Help with wi-fi sd card: Just bought a Nikon D600 that I also picked up a wi-fi sd card. Well what should happen next? I can't see it on my network. How do you transfer photos from the...

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Just bought a Nikon D600 that I also picked up a wi-fi sd card. Well what should happen next? I can't see it on my network. How do you transfer photos from the camera to my computer. Without remove sd card or connecting a usb cable?
Thanks,

flip1948 Loc: Hamden, CT

stephen901 wrote:

Just bought a Nikon D600 that I also picked up a wi-fi sd card. Well what should happen next? I can't see it on my network. How do you transfer photos from the camera to my computer. Without remove sd card or connecting a usb cable?
Thanks,

I didn't know these things existed so I just read a review of 2 different brands online. Both require you to install an associated app on your smartphone to work.

What brand did you get?

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

flip1948 wrote:

I didn't know these things existed so I just read a review of 2 different brands online. Both require you to install an associated app on your smartphone to work.

What brand did you get?

EZ share, I have no problem getting photos from my camera to my phone. it's getting them on my computer without swapping out the sd card.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

My experience with WIFI SD cards has not been good. They have limited range, are dog slow and unreliable. Anything larger than a small JPEG just takes too long. Either use a USB cable and transfer that way, or simply put a standard SD card (or use the WIFI card) to store, not transfer images, and use a card reader attached to your computer. If you really want good wireless transfer (and camera control) for a camera that doesn’t have wireless capabilities, a CamRanger is the answer.

flip1948 Loc: Hamden, CT

stephen901 wrote:

EZ share, I have no problem getting photos from my camera to my phone. it's getting them on my computer without swapping out the sd card.

That's one of the reviews I read. I assume you have their app installed then.

Since you don't want to remove the SD card, which would be the fastest way and you could have used a standard SD card for that. I can only think of two choices:

1. Save the pics to your phone using the wi-fi and then connect the phone to your computer using a USB cable and transfer them...probably the fastest way. But you could have done that straight from the camera.

2. E-mail the pics to yourself from phone to computer....sloooow.

Right now I can't think of another way. Maybe someone else can, but they'd have to use some form of magic. I don't have that power.

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

flip1948 wrote:

That's one of the reviews I read. I assume you hav... (show quote)

I've tried connecting the camera directly to my computer but I run into driver issues. I've done what's on the Microsoft site but that didn't fix the problem. Any ideas?

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Wow that Camranger sounds interesting, I'll check it out
Thanks

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

stephen901 wrote:

I've tried connecting the camera directly to my computer but I run into driver issues. I've done what's on the Microsoft site but that didn't fix the problem. Any ideas?

Have you considered downloading the Nikon SW? Alternately, when you plug in the camera, does the computer recognize a new USB device and load the driver? Can you then see the camera as a drive letter in file explorer?

CamRanger is the heat!

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Nikon transfer or ViewNX, when I'm connected and turn the camera I hear the sound that I usually hear when usb is recognized. When I check file explorer there aren't any new devices or drives. The software doesn't see my camera either.

Not sure what IP to use to manually connect to my router.

Guess I'll need a separate wi-fi device that connects to my camera :(
Thanks Steve

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

stephen901 wrote:

Nikon transfer or ViewNX, when I'm connected and turn the camera I hear the sound that I usually hear when usb is recognized. When I check file explorer there aren't any new devices or drives. The software doesn't see my camera either.

Not sure what IP to use to manually connect to my router.

Guess I'll need a separate wi-fi device that connects to my camera :(
Thanks Steve

Hmm. Have you tried a different USB cable? A different computer? Do you get a “new USB device detected” pop up? If you go to control panel, can you see the camera? If so, does the device show enabled and working properly? If you can see it in control panel, have you tried updating the driver? Is there a menu setting in the camera that needs to be changed to allow external connections? Just trying everything I can think of that I would do...

A CamRanger will fix your problem. You can get a used gen 1 for probably $100, and a new gen 2 is twice that, but it works great. For example, can put your camera on a tripod outside by your bird feeder and sit inside in your warm easy chair, watch the action in real-time on your tablet, phone or laptop, change any settings, take the shot and within a second, see the downloaded image on your screen - pretty cool.

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

I bought one of these, lets see what it does for me.

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stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

It didn't work.

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Yep I think this is the unit I'll get. Thanks.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Again, CamRanger is the answer. End.

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Yeppers