How to Simply Add Wi - Fi to Your Camera

Wouldn`t it be great to send pictures and control your camera via Wi - Fi?

A lot of cameras do not have inbuilt Wi -Fi. Buying a new camera, just because of this, would be very expensive.

We have collected here a few solutions for you. Most are easy to use. The last one works really great and is DIY

The Wi - Fi SD Card

These are special SD cards, making it possible to send pictures directly and automatically to your Device.

We use this method in our Photo Booth and it works fine.( https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Budget-Photo-b...)

Here are some different varieties, buy it now on ebay. http://goo.gl/QVDlsK

Advantages:

- easiest method

- cheap in comparison to other methods

Disadvantages:

- you are not able to control your DSLR with your mobile device

- slow

Wlan Adapter

The solutions from Canon and Nikon are working faster. There exist some special adapters to upgrade Wi - Fi to your DSLR.

In my opinion, this is just a solution for professional photographers.

Advantages

- fast

- easy to use (USB)

- relatively small

Disadvantages

- too expensive

Camranger

This is a pretty cool device, making it possible to control your Canon and Nikon DSLR via Smartphone. There is even a app, you can use.

Buy one from Amazon: http://goo.gl/KT7HPl

Advantages

- a lot of Canon and Nikon DSlRs are supported

- easy to use (via USB)

- you can send pictures as well as control your camera

Disadvantages

- expensive

DIY Solution - Build a Camranger on Your Own

You can build a cheap cam ranger on your own!

Basically, you just have to buy this router and modify the firmware.

Amazon: http://goo.gl/lvb4vR

Ebay: http://goo.gl/PJ12zi

This router has included the same hardware as the Camranger. It is the same!

I found this instructable dealing with the subject, but there are also a lot of tutorials in the web.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Wireless-tethered-...

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