FOTOS + Lightroom integration

[setuporg]

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There’s a little Lr icon in FOTOS under each photo.  In a single photo view you can click it and it brings you into Lightroom with the photo eventually imported in Imports.  If you select a few photos in thumbnail view you can click the Lr icon under the grid and it will import the set, same way — switching to Lightroom.

One issue with this is the small preview size of the background transfers that I’m beta-testing.  That works like a charm and is probably supposed to compete with Pixii, but the question is deduplication after the originals are imported later via an ingestion workflow.  My regular process is to ingest on a Mac, with redundant storage of the originals, and upload to the CC.  I have no duplicates set by default.  That will probably ingest all the originals anyways as they were not pulled down from the cloud onto the desktop.

What do you guys think about it and how do you work FOTOS with Lightroom?

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[elmars]

Sorry, maybe it's my bad English, maybe it's my lack of experience with cloud solutions: Unfortunately I don't understand your current workflow, but I would be very interested in a good Lightroom integration into the Photos app or a simple import into Lightroom. I've also spoken to Leica people about this several times and they are also following the topic closely.

In my opinion, there should be a way to import the photos directly into Lightroom. This will probably only be possible wirelessly via the Leica app. Direct import via cable would be possible if the camera was recognised as a hard drive (which is unfortunately not the case with the M11). The problem with importing via the Leica app is that you have a duplicate data set. This is because the Leica app saves the photos in the Apple Photos app and Lightroom transfers them to the cloud. If you use the background transfer, there is another version, a JPG with a lower resolution, but with a different name. All in all, this can lead to confusion. It should be simpler.

[vikasmg]

I find FOTOS quick and convenient in its current iteration, specially with Leica Q3 and M11.  The transfers on to my iPhone and iPad are quick.  I transfer these to Lightroom, which is also quick and editing and sharing files from Lightroom has proven very useful.  However even when I download DNG+JPG files, I find only DNG files.  Later in the workflow when I move to Lightroom Classic on the desktop the files eventually sync in, but the start of the sync can be slow and unpredictable as to when it starts.  And there are no JPGs.  I usually like to to my final editing in Lightroom Classic with the better functionality and larger desktop screen.  This is also where my thousands of previous photographs are organised and files.

 

The problem is that when I import the files from an SD card into Lightroom Classic DNG files are duplicates of the Synced likes from Lightroom on iPhone.  The don't stack with the imported JPGs.  I usually land up syncing the edits from the iPhone Lightroom with Lightroom Classic files and then deleting the old iPhone Lightroom DNGs.  This last step is an unnecessary pain!

[elmars]

Am 5.8.2024 um 13:09 schrieb vikasmg:

However even when I download DNG+JPG files, I find only DNG files.

This is a well-known problem. I have communicated it with Leica several times, but nothing changes. Maybe it will help if you complain too.

Am 5.8.2024 um 13:09 schrieb vikasmg:

but the start of the sync can be slow and unpredictable as to when it starts.  

This is a Lightroom problem that also annoys me. It often helps to quit LR and restart it.

Am 5.8.2024 um 13:09 schrieb vikasmg:

The problem is that when I import the files from an SD card into Lightroom Classic DNG files are duplicates of the Synced likes from Lightroom on iPhone.  The don't stack with the imported JPGs.  I usually land up syncing the edits from the iPhone Lightroom with Lightroom Classic files and then deleting the old iPhone Lightroom DNGs.  This last step is an unnecessary pain!

Why are you importing the DNG from the SD card again? They are already available in LR classic due to the synchronisation? You could limit yourself to importing the JPG.

Incidentally, you can also use the share function in the app to import directly into Lightroom. Then you only have the images in the Adobe cloud and not twice in the storage of the iPhone photo app