I'd really like to see Adobe step up and solve the tethering conundrum. I don't want to have two apps running at the same time to do one job. I don't even care about controlling the camera from the computer. Sure, it'd be cool to set exposure and shoot from the keyboard, but most importantly, I want to be able to shoot directly into my LR library without needless copy/move overhead and without having to reply on another app.
So please share your opinions on Tethering support (or lack thereof) in Adobe's competent new application for digital shooters, Lightroom.
Additionally, I want to point out a bug (and yes I've sent this through Adobe's bug page). Auto Import seems to be Adobe's answer to tethering for now. In The AI Settings window, you set a Watched and Destination folder. The text description says LR will copy files from Watched to Destination, but it moves them instead. Either the text or the action needs to be fixed.
But what it really should do is provide an option to import them in place (didn't beta do this?). Having to do a copy or move to every incoming file during capture simply isn't practical during an actual shoot. And ultimately anything here is a just patch to the lack of proper tethering tools, in my opinion.
Thanks.