Nikon D850 Live View not supported yet?

[matt mckee]

Hey Gang,

Occasionally, I like to turn on live view for focusing or composition when I am shooting tethered. This worked fine on my D810 but the D850 pulls an error.

"Live view not supported for connected devices using PTP"

According to my google research, this setting was under the USB menu on older cameras, but the d850 doesn't seem to have that one. Although, a usb setting does show up in CaptureOne in the live view mode.

So, I can see a ton of settings in C1 in live view, but I do not get a picture.

Am I missing something or is this something that will be in the next update?

[SFA]

The release notes for C1 indicate that LV is supported and there are no notes to indicate restrictions of anything after V11.1 .


HTH.


Grant

[AndyE]

Hi Matt,

It works for me. I get a live view for my D850 in C1 12.

[Paul_Steunebrink]

Hi Matt, is this on CO 12.0.1, which was just released?

[AndyE]

Oh and Matt you didn't tell us anything about your macOS you're using,

I am using macOS Mojave 10.14.3 together with C1 12.0

And I made sure that on my Nikon D850 (FW 1.03) in the Setup Menu:

Airplane mode is turned 'Disabled'
Connect to smart device is 'not started'
Send to smart device is 'OFF

And you might make sure that you connect your D850 directly (no USB hub in between) to your Mac with a short cable (experiment with different ones e.g. the original Nikon USB-cable) and/or an active USB 3.0 cable/controller that delivers enough power (like a TetherBoost Pro USB 3.0 Core Controller) should you use a long cable for your setup.

Hope that helps.

[matt mckee]

You are right, AndyE I forgot to mention that part.

However, upgrading to 12.0.1 fixed it!

Just fyi, I am on 10.13.6

Thank you for a peek at your setup!

[AndyE]

Hey Matt,

Great you resolved it. Have fun.

Btw. i still have my D810 as well. I love em both.

Cheers !