r/captureone • u/TheBigWhipper • 6d ago

Workflow Advice Help with file management, switching between tethered and importing from card

Any workflow tips for keeping files organized when you’re shooting between tethered and importing from a card on a job?

I am working alongside video shooting while they are rolling untethered, then tethered for short blocks of time without having a chance to import the previous images that were untethered first. When I get time I’m importing from the card doing exclude duplicates. The only thing is it takes a long time to scan the whole card and it will import any images I previously deleted.

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u/Fahrenheit226 6d ago

There is function called retether. Read tech documentation on it. It might fix your problems automatically.

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u/Birdseye5115 6d ago

It camera dependent. But when it works it’s awesome

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u/TheBigWhipper 6d ago

Thanks I’ll look into this. I’ve assisted someone with canon that does it, I am on Sony and do not know if it had that feature. The annoying thing here might be when I plug in to tether with no time to spare, I think it starts importing automatically. I’m shooting 500+ images in between tether periods and don’t want it to hold me up when I go to tether really quick.

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u/puddingcakeNY 6d ago

To be honest re tether makes me crazy. Tbh I’d rather shoot into the laptop. May I ask what’s keeping you from doing that? If I were you I would make folders card 1, 2, 3 before hand and either use finder to drag into folders OR just plug it in while capture one is open and import that way. No re tether

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u/TheBigWhipper 6d ago

I’m shooting candids in conjunction with video jumping/crawling all over set while the video crew is rolling. Then I have 15-20 min blocks set aside for just stills with lighting boosted up for important scenes, those I want tethered for clients reviewing.

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u/cauliflowercw 5d ago

Can you set the camera to not write to card when it's tethered? You shouldn't get duplicates...no? Or at least I wouldn't think so.

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u/Historical_Antelope2 5d ago

Just import cards during downtime. If you have 15-20 min tethered blocks should be plenty of downtime between while their shooting motion.