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Step 1: Confirming the OS versionStep 2: Installing Camera Connect on the smartphone
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
Step 4: Using the smartphone to control the camera during remote shooting
You can check the shooting screen and shoot remotely using your smartphone.
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The procedure for using a smartphone to control the camera during remote shooting via Wi-Fi is explained in the following four steps. Proceed in order from Step 1.
Step 1: Confirming the OS version
Step 2: Installing Camera Connect on the smartphone
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
Step 4: Using the smartphone to control the camera during remote shooting
Step 1: Confirming the 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.
Step 2: Installing Camera Connect on the smartphone
Download Camera Connect from the App Store 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 [App Store] application on your smartphone to access the App Store.
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2. Touch the search icon.
3.
Enter [Camera Connect] in the search field, and then
touch [Search].
4. Choose [Camera Connect] from the displayed search results, and install it on the smartphone.
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
1. Touch [Settings].
2. Confirm the smartphone settings.
: Make sure that [Airplane mode] is not set.
: Touch [Wi-Fi].
: Set the [Wi-Fi] switch to [ON].
3. Select the shooting mode.
Set the mode dial to [ P ], [ Tv ], [ Av ], [ M ], or [ C ]
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4. Secure the camera.
・Once remote shooting begins, the camera lens will come out. Lens motion from zooming may also move the camera out of position. Keep the camera still by mounting it on a tripod or taking other measures.
5. Press the camera’s [ Mobile device connect ] (
) button.
(Hereafter referred to as the ⋖⋗ button.)
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6. Touch [
] when the screen below is displayed.
7. The camera’s SSID is displayed on the screen.
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8. Choose the SSID (network name) displayed on the camera’s screen from the list of access points displayed on the smartphone.
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For better security, you can display a password on the screen by accessing MENU and choosing [
] tab ⋗ [Wi-Fi Settings] ⋗ [Password] ⋗ [On]. In this case, enter the password displayed on the camera in the password field on the smartphone when it is displayed.
9. Tap the [Canon Connect] (
) application icon on the smartphone to start [Camera Connect].
10. Choose the smartphone you want to connect with, and then press the ⋖
⋗ button.
11. After a connection is established with the smartphone, the smartphone’s name is displayed on the camera. (This screen will close in about one minute.)
12. The Camera Connect menu will be displayed on the smartphone.
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If you wish to register a different smartphone to the ⋖⋗ button, clear the one currently registered first.
Step 4: Using the smartphone to control the camera during remote shooting
1. In Camera Connect on the smartphone, choose [Remote shooting].
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The camera lens will come out. Do not press near the lens, and make sure no objects will obstruct it.
2. Once the camera is ready for remote shooting, a live image from the camera will be displayed on the smartphone. At this time, a message is displayed on the camera, and all operations except pressing the power button are disabled.
3. Use the smartphone to control the camera. Press the
button to shoot.
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