LUMIX Tether v2.12 has a small but useful set of keyboard shortcuts that aren't surfaced in the menu. Once they're in your fingers, you can shoot an entire product session without ever touching the mouse. Mac and Windows differ only in Cmd vs Ctrl.
Capture and review
| Action | Windows | Mac |
|---|
| Fire shutter | Space / Enter | Space / Return |
| Half-press (AF only) | Shift + Space | Shift + Space |
| Start / stop video record | R | R |
| Next review frame | → | → |
| Previous review frame | ← | ← |
| Toggle review fullscreen | F | F |
| Mark / flag frame | M | M |
Live view and focus
| Action | Windows | Mac |
|---|
| Toggle live view | L | L |
| Live view zoom in | Ctrl + = | Cmd + = |
| Live view zoom out | Ctrl + - | Cmd + - |
| Focus peaking on/off | P | P |
| Histogram on/off | H | H |
| Hide GUI (clean live view) | Ctrl + H | Cmd + H |
| Move AF point | Arrow keys | Arrow keys |
| Manual focus near / far | , / . | , / . |
Multicam (Ethernet, up to 12 bodies)
| Action | Windows / Mac |
|---|
| Switch to camera 1–9 | 1–9 |
| Switch to camera 10–12 | 0, -, = |
| Fire all cameras simultaneously | Ctrl/Cmd + Space |
| Multicam grid view | G |
Direct Save and session
| Action | Windows | Mac |
|---|
| Open Direct Save settings | Ctrl + D | Cmd + D |
| Open session folder | Ctrl + Shift + O | Cmd + Shift + O |
| Quit app | Alt + F4 | Cmd + Q |
Tips
- If Space doesn't fire, click anywhere inside the live view first — focus has to be in the Tether window.
- On Mac, macOS may steal Cmd+H for "Hide Window". Re-map LUMIX Tether's Hide GUI shortcut in Preferences → Shortcuts.
- For a foot-pedal trigger, map the pedal to Space in the pedal's own driver — LUMIX Tether reads it natively.
For the full studio pipeline these slot into, see Product photography with LUMIX Tether.
