which body for best wireless experience?

MatthewK wrote in post #18660458
Same here, it's in My Menu, but it's still a rather convoluted means to activate the Wi-Fi.

I'm curious how you're able to transfer files without going through the Canon app; the camera won't let me transfer files until I open the app on my phone. It probably has something to do with how you've setup the phone as a hotspot and the camera joins that network, whereas I go the other way and have the camera start the network and I join my phone to that. I don't do too much transferring to my phone, so only the wi-fi is only activated when needed, versus being turned on all of the time, which would drain the battery.

After you configure the web services for the camera and transfer the configuration over to the camera for future use, it shows up with a web service icon as a selectable option.

For Google Drive, the icon is the Google Drive icon. I turn on my camera as a hotspot, then click this icon, and it tells the camera to connect to the last wifi router (which is my phone), and through the hotspot, it connect and authenticates to Google and then starts the image selection and transfer on the camera.

Basic steps: (http://support-th.canon-asia.com …nts/TH/EN/82017​58000.html)
Log into Canon Image Gateway (using my Google account)
Register my 5D4 there (might have had to plug in my camera to the laptop at this point, don't remember)
Set up the Google web service, put in my Google acct authentication info
This will get downloaded to the camera either through a cable, or when the camera connects to the internet (through router or phone)

At this point, I now just click the google drive icon, it connects accordingly through the router (or my phone as a hotspot), and then presents all my images for me to select and tell it to transfer when I am done. I do this periodically through a game, all through the camera. My phone never sees the light of day during image select to send to the social media group.

Facebook, Flickr, Email, and a myriad of other options are also supported in the same manner. This is one of the reasons for Eye-Fi demise.

ceriltheblade wrote in post #18658992
Hihi

I have the 7d and 5d III and love them to death
but I have fallen into the trap of the modern age telephone and would love to have a connection with my camera real time
and I was wondering what body works the best vis a vis wireless communication to the telephone (i personally have android, though I suppose that it is less important to answer the question)

Are there any other options besides buying a new camera with this ability which can act in a reliable and stable manner? or at least the most reliable and most stable that is available?

Many thanks and have a great day

One has to be very specific in what one expects to get from a wireless connection between camera and Device X, as the demands are very DIFFERENT in terms of 'technical abilty to support...'

• Use Case A: Shoot 20 photos, manually select photo E for transmission to Device X, send photo E to Device X
  
• Use Case B: Shoot 20 photos, automatically send all photos for transmission to Device X
  

thanks for the question

I am not a pro.

I am looking to reduce the steps of
1.) shoot
2.) go home (i dont cart around a mobile computer)
3.) remove card and put in card reader
4.) transfer photo to computer
5.) transfer to phone somehow
6.) send to appropriate people/cloud/ destination

to
1.) shoot
2.) review on camera
3.) send to phone in field (not sure the options in this step)
4.) share somehow


it got to the point that I hated all the dealing with the files that I even took a break from shooting.
yes, these are "first world problems"
and probably I am whiney
but that is the solution that I am looking for

and if trading my 7d for an 80d will get me that work flow... then an 80d will be my aim
or whatever other technological option that I can get ahold of.

Create a folder on drive.google.com, send out a share link to those that can access that, set a web service on the camera to send images to that drive and you are there.

ceriltheblade wrote in post #18661027
thanks for the question

I am not a pro.

I am looking to reduce the steps of
1.) shoot
2.) go home (i dont cart around a mobile computer)
3.) remove card and put in card reader
4.) transfer photo to computer
5.) transfer to phone somehow
6.) send to appropriate people/cloud/ destination

to
1.) shoot
2.) review on camera
3.) send to phone in field (not sure the options in this step)
4.) share somehow

Okay, I have a 7d2 and 5d4. On the 7d2 I use the Canon Wifi adapter that fits in the SD slot sometimes ( shoot to both cards normally, but will swap out to the wifi sd if I want to upload). The 5d4 has wifi already. I use the Canon Camera Connect app on the phone to connect to the camera, scroll through the images and grab the ones I want to use. I'll either edit in the Google Photos app if it is simple changes or pull into Lightroom mobile. From there I'll share straight to social media (Instagram, Face Book) or use the Smugmug app to add to a gallery on Smugmug.

It works and fits with what you are asking. In fact, I've done the same with my wife's Canon M5. However I find that it is a bit hard to view the images in the Canon app before download to pick between multiples of the same image. So sometimes I download a couple and have to view them in another app to do my final selection.

And I only do this sometimes. My normal method is:

1. Shoot
2. Use laptop or home computer to pull from card
3. Cull and edit
4. Upload best to Smugmug
5. Use Smugmug app on phone to post to social media if that is where I had intended them for.
6. or more likely, just share on web from SM gallery (links to forums) or send gallery link to people.

I don't like the Canon App, thus why I don't use it at all. I just select photos and they go to the web for me right from the camera.