Originally posted by ArneTorp Lightroom has a very fine Tethering option but the bad thing is that it does not work with Pentax cameras.
I'm not sure LR's tethering is that fine.
I've observed the need for restarts, cameras not responding, etc. many times across all camera brands. Of course, these issues could be outside Adobe's control but judging from the other code quality, I suspect they could do better with tethering as well.
Note that LR has a "watched folder" functionality. If you can get your images from the camera to a particular folder -- e.g., with PKTether or a FLUcard -- then LR will display them automatically. Not sure whether there any differences to the regular tethering functionality.
Given that the K-3 has a USB3 connector, I hope Pentax will exploit that and offer tethering through that connector in the future. The speed increase -- even over competitors -- could be a major attraction for some studio shooters.
P.S.: Ian Lyons, the person who said Pentax is to blame, is not an Adobe employee. He is one of those Adobe apologists who are always ready to tell a newbie that Adobe's product shortcomings really are just a lack of understanding on the newbie's behalf. While the explanation that Pentax has not provided Adobe with required software / API-documentation is very plausible, Ian Lyons neither says that directly nor would it mean a whole lot if he did.
Last edited by Class A; 10-19-2013 at 04:34 PM.