Sony Alpha SLT A99 tethered capture support plug-in for Lightroom 5 for Mac OS X

The professional's solution for remotely controlling your Sony Alpha digital SLR from a Mac OS X using Lightroom 5 via USB cable.

Features list

Release shutter from Lightroom 5
Review aperture, shutter speed and ISO
View images on iPad during the shoot (not available in personal version)

You can also try this plug-in by yourself.
Demo version apply watermarks and force the camera to shoot only
JPEG file of a fixed size instead RAW.
Full version can work with JPEG and both compressed and uncompressed
RAW files (cRaw and Raw ARW files). RAW+JPEG mode is also supported.

Sony Alpha A99 tethered shooting

Mac OS X Demo

Using the plug-in

To start using your SLT-A99 camera with Lightroom 4 you need to download a demo version or order a full version of the plug-in.

Installation is simple and fast.

We are recommending to close Lightroom before installation.

Plug the cord into your camera and computer and start tethered session in Lightroom (File -> Tethered Capture -> Start Tethered Capture).

Tethered capture menu

Turn on your camera and wait a moment. Lightroom 5 will detect the camera and selects it.

Check you camera settings At this moment you can launch you copy of iAlpha Remote on your iPhone or iPad. Please make sure that your Alpha Remote Server software is not active. The plug-in will work as a server. The server will be avaliable while the tethered session active. Follow this link for more details.

Now it's time to press a shutter button. You can use Lightroom 5 of camera to release shutter. You can also use your remote control unit RMT-DSLR1 or RM-L1AM or Alpha Remote.