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https://youtu.be/6ratADejlBo Tethering my Sony a7RII to the Microsoft Surface 4 tablet for a beauty shoot that will be a 8 page spread in July's issue of Resident Magazine. What is great about this, is that the client (the magazine) can see quick results from my camera. Even better, since I am using Capture One software, the settings are automatically applied to every photo coming in (that's the part I jumbled up in my narration), so the client won't just see a RAW photo, but an almost finished version. Capture One is my primary for light and colors. I then use Photoshop for all other editing after. This is great for working in the field, where you really need to see if your focus is on point, or if there is an object in the photo that you just can't see in your viewfinder. What is impressive, is that each shot I am taking with the Sony camera is 42 megapixels uncompressed, which equals 80MBs each. The Surface tablet keeps up nicely and shows each image quickly. It's really quite revolutionary. I apologize about my narration. I was also focusing on the shoot and we were already running late and I had 2 other models waiting for me to shoot them, but I was very determined to make this video that I had promised many people. Hope you enjoy it

When I first attached my new A7R to my new MacBook it would not connect at all. I then tried it on my older iMac and the Live View set to USB PC Remote worked. After several contacts with Apple, Sony and Phase One (Capture One), I installed new A7R firmware and Remote Camera Control software. I finally got it to work on the Macbook BUT no Live View, just tether. I then tried it again on the iMac and it no longer worked??? Only after several hours of trial and error what I ended up with is that I can tether the A7R in Capture One but no Live View - its not supported for this. I got this camera specifically to shoot tethered and have Live View in Capture One. So after spending a lot on hardware and software all I got was tether. I already had that with Lightroom for Hasselblad but Sony is not supported by Adobe. All this proprietary stuff is complete nonsense and a waste of time. Welcome to the 21st century - Not! Very disappointed with Sony, Phase One and Lightroom. I really regret having made these investments.

is it just me? I have been trying to use the newish Sony tethered software ,Remote, but cannot get it to see my A7r2. Tethering works perfectly well with Capture one but all I get is a message telling me to change usb to remote which , obviously , it already is set to. the other parts of the software , viewer and edit work ok on already downloaded images The original Sony remote pc software also finds the camera with no issues.