FM Studio 1.3.4 is out. It's a Mac app that lets you look at every photo on your camera or card before a single file is copied, rate them, and download only the keepers. It's the tool I now use exclusively to get photos off my own cameras.
New in 1.3.4⦿
Canon Wi-Fi: connect to Canon EOS cameras over Wi-Fi, no cable or card reader needed. I tested it on the EOS R6 Mark II, and other Canon EOS cameras with Wi-Fi should work the same way. Pair once, then just pick FM Studio in the camera's list
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Creator contact details in Metadata: email, phone, website, address, city, state/province, postal code and country now go into every photo as it downloads. Lightroom and Bridge show them under Creator Contact Info. Metadata now covers 25 fields in all
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Hide Delete Mode and Format: a new Preferences option removes the Delete and Format buttons from the main screen, so nothing can be erased from a camera or card by mistake
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Better Camera info: cameras now show their friendly model names
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Clearer connection choices: when more than one camera or card is connected, FM Studio lists everything it found, with plain labels (USB, Mass Storage, Wi-Fi), before you pick. Two USB cameras now both show up, and a USB camera no longer jumps ahead of one waiting on Wi-Fi
Why I built itIt started as a handful of command line scripts for my Leica cameras. I was tired of importing a whole card just to find out which frames were worth keeping. I wanted to look first, rate the keepers, and copy only those. I also wanted the real shutter count of my Leicas, and I was able to build that in too. The scripts grew into a full app that I've tested with many cameras, and I keep updating it as I use it.
What makes it different⦿
Look before you import: sharp thumbnails, large previews, full shooting info and GPS (with a map link) for everything on the camera or card, before anything is copied
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Real Leica shutter count: M8, M8.2, M9, M10 and M11 series, shown right in the header
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Your files are protected: ON DISK badges show what you've already downloaded, and nothing is deleted from a camera or card until a verified copy is on your Mac
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It names and files your photos as they land: rename, sort into folders and add your copyright in one pass, so there's nothing left to do afterward
Cull and rate⦿ Rate 1 to 5 stars like in Lightroom, and the ratings carry over to Lightroom automatically
⦿ Filter by camera, lens, file type, download status or star rating, and select with click, drag or shift-click
Send files where they belong⦿
Rename on import: build the name from the date, camera, your own text and a counter, with presets and a live preview, for example 2026-10-18_Wedding_0001.DNG
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Folders: sort into folders by date, camera model, job name and more, using the same building blocks as renaming, for exam...
