Once again, I got the "Lost connection" message this time in a 12-14 minute period.
So, thinking the problem might be with the t7, I switched to an older Canon t3i (had to download EOS Utility 2 for this). I just sat and waited without activating a stacking process. From the time I would click the remote shooting button till the disconnect was invariably in the 7-9 minute period. I started to time how many minutes I would get before disconnect w. Anyway, I did the download anyway and.I still get the "connection lost" message. I was puzzled that when I went to upload it, it said "Windows 10 detected." even though I had upgraded to 11. So, I decided to try it and clean out old download leftovers on the PC.
I finally checked Canon's EOS Utility updates and as of two or three weeks ago there was no Win 11 update but there was a Win10 update ( EOS Utility 3.15.0 for Windows) in late Feb. Windows 7! I lived with it and just tolerated the problem for several months. Well, it turned out I continued to have the same "Lost Connection" problem w.
So, I opted to go back to my old Win7 PC in the interim hoping Canon would release a Win 11 version in a few months. Shadowsports above informed me EOS Utility did no support Win 11 yet. I checked for things like loose connections, bad USB cable, camera AC adapter problems in the meantime to no avail. The EOS Utility screen would freeze up and I would have to disconnect the USB cable to the camera and start all over again. Shortly thereafter I "upgraded" it to Win 11 and thought it might have been the cause of my problem.Ībout that time I started to become aware that while in the process of setting up for and running a "Stackshot" photo run, somewhere in the process I would get the message "Connection lost." I thought the time length was quite random at the time. At that time I had just purchased a new HP PC w. As stated in my original post months ago, I use the EOS Utility 3 along with a photo stacking rail system and currently a Canon t7. This is not a reply to above but an update concerning my use of the EOS Utility 3. Please let me know if you've had a problem.or not.with a similar photo equipment configuration. I have yet to see if the Win 11 download is reversible. I can only think that until Canon upgrades the EOS Utility specifically for the Win 11 OS, I will just have to continue to use my old Win 7 laptop. It seems pretty clear, Windows 11 and EOS Utility are not getting along well together. Almost immediately I got the "connection lost" message again. Thinking the Utility may have been corrupted by the Win 11 download process itself, this morning I once again hooked up the Win 11 laptop to my camera setup, uninstalled the EOS Utility, restarted it, and then downloaded the most recent version.
So, I replaced my new laptop with the one I had previously used for photo stacking.
But, I still got the disconnect message often associated with a big red X over the EOS software photo frame. the camera battery thinking the adapter might have failed. At first, I thought it might be a loose connection or defective cable. In a stack of 80 photos, I might get to 23 and from then on, the camera keeps functioning, but the photos don't arrive at the laptop. Ever since, I have not been able to get through a stack of photos without getting a "connection lost" message. About a week ago I upgraded my sub 1 year old laptop to Windows 11 (from 10). The EOS Utility enables the camera to send the photos as they are taken to my laptop where I can process them w. I use a Stackshot rail system with an EOS T7 camera for microphotography.