FUJIFILM GFX 100S: Capture One Tethering with 3rd-Party Lenses
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FUJIFILM GFX100S
Capture One Tethered Capture Control with 3rd-Party Lenses
A great many of our clients have paired their GFX cameras with third-party lenses as well as transforming their fixed lens camera into the capture device for view cameras like the Cambo Actus GFX or the new Actus MV.
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Very typically, these cameras are being used in a tethered environment and as it turns out, there is a seemingly unrelated switch on the body that has profound impact to your ability to shoot your GFX-series camera without a factory GF lens attached while tethered.
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The Solution
While shooting from the camera grip is untroubled, the three-position autofocus switch on the back of the camera must be set to Manual and not Single or Continuous in order to fire the camera remotely from Capture One.
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If your GFX-series camera refuses to fire from Capture One, this simple switch throw may be the fix!
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