What a joke this program is. I can't shoot into the Mac using Aperture 3 and my 5dII although it says in the instructions it works. Err 70 on the 5dII. Both my 5ds work tethered into a pc using dslr pro capture.
Wish I tried this before I bought it... Frigging amateur program parading as a tool..
Where does it say in the instructions you can tether with a 5dii? Canon closed down the 5dii tethering protocol to something proprietary, so 3rd party tools have to reverse engineer it.
There are a few workflows out there using "watch folders" to basically give you tethering - it requires you to have eos utility installed though.
You can connect your camera directly to your computer and have each shot immediately appear in an Aperture project as you shoot. You can review an image in detail, make production changes, and then shoot and immediately see the results again. This process is called tethered shooting, and it’s ideal for checking the details of a shot while setting up the final shot.
To use tethered shooting, you first connect your camera to the computer using a USB or FireWire cable. You then select a project for the images to be stored in. Aperture provides a Tether Settings dialog for specifying your tethered shooting settings, and you can also use this dialog to specify any other import settings (just as you would normally specify import settings in the Import browser).
After starting a session, you can use Aperture to view and capture images. You use the Aperture Tether HUD to control your camera and take photos as you work.
"Current generation cameras (Canon EOS 30D or newer and Canon Digital Rebel XTi or newer) are not supported."
Edit: Kirstin, did you copy all of that from a manual? I find it interesting it would confuse a page that clearly lists supported RAW formats as one that lists supported tethered cameras.
And, there are issues with EOS Utility and Snow Leopard. Canon is aware and is trying to come up with a fix. It works in Leopard but is broken in Snow Leopard.
I think if you do a search on MacCreate.com, they have some tools to make a hot folder.
I have been running LR 3 Beta and now with Aperture 3 out, it is well worth the upgrade. They have added more options for outputting to different book providers so there are more options. The issue you have is more with Canon than Aperture.
In your camera menu you will need to set "Communication" to PC Connect, instead of Print/PTP, in order to tether your camera.
I tether 5D with Aperture 2 and it works better than with EOS Remote. My 5D MKII does not tether directly. As pointed out above, I believe this is a protocol issue, which has yet to be resolved by Canon.
I'll be moving to Aperture 3 this weekend, but I am not expecting 3 to work any different than 2 in this regard. I am not assuming that tethering with the 5D MKII is supported because it is listed under RAW support. They are different things.
Yeah there are only two ways to shoot tethered with the 5DII.
1. Use the included EOS utility, and then after the shoot import into Aperture. (This is what I do).
2. Use "Hot Folders". This is a folder that Aperture "watches".. and as the camera shoots and populates a target folder with files.. they are automatically imported into the Aperture library. I have seen mixed results with this though..
Called Apple on this the day Aperture 3 was released and they confirmed 5DMkII is a supported RAW format (files are readable by Aperture 3), but not supported for tethered shooting.
Resurrecting an old thread, but just wanted to share the fact that I routinely shoot with my 5D2 tethered to Aperture3.
Don't know if anything has changed in updates from either Canon or Apple, but simple set-up with USB from camera to laptop, turn on camera then File > Tether > Start session in Aperture.
Works like a dream, even though I'm pushing the limits for USB cables with 2x5m extensions between the camera and 'puter.
I'd prefer to be able to do it wirelessly, but hey, this has only cost me $30 for the cables.
Resurrecting an old thread, but just wanted to share the fact that I routinely shoot with my 5D2 tethered to Aperture3.
Don't know if anything has changed in updates from either Canon or Apple, but simple set-up with USB from camera to laptop, turn on camera then File > Tether > Start session in Aperture.
Works like a dream, even though I'm pushing the limits for USB cables with 2x5m extensions between the camera and 'puter.
I'd prefer to be able to do it wirelessly, but hey, this has only cost me $30 for the cables.
I agree, I just plug my 5D MK II in and it just works.
You can connect your camera directly to your computer and have each shot immediately appear in an Aperture project as you shoot. You can review an image in detail, make production changes, and then shoot and immediately see the results again. This process is called tethered shooting, and it’s ideal for checking the details of a shot while setting up the final shot.
To use tethered shooting, you first connect your camera to the computer using a USB or FireWire cable. You then select a project for the images to be stored in. Aperture provides a Tether Settings dialog for specifying your tethered shooting settings, and you can also use this dialog to specify any other import settings (just as you would normally specify import settings in the Import browser).
After starting a session, you can use Aperture to view and capture images. You use the Aperture Tether HUD to control your camera and take photos as you work....Show more →
I followed the instruction from Kirstin and it works perfectly on my Aperture 3 with my 5D Mark II. Thanks to you that now I can tether.
