Solution
Step 1: Confirming the smartphone's OS versionStep 2: Installing Camera Connect on the smartphone and setting Wi-Fi to ON
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
Step 4: Sending images to the smartphone
You can send images from the camera to smartphones and tablets with Wi-Fi functions.
This article explains [how to connect to a smartphone by pressing the Wi-Fi button to print the images in the camera].
Images can also be sent via NFC connections using Android™ smartphones (installed with OS version 4.0 or later) that support NFC. For more information, please refer to Sending Images from a Camera to an Android Smartphone via NFC Connection (PowerShot SX430 IS).
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] : medium, [
] : low, [
] : weak
: Confirming the smartphone's OS version
: Installing Camera Connect on the smartphone and setting Wi-Fi to ON
: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
: Sending images to the smartphone
Step 1: Confirming the smartphone's OS version
1. Check the smartphone’s specifications.
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Please refer to the related information for details on the smartphones which can be connected with a camera wirelessly.
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Step 2: Installing Camera Connect on the smartphone and setting Wi-Fi to ON
Download Camera Connect from Google Play™ and install it on the smartphone.
If Camera Connect is already installed on the smartphone, please proceed to Step 3: Connecting the camera to the smartphone.
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1. Touch the [Play Store] application on your smartphone to access Google Play™.
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2. Touch the search icon.
3. Enter "Camera Connect" as the keyword in the search field
and then touch the search icon
.
4. Choose [Camera Connect] from the displayed search results, and install it on the smartphone.
After installation has been completed, tap the [Home] button to return to the Home Screen.
5. Touch the menu key, and then touch [Settings] (
).
6. Confirm that the smartphone is not set to [Airplane mode].
7. Turn the [Wi-Fi] switch ON (
) and then touch [Wi-Fi] (
).
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
1. Press the [
] button.
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2. Press the [
] , [
] , [
] , [
] buttons to choose [
], and then press the [
] button.
3. Press the [
] , [
] buttons to choose [Add a device], and then press the [
] button.
4. The camera’s SSID and password are displayed.
5. In the smartphone’s Wi-Fi setting menu, choose the SSID (network name) displayed on the camera to establish a connection. In the password field, enter the password displayed on the camera.
6. Tap the [Camera Connect](
) application icon on the smartphone to start [Camera Connect].
7. Press the [
], [
] buttons to select [Yes], and then press the [
] button.
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8. Once you have connected to the smartphone, a screen like the one below will appear.
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Step 4: Sending images to the smartphone
1. Touch [Images on camera] in Camera Connect.
2. Use the smartphone to import images from the camera to the smartphone.
3. After the screen refreshes,
choose the desired images, and then
touch [
] on the bottom right of the screen. The selected images will be saved to the smartphone.
4. After the images have been saved, touch [
] appearing in the upper right of the screen, and then touch [
] in the upper left of the screen to return to the menu screen.
5. To end the connection, touch the [
] icon displayed in the upper right of the screen, and then touch [YES].
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