Remote Camera Trigger

Question

I spoke with some Adobe LR staff in Las Vegas at Photoshop World, and inquired about a remote camera trigger for LR. I posted frequently during the LR Beta for this very option.
Phase One makes C1-Pro, the digital download and viewing software mandated by every art director I know. Lightroom is an exceptional package and years ahead of C1-Pro. But Light Room cannot trigger a tethered digital camera release. I have been told by Adobe staff that one of the problems is the huge number of release profiles that would be necessary, BUT LR 2 already has the majority of these camera profiles in the setup.
If Adobe could add this function, I believe that C1-Pro would have to fold its tent.

Answer 1

> BUT LR 2 already has the majority of these camera profiles in the setup.
You are confusing the "Camera Color Profile" with the hardware communications protocol which will vary based on the OS and the camera maker. I should be noted that Camera Raw/Lightroom supports over 180 cameras with the raw files and color profiles. If you compare and contrast that with the numbers of cameras and manufactures that Phase One supports, you'll see that Capture 1 supports a small subset of total cameras out there.
As it relates to camera communications and control of the camera through Lightroom, that's a very different proposition than merely supporting the raw files. Each OS has different protocols and each camera maker does as well. To expect Lightroom to be able to control all of the functions of the camera (and if not all functions, what subset of functions would be a minimal subset?) becomes are very substantial engineering effort.
As it stands now, Lightroom already can work with the camera makers control software and auto-import from wherever the camera maker's software writes the file. This process relies upon the camera makers' control software and reduces Lightroom's area of responsibilities...you would have to make a far stronger use case that Lightroom should duplicate the work the camera makers' software is already doing. Otherwise, the use case that "it would be nice" isn't a strong enough argument.
Phase One's Capture 1 started life off as a camera control software for the Phase One camera backs...so they are already a camera controller. However, using their software to control non-Phase backs or cameras is very limited. As far as I know, you only get the ability to "click the shutter" which for me is not nearly enough. Using Canon's utility for example, I can set F stop, shutter speed, ISO and click the shutter. Merely clicking the shutter from within Lightroom would be a big step down in functionality if that's all Lightroom could do.
>If Adobe could add this function, I believe that C1-Pro would have to fold its tent.
Having Phase One fold it's "tent" is not really a goal of Lightroom. Phase One sells really great camera backs and regardless of what Lightroom may or may not do, Phase one's business will probably continue as long as people are buying Phase One backs. It's really not Adobe's nor Lightroom's goal to drive Phase One out of the biz...