macOS. For these last the only way to download images is a USB cable or a card reader. Both these require opening the camera and extract the card or connecting a cable. As far as I know, there is currently no wireless mode to download the images to Windows or macOS. Not only: even connecting with USB there is no specific software to facilitate images download. On Windows (and PTP connection) the native Foto application may help, but it's generic and far from perfect. Under this point of view Nikon Transfer is a quite well done application to manage all this stuff. BTW, continue cable connection (or SD card extraction/insertion) are not the best system, especially in terms of wear of the Leica hw, to download pictures.

I'm a bit surprised by the fact that Leica does not provide a software to manage images download via cable or wireless on Windows or macOS.

Maybe I'm a bit dumb, but I'm not aware of other specialized software available to perform these actions. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

What do you think about this?

Den

Edited October 27, 2023 by Denebola

[andybarton]

Does ImageCapture on MacOS work with a tethered camera?

Which camera are you working with?

[Denebola]

35 minutes ago, andybarton said:

Does ImageCapture on MacOS work with a tethered camera?

Which camera are you working with?

I'm on Windows, and a Q3

[andybarton]

I can’t help on Windows I’m afraid, but I do know that if I connect my iPhone to my work laptop, I can download the images with a standard Windows program. 

If the Q3 is set to PTP I can’t see why that wouldn’t work. 

[Denebola]

38 minutes ago, andybarton said:

I can’t help on Windows I’m afraid, but I do know that if I connect my iPhone to my work laptop, I can download the images with a standard Windows program. 

If the Q3 is set to PTP I can’t see why that wouldn’t work. 

Don't worry Andy! (and thanks for your suggestions).

The matter, luckily, is not particularly serious. As said, with PTP Windows Foto I can download (then I have to reselect the images again to delete them from the card, a double step). Other cameras (like Nikon) have smarter programs which performs not only the transfer, but also other side functions, like sync the camera time, just as example. All in one step.

Anyway none of the application I know (proprieatary or generic) looks to be able to download in wireless mode to macOS or Windows, which could be the least stressful (for the camera) option.

I'll get over it...

Den