Canon 40D Tether Support?

I too have a 20D but can't get mine to work tethered. AP2 sees the camera and will import images from the card but will not capture. I have the comm. set to Normal, I have a project selected but the tethered HUD says no shots after firing off 2 or 3. I have tried with a card in and out of the CF Slot. Curious to know what your connection process was.

I, too, am experiencing this problem while using Aperture 2.0 Trial. This is a 40D with the latest firmware (1.0.5). It stays on busy for a while unless I take out the CF card. I can start a tethered session but the "capture" button is greyed out and nothing happens upon shooting.

Maybe worth noting is I used to use a work-around folder action in combination with the EOS utility to tether shoot, download to a folder that had an embedded folder action to import the phone into Aperture. It was a time consuming work around and I'm hoping native tether support will work with this model camera.

Any other 40D users (or Canon users) get this to work?

I'm having the same problem with a Canon 10D.
When I set the camera's communication setting to "Normal" Aperture identifies the camera correctly, "Canon EOS 10D", however it doesn't import any of the pictures I take nor can it use the "capture" button, even tho its not grayed out. The camera is fully functional, it doesn't go into "busy"
When I set the camera to "PTP" aperture Identifies the camera as "Canon Digital Camera" and the camera goes on "busy". The "capture" button is grayed out in Aperture and I can't take pictures with the camera.

I'm not having any luck with my 30D. I can't believe Apple didn't bother to post a supported camera list. "Most Canon cameras" would certainly include a popular model like the 30D.

I also can not capture when the 40D is connected via Tether. The Camera flashes Busy.

I use a Canon 40D and I'm also disappointed that it doesn't work in tethered mode. I sent an email to Canon requesting that they work on a software/firmware update that will open up the cameras for use with 3rd-party software tethering, specifically Apple Aperture. I would encourage everyone who is interested to send a request to Canon as well. http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ContactCanonAct

Incidentally, I pulled out my Canon Digital Rebel XT (not XTi) and I can confirm that it DOES work in tethered mode with Aperture. Plug it in, start a tethered session, and shoot. No issues, no special configuring required on the camera.

It isn't of course a Canon problem as a Mk III for exemple works perfectly in tethered mode with supplied Canon software EOS Utility.
It seems Aperture put the Canon in something like a "file transfer mode" which is not compatible with a "shooting" mode.

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For whatever its worth, here is my email thread from Canon:

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Dear Mr. Holland:

Thank you for taking the time to write.

Your comments are noted and will be passed along to the appropriate
party.

Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance with your EOS
40D.

Thank you for choosing Canon.

Sincerely,

Chris
Technical Support Representative

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Original Message Follows:
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Erik,

I appreciate the personalized response. I understand your reply
completely. With Aperture being an Apple product, there is no way anyone
could rightfully expect Canon to support it. However, as large
companies, I would imagine that Canon and Apple work together at some
level to ensure that hardware and software is compatible. The 20D and
the 30D both function as expected with Aperture 2.0, however the 40D is
not; there are many public discussions on various forums discussing this
problem.

It is my hope that you will pass this along to your product management
product so that they may begin conversations with Apple and supply them
with whatever missing components are needed to make this work.

For the record, I have previously tether shot using the EOS utility and
used a script to populate the downloaded images directly into Aperture.
With their latest version, my hope is that I can avoid this "round
robin" way of doing this.

Again, thank you. Please pass this along to the correct Canon
department. It is also my understanding that very similar messages have
been sent to Canon regarding this Aperture/40D/Tethering problem.

Thanks!

- Ryan Holland -
Columbus, Ohio


---- Canon Support <CareCenter@cits.canon.com> wrote:

Dear Mr. Holland:

Thank you for contacting Canon product support. We value you as a

Canon

customer and appreciate the opportunity to assist you. We are sorry

to

hear that you are unable to shoot with your EOS 40D tethered to your
computer using Aperture 2.

Unfortunately, we are unable to support third party applications. We
recommend that you contact Apple (www.apple.com) for assistance with
their software.

If you would like assistance with shooting remotely, we recommend that

you try using the Canon software that was included with your camera.

We

will be happy to assist you with this if you install the software and
reply to this message listing the version of OS X you use.

We hope this information is helpful to you. Please let us know if we
can be of any further assistance with your EOS 40D.

Thank you for choosing Canon.

Sincerely,

Erik

I have a Canon 40D w/ firmware 1.03 and OSX 10.5.2 Aperture v2 on a 17" Macbook Pro 2.6 CD2.

I get the same thing as you "busy". If I select "Import" in Aperture, Aperture will let me import the images that are on the card in the camera. But the tethering just doesn't seem to work.

If I fire up the Canon EOS software I can get the live tethering. So I know it's no the laptop, the USB Cable, nor the Camera.

Yes, I realize the Camera is not running the latest firmware (1.0.5 I believe). But I've not had a reason to upgrade it, so I've not. Since you said the tethering with Aperture isn't working with your 1.05'd 40D I don't think my running of the older firmware is the problem.

I can confirm that your version of the Canon EOS 40D firmware is not the problem. I am using the updated firmware 1.0.5 and it does not work in tethered mode in Aperture.