Canon EOS 80D WiFi
Sep 25, 2017 12:44:48 #
ronf78155
Loc: Seguin Texas
Im having problems....(maybe just me) getting my 80D to link with my phone.
Went back to the Canon dealer in San Antonio (The Camera Exchange) who set it up for me.
It took them 4 attempts.
I have a newer model Samsung smart phone.
When I got home..after taking some pics I wanted to send.....the 80D and phone would not connect !
I turned on the Canon program and tried to send the pics from my camera to the phone......but it could not find the Canon ap and asked me to REINSTALL it again !
Any tips?
btw......the service center tech at The Camera Exchange did say the Canon system is really bad and the only good one is really Sony
Went back to the Canon dealer in San Antonio (The Camera Exchange) who set it up for me.
It took them 4 attempts.
I have a newer model Samsung smart phone.
When I got home..after taking some pics I wanted to send.....the 80D and phone would not connect !
I turned on the Canon program and tried to send the pics from my camera to the phone......but it could not find the Canon ap and asked me to REINSTALL it again !
Any tips?
btw......the service center tech at The Camera Exchange did say the Canon system is really bad and the only good one is really Sony
Sep 25, 2017 13:01:54 #
barbie.lewis
Loc: Livingston, Texas
Mine works O.K. But I think Canon made a change to the Camera Connect software for the phones a few months ago and it doesn't connect automatically like it used to.
Here's my two-step method. First make sure WiFi is turned on on the phone. Open Settings, select WiFi, then turn WiFi on on the camera.
Once you see the camera has been selected as the WiFi source you can start Canon Connect and it should work fine.
A bit more complex than it used to be. Hopefully Canon will fix Connect.
Here's my two-step method. First make sure WiFi is turned on on the phone. Open Settings, select WiFi, then turn WiFi on on the camera.
Once you see the camera has been selected as the WiFi source you can start Canon Connect and it should work fine.
A bit more complex than it used to be. Hopefully Canon will fix Connect.
Sep 25, 2017 13:16:07 #
ronf78155
Loc: Seguin Texas
Ive got a Samsung Camera that takes a pic and you push a button (One Button) to send the pic to any email address you have saved or any you enter by typing in !
I carry the Samsung in my vehicle all the time and sent a video of a huge structure fire of a historic church last month to a TV station with one touch of the send button
Yet.....a Canon costing 3X as much can't do that !
I carry the Samsung in my vehicle all the time and sent a video of a huge structure fire of a historic church last month to a TV station with one touch of the send button
Yet.....a Canon costing 3X as much can't do that !
Sep 25, 2017 13:18:33 #
barbie.lewis wrote:
Mine works O.K. But I think Canon made a change to the Camera Connect software for the phones a few months ago and it doesn't connect automatically like it used to.
Here's my two-step method. First make sure WiFi is turned on on the phone. Open Settings, select WiFi, then turn WiFi on on the camera.
Once you see the camera has been selected as the WiFi source you can start Canon Connect and it should work fine.
A bit more complex than it used to be. Hopefully Canon will fix Connect.
Here's my two-step method. First make sure WiFi is turned on on the phone. Open Settings, select WiFi, then turn WiFi on on the camera.
Once you see the camera has been selected as the WiFi source you can start Canon Connect and it should work fine.
A bit more complex than it used to be. Hopefully Canon will fix Connect.
You might need to go back and make sure the app has not tried to connect to another WiFi while you were turning the camera WiFi on. I find that, in the field away from other "remembered" WiFi connections, I have no trouble downloading to my phone. But at home or back at the hotel my phone keeps trying to connect to the remebered WiFi.
Sep 25, 2017 14:54:28 #
barbie.lewis
Loc: Livingston, Texas
dsmeltz wrote:
I find that, in the field away from other "remembered" WiFi connections, I have no trouble downloading to my phone. But at home or back at the hotel my phone keeps trying to connect to the remebered WiFi.
You're probably right - that would explain what it is doing. But the older version of Canon Connect seemed better at breaking through.
Sep 25, 2017 15:42:26 #
ronf78155 wrote:
Ive got a Samsung Camera that takes a pic and you push a button (One Button) to send the pic to any email address you have saved or any you enter by typing in !
I carry the Samsung in my vehicle all the time and sent a video of a huge structure fire of a historic church last month to a TV station with one touch of the send button
Yet.....a Canon costing 3X as much can't do that !
I carry the Samsung in my vehicle all the time and sent a video of a huge structure fire of a historic church last month to a TV station with one touch of the send button
Yet.....a Canon costing 3X as much can't do that !
That's because the camera that cost 3 times as much as your cell phone was designed to record high quality images. My Samsung cell phone can do the same things as your Samsung cell phone but I still use a Canon camera that cost more than 5 times what the phone cost to record images.
Sep 25, 2017 16:00:40 #
barbie.lewis
Loc: Livingston, Texas
rmorrison1116 wrote:
My Samsung cell phone can do the same things as your Samsung cell phone but I still use a Canon camera that cost more than 5 times what the phone cost to record images.
Enjoy both!
It would be nice though if camera designers gave some thought to incorporating some of the smartphone camera features into their semi-pro cameras.
For example, being able to take a panorama without having to resort to external software and then being able to easily share it via Facebook.
Sep 26, 2017 07:05:19 #
johnbhome2
Loc: Wyoming, Michigan
Another option that I use to connect the camera to my phone is NFC. Turn the NFC on both phone and camera. Tap the phone on the NFC spot on the camera and Viola!!!! Pictures download to the phone. The Canon connect app is nice but slow to connect to my computer to process. I had hoped it would be the cats meow but it is quicker to just connect a cable from the camera to the computer to download. I mostly just use the connect app for remote shooting.
Sep 26, 2017 08:45:19 #
A side note. As a Google Pixel owner, when I download the pictures from my camera to my Pixel (and am later in range of a good WiFi) my JPEGs are backed up to Google for free. The Pixel came with unlimited photo backup.
Sep 26, 2017 08:45:30 #
ronf78155
Loc: Seguin Texas
rmorrison1116 wrote:
That's because the camera that cost 3 times as much as your cell phone was designed to record high quality images. My Samsung cell phone can do the same things as your Samsung cell phone but I still use a Canon camera that cost more than 5 times what the phone cost to record images.
It's not a Samsung phone....it's a Samsung camera!
It connects instantly when turned on and can send pics instantly anywhere I want to
Sep 30, 2017 11:13:18 #
ronf78155
Loc: Seguin Texas
Connected Friday...today it wont connect !
Very Very disappointing as Im heading to Alaska next year and bought this model so I could instantly send the pics from WiFi
I hope Canon is diligently working on a program that actually consistently works ...because this one is terrible with it's inconsistency !
Very Very disappointing as Im heading to Alaska next year and bought this model so I could instantly send the pics from WiFi
I hope Canon is diligently working on a program that actually consistently works ...because this one is terrible with it's inconsistency !
Oct 2, 2017 08:35:25 #
ronf78155 wrote:
Connected Friday...today it wont connect !
Very Very disappointing as Im heading to Alaska next year and bought this model so I could instantly send the pics from WiFi
I hope Canon is diligently working on a program that actually consistently works ...because this one is terrible with it's inconsistency !
Very Very disappointing as Im heading to Alaska next year and bought this model so I could instantly send the pics from WiFi
I hope Canon is diligently working on a program that actually consistently works ...because this one is terrible with it's inconsistency !
Have you checked for firmware updates? The current version is 1.0.2.
Oct 2, 2017 10:53:18 #
ronf78155
Loc: Seguin Texas
Ive got version 2.1.20.14 (build 692) and it seldom connects to my phone.
Is this the newest version?
Is this the newest version?
Oct 2, 2017 11:18:03 #
ronf78155 wrote:
Ive got version 2.1.20.14 (build 692) and it seldom connects to my phone.
Is this the newest version?
Is this the newest version?
I was asking about the camera's firmware not the connect app.
Oct 2, 2017 11:19:33 #
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