Nikon Z7ii Tethering Issue
I'm wondering if anyone has tried tethering using a Nikon Z7ii. I've had quite a few issues. The biggest one is that while I can take a photo using the "fire" button on the on1 software, whenever I make a change to a camera setting using on1, connection is lost to the camera. I've contacted on1 support and they've indicated that they merely implement Nikon's SDK for tethering but have not specifically tested the Z7ii with their software to make sure it works. I've hooked up my Nikon D810 and it acts as one would expect, e.g. any changes to camera settings done through the on1 interface are relayed to the camera without issue.
I'm just wondering if this is a specific issue on my particular setup or if others have had it as well. I'm using a tether tools cable to connect, for what it's worth, and am on a Windows 11 machine.
I should also mention that CaptureOne and Lightroom all tether just fine to the camera using the exact same setup. It's only on1.
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I’ve solved my own issue so I thought I’d post what I found in case anyone else has the same or similar issue.
The bug that is causing disconnection in ON1 when tethering is the image quality setting. Any option that includes the "star" causes the disconnect when changing the camera's parameters via the ON1 interface. So going from NEF + JPEG fine* to NEF + JPEG fine results in proper functionality with on1 tethering. It seems any of the "star" settings cause the issue.
It seems Capture One and LR don't have the issue. So maybe there's some sort of bug? I don't know. I'm just happy that it's now working.
For what it's worth, I had to look up with the * setting even meant!
Image quality options with a star (“”) use compression intended to ensure maximum quality; the size of the files varies with the scene. Options without a star use a type of compression designed to produce smaller files; files tend to be roughly the same size regardless of the scene recorded.
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