Experience with Pentax Image Transmitter 2?

-Linus- · 04-13-2015, 12:41 PM

Hello dShelly,
Image Transmitter 1 (IT1) is the Software for the 645D.
You need the IT2 CD for initial installation.
After installation you can update to the most recent IT2 Version (the update you've downloaded).

-Linus-

dShelly · 04-13-2015, 01:11 PM

Doh… Thanks for the clarification. I take it then, that I'm not able to have the camera work directly with Lightroom. I still have to use Image Transmitter to push the photos into LR.

pursang · 04-14-2015, 01:17 AM

Yes you have to have IT2 and then set up a watched folder in LR.

dShelly · 04-14-2015, 07:56 AM

Thanks.

mrclark321 · 04-14-2015, 05:53 PM

I have a copy for sale if anyone is interested

dShelly · 04-17-2015, 03:45 PM

Hmm. Still having trouble tethering to the computer. Loaded Image Transmitter 2, then updated the software to the latest version and changed the USB setting to PTP. I bought a new USB 3.0 tethering cable from BH Photo, connected the camera to the computer – turned the camera on, and then opened up the Image Transmitter 2 software. The software can't seem to find the camera.

Just to see if there was an issue with the computer recognizing the camera. I set up my Canon 5D3 and had it tethered and shooting photos into Lightroom in about a minute's time.

Has anybody experienced this issue with the 645z? Maybe I bought a bad cable… dunno.

-Linus- · 04-17-2015, 05:36 PM

Hello,

I only have the 645D, but you might check this:
Are SD-Cards in your 645Z? Did your computer see the drive letters and can you access both slots?

-Linus-

dShelly · 04-17-2015, 06:26 PM

No, all the fields are blank because the computer can't find the camera.

-Linus- · 04-17-2015, 08:28 PM

If you have a cardreader / harddisk with that same connector you can cross check the tethering cable.
No hub in between? Security settings / SW may block unknown USB devices. Try another Computer or USB 2.0 / 3.0 port.
I'll check with my K3 what i see when it's set to PTP mode.

dShelly · 04-22-2015, 03:50 PM

I spoke with Joe Virgil at Pentax and he wondered aloud whether or not my issue has to do with the OS I'm using (currently it's Yosemite 10.10.1). I seem to have done everything correctly, but the Image Transmitter 2 software won't recognize my camera. It's as if nothing's attached to the USB cable. Is anyone currently tethering to Image Transmitter using Yosemite?

dShelly · 04-27-2015, 11:59 AM

I've done some further testing. The issue I was having was that the software could not find my camera. This appears to be a Mac OS issue. I initially installed Image Transmitter 2 (with the update, as well) on the latest version of Yosemite OS for Mac. I spoke with someone at Pentax who suggested I try it on an earlier version of the Mac OS, so I tried it on another Mac I own with Snow Leopard and it recognized the camera. Images come up on the computer somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds. I will note that it took about a minute for the software to recognize the camera. Has this been anyone else's experience?

pursang · 04-27-2015, 12:36 PM

On a PC it take 2-3 seconds as well and I don't believe it is the IT2 software. If you watch your camera without any tethering you'll notice that it takes about that same amount of time to view a just shot image on the LCD screen. I believe it's a function of how the camera is processing the shot, not IT2.

04-13-2015, 01:11 PM	#17
dShelly Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 73	Doh… Thanks for the clarification. I take it then, that I'm not able to have the camera work directly with Lightroom. I still have to use Image Transmitter to push the photos into LR. Last edited by dShelly; 04-13-2015 at 01:31 PM.

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04-13-2015, 12:41 PM	#16
-Linus- Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Münsterland Posts: 139	Hello dShelly, Image Transmitter 1 (IT1) is the Software for the 645D. You need the IT2 CD for initial installation. After installation you can update to the most recent IT2 Version (the update you've downloaded). -Linus-

04-14-2015, 01:17 AM	#18
pursang Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: San Francisco Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59	Yes you have to have IT2 and then set up a watched folder in LR.

04-14-2015, 07:56 AM	#19
dShelly Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 73	Thanks.

04-14-2015, 05:53 PM	#20
mrclark321 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Sarnia, Ontario Posts: 130	I have a copy for sale if anyone is interested

04-17-2015, 03:45 PM	#21
dShelly Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 73	Hmm. Still having trouble tethering to the computer. Loaded Image Transmitter 2, then updated the software to the latest version and changed the USB setting to PTP. I bought a new USB 3.0 tethering cable from BH Photo, connected the camera to the computer – turned the camera on, and then opened up the Image Transmitter 2 software. The software can't seem to find the camera. Just to see if there was an issue with the computer recognizing the camera. I set up my Canon 5D3 and had it tethered and shooting photos into Lightroom in about a minute's time. Has anybody experienced this issue with the 645z? Maybe I bought a bad cable… dunno.

04-17-2015, 05:36 PM	#22
-Linus- Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Münsterland Posts: 139	Hello, I only have the 645D, but you might check this: Are SD-Cards in your 645Z? Did your computer see the drive letters and can you access both slots? -Linus-

04-17-2015, 06:26 PM	#23
dShelly Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 73	No, all the fields are blank because the computer can't find the camera.

04-17-2015, 08:28 PM	#24
-Linus- Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Münsterland Posts: 139	If you have a cardreader / harddisk with that same connector you can cross check the tethering cable. No hub in between? Security settings / SW may block unknown USB devices. Try another Computer or USB 2.0 / 3.0 port. I'll check with my K3 what i see when it's set to PTP mode.

04-22-2015, 03:50 PM	#25
dShelly Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 73	I spoke with Joe Virgil at Pentax and he wondered aloud whether or not my issue has to do with the OS I'm using (currently it's Yosemite 10.10.1). I seem to have done everything correctly, but the Image Transmitter 2 software won't recognize my camera. It's as if nothing's attached to the USB cable. Is anyone currently tethering to Image Transmitter using Yosemite?

04-27-2015, 11:59 AM	#26
dShelly Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 73	I've done some further testing. The issue I was having was that the software could not find my camera. This appears to be a Mac OS issue. I initially installed Image Transmitter 2 (with the update, as well) on the latest version of Yosemite OS for Mac. I spoke with someone at Pentax who suggested I try it on an earlier version of the Mac OS, so I tried it on another Mac I own with Snow Leopard and it recognized the camera. Images come up on the computer somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds. I will note that it took about a minute for the software to recognize the camera. Has this been anyone else's experience?

04-27-2015, 12:36 PM	#27
pursang Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: San Francisco Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59	On a PC it take 2-3 seconds as well and I don't believe it is the IT2 software. If you watch your camera without any tethering you'll notice that it takes about that same amount of time to view a just shot image on the LCD screen. I believe it's a function of how the camera is processing the shot, not IT2.