Sony Webcam Driver For Windows 7
Sanny Olafeso
Lightroom Classic 13.3 adds tethering support for selected recent Sony cameras, including the A7 IV. However, I cannot get tethering to work with a USB-C connected Sony A7 IV (3.01 firmware) on my Windows 11 computer; I get a "Detecting Camera" dialog with a spinning wheel, but no further. The same camera, cable and camera settings work correctly in the Remote part of Sony Imaging Edge.
Lightroom Classic needs to interact with the camera as a WinUSB device. However, if you have Sony Imaging Edge installed, it will likely install a different driver for the camera that is incompatible with Lightroom Classic's tethering. The engineers believe there is a similar incompatible driver issue if you have Capture One installed.
We are aware of the issue with the updated firmware incompatibility and are working on a solution. Thank you for the report. The engineering team is attempting to contact you via direct message for troubleshooting.
If you connect the camera in PC Remote mode, open Device Manager, and see a "Sony Remote Control Camera" under "libusbK Usb Devices" then Lightroom Classic's tethering will not work. To fix this situation:
You should then be able to tether successfully in Lightroom Classic. If you want to use Sony Imaging Edge's Remote program, you must switch the driver back to the "Sony Remote Control Camera" driver. When the camera is using the correct driver for Lightroom Classic, it will appear under "Portable Devices" as its Sony model name, so "ILCE-7M4" for an A7 IV.
I have a Sony A7RIV (The A7RIVa version, which is the most recent version of the camera). I have followed the support document -classic/kb/sony-tethered-support.html to set my camera menu settings PC Remote:On and PC Remote Cnct Method:USB. I am unable to find the camera in Lightroom.
I can confirm that the Imaging Edge Remote software works fine in this same configuration -- I see the preview on the screen, and can change my camera settings using the native Sony app. Lightroom refuses to connect to my camera. Can someone please advise? I have tried to plug in an unsupported camera -- my A7III and Lightroom tells me the camera is unsupported. I get no response from Lightroom with my supported camera.
I'm having the same issue with a Sony Alpha A7R V.
I hope there will be a fix or a solution that booth would work. Sony Imaging Edge AND Lightroom Classic.
I don't want to fiddle around with drivers everytime I choose a tool. Thanks
Hi @darkoroom
We are looking into this issue.
Can you please share whether Preferences->Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos is
selected ot not.
If it is not selected, please select and give it a try.
I have been unable to get LR v 13.3 to tether with my Sony A1, A7R V and A6700. I'm using the factory cable, and each of my cameras has the latest firmware (2.01 on the A1, 2.02 on the A7R V and 1.03 on the A6700). I'm also running Windows 11 and it is also up to date. When I run LR, and try tethering, the icon just spins continuously "searching for a camera". I'd love to hear from someone who has either of these cameras with that firmware and Windows 11 and who have made it work with LR. I'm getting the feeling that Adobe may have made the changes to LR based on earlier firmware versions of the camera.
I have the same behavior with Mac OS 14.4.1, LR 13.3, and a USB-C connected Sony A7R V. It never detects, despite the computer knowing the camera is connected. I have never installed any Sony software on that machine, nor have I installed any Phase One software.
For those wondering what is happening beneath the surface, it appears that Adobe has chosen to implement tethering itself using the Sony Camera Remote Command documentation of the Sony proprietary extensions to PTP rather than the Sony Camera Remote SDK. This explains both the need to change the USB driver on Windows if you have Imaging Edge installed, as well as the lack of Wi-Fi and wired LAN tethering support.
I am very grateful to have any Sony tethering support in Lightroom Classic. However, I would like Adobe to consider switching to the Camera Remote SDK. I realise the Camera Remote SDK has drawbacks: it is not currently available for Windows on ARM, and it will require Lightroom Classic's Sony tethering support to be reimplemented. However, switching to Camera Remote SDK would eliminate the need to switch drivers if you have Sony Imaging Edge installed and will allow network tethering with recent Sony cameras.
The instructions in that video do not work for the latest firmware on many of the supported Sony cameras. What I found to work was that the Adobe Team suggested earlier in this thread involvog using the MTP USB Device driver. I'd suggest no longer recommending that video as it will usually just lead to frustration.
@CookiemonsterI was able to get it working on windows, but unfortunately it was an academic experiment because my windows machine is a desktop that lives in my home office. Still haven't gotten it to work on my Macbook Pro.
My VPCSB Vaio shows the camera as 'USB 2.0 Camera' in Device Manager and shows the driver as USBVIDEO.SYS which is a Windows 7 generic driver and is part of the Windows 7 installation.. My built -in webcam is not capable of zoom or pan but it is an older model than yours.
In the Webcam Companion 4 software when you click capture, then webcam settings, then advanced.., then camera control. The camera control settings are greyed out. These include the zoom and pan etc. It would be helpful to me if you could see if yours are greyed out too.
Not really, the software in question is third-party, generic stuff designed for use with any webcam you can buy - including large bolt on cameras that do have the ability to pan and zoom. It is not Sony software.
Sorry for my dumb question, but here it comes.
I've bought my laptop 2 months ago and still i like it very much. Vista works fine with all the recent updates. When I first testing vista about 2 months, I was totally forgotten to backup vista. Know I want to clean install Vista but I dont have a windows vista CD or backup....
My question is: how to reinstall (clean install) vista without a cd or backup?
I've read that some people downloading a copy on the internet and use their REAL vista key, but then you'll lose all the vaio stuff right?
[EDIT] I do have a backup of all the vaio programms, bluetooth etc.
THNX
For everyone who is having problems with using their SD card reader in Vista, it might be worth having a look at the Microsoft knowledge base article -us which may well be this problem. There is a hotfix apparently available from Microsoft, but I haven't tried it - I'm reasonably happy to wait until a proper update.
My Toshiba Bluetooth vista drivers worked fine but now it tells me that I have one day left before the evaluation ends......which drivers do I need to install now? The XP ones on my recovery disc won't install due to non compatability......HELP!!!!I have looked on the Sony site but cannot find any oem. Any ideas anyone?
Ok
I have managed to install Setting Utility Series & Vaio Event Service. When I install Sony Shared Library, it never seems to install, I have tried disabling UAC & booting into safe mode and installing to no avail.
The install process just seems to "cut off" after the small "Copying..." box appears at the top right?
When I install Sony Utilities DLL (Which I assume is "Utilities") the computer complains that the incorrect battery is installed or not connected? I know that the correct battery is installed because its the one that came with the notebook!
Is there anyway I can get this stuff working?
Thanks
Stewart