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Why is the Nikon D80 not suppored by tethering in Lightroom 3. Two older models from Canon, EOS 350D and EOS 400D, are supported?
Please add the Nikon D80 so I can start using Lightroom 3.
Adobe gives me the impression that If you have an older camera that you don't cound. Not everyone has a lot of money Adobe!!
Please add the Nikon D80 so I can start using Lightroom 3.
Adobe gives me the impression that If you have an older camera that you don't cound. Not everyone has a lot of money Adobe!!
QK
The argument that it's an old camera won't stand the Canon 350D is older!
Is there a list were the Adobe engineers keep track were they are working on?
Victoria Bampton - Lightroom Queen, Champion
I agree the Canon 350d is older, but the SDK's are very different. Canon's SDK supports older cameras, even when they're not listed as supported, whereas Nikon's doesn't.
I'm sorry I can't give you better news. I understand you're frustrated, and I wish I could fix that, but I can't. You can use Lightroom 3 with your D80 - the only part you can't use is tethered support - which has never been advertised for that camera. Other than that, you can import and work on D80 files just like any other camera, regardless of how old it is.
You can use other tethering software, such as Nikon Camera Control, along with Lightroom's Watched Folder functionality, or you can complain to Nikon, to whom you gave loads of money for that camera. Canon give away free tethering software with their cameras, whereas Nikon expect you to pay for theirs. I've offered you a link to FREE Mac software that will happily work in conjunction with Lightroom's watched folder. Even Adobe's engineer's can't do any more right now.