WFT-E5 someone ?

[Tabazan]

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[apersson850]

If you want images to be transferred as you shoot, automatically, you do it in the same way if you have an infrastructure as you do from camera to computer (ad hoc). You use the FTP mode for the WFT-E5, which in turn requires that there's an FTP server running in your computer. FTP server functionality is included in several versions of Windows, like XP Professional, but not in the simplest, like XP Home Edition.


If it's missing in your version (my little netbook only has XP Home edition, for example), you can use the open source FileZilla FTP server.


The difference is then that you set up networking on your PC to run ad-hoc, not infrastructure, and then you connect in the same way with the WFT-E5.


Images can be sent automatically, as you shoot, or you can send those you select on the camera. This works fine if you are doing it all by yourself, or want control of what's transmitted.


You can also turn it the other way around, by using the WFT server mode. In that case no images are sent from the camera, but on the computer you can use a web browser to log on to the camera, view the images and bring down those you want. This works well if an assistant is evaluating the images and selecting those to print, as you keep on shooting.


I haven't tried the max range for this setup. Canon claims 150 meters, but they also do say that such a range requires a receiver with a large antenna, out in the open. Inside a house, with many walls, it can go down to 15 meters.


I like the ability to use the grip to get the images geotagged on the fly. A small Bluetooth adapter in the grip, a Bluetooth GPS in your pocket and you are all set. You can use a cable connected version too.