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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.
Procedures for the following two connection methods are explained in the following sections:
A: Registering to the ⋖Mobile device connect⋗ () button and connecting.
B: Making connections via the Wi-Fi menu.
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 an NFC connection(PowerShot G5 X).
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Step 1: Confirming the smartphone's OS version
Step 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
Step 1: Confirming the smartphone's OS version
1. Check the smartphone’s specifications.
To confirm the Android™ OS version information, check the [Settings] menu ( )
[About device]
[ Android version ].
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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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・The Camera Connect application is free, but separate connection charges for accessing Google Play™ may be applicable.
・A Google account is necessary to download Camera Connect.
・It is not possible to download Camera Connect to smartphones not equipped with GooglePlay™.
・Downloading the application via a cellular network may take longer than downloading via Wi-Fi.
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.
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.
Set the [Wi-Fi] switch to [ON], and then
touch [Wi-Fi].
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
A: Registering the smartphone to the ⋖⋗ button and connecting.
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Press the ⋖⋗ button to connect the devices. This simplifies sending images to a smartphone.
B: Connecting via Wi-Fi.
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You can connect the camera to a smartphone as you would connect it to a computer or other device. Multiple smartphones can be added.
A: Pressing the Mobile Device Connect button to connect with the smartphone, and saving images from the camera to the smartphone.
A-1. Press the camera’s [ Mobile device connect ] (
) button.
(Hereafter referred to as the ⋖⋗ button.)
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A-2. When the following screen is displayed, press the ⋖
⋗⋖
⋗ buttons to choose [
], and then press the ⋖
⋗ button.
A-3. The camera’s SSID is displayed on the screen.
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A-4. 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.
A-5. Tap the [Canon Connect] (
) application icon on the smartphone to start [Camera Connect].
A-6. Press the ⋖
⋗⋖
⋗ buttons to choose the smartphone you want to connect with, and then press the ⋖
⋗ button.
A-7. 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.)
A-8. Touch [Images on camera ] in Camera Connect.
Please proceed to Step 4: Sending images to the smartphone.
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If you wish to register a different smartphone to the ⋖⋗ button, clear the one currently registered first.
B : Pressing the Wi-Fi button to connect with the smartphone, and saving images from the camera to the smartphone.
B-1. Press the ⋖Playback⋗ (
) button to turn the camera on.
B-2. Press the ⋖
⋗ button
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B-3. When the following screen is displayed, press the ⋖
⋗⋖
⋗⋖
⋗⋖
⋗ buttons to choose [
], and then press the ⋖
⋗ button.
B-4. Press the ⋖
⋗⋖
⋗ buttons to choose [Add a device], and then press the ⋖
⋗ button.
B-5. The camera’s SSID is displayed on the screen.
B-6. 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.
B-7. Tap the [Canon Connect] (
) application icon on the smartphone to start [Camera Connect].
B-8. Press the ⋖
⋗⋖
⋗ buttons to choose the smartphone’s nickname, and then press the ⋖
⋗ button.
B-9. When connecting to a smartphone for the first time, the following screen will be displayed on the camera. In this case, press the ⋖
⋗⋖
⋗ buttons to choose [Yes], and then press the ⋖
⋗ button.
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B-10. The following screen appears.
B-11. Once you have connected to the smartphone, a screen like the one below will appear.
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B-12. Touch [Images on camera ] in Camera Connect.
Step 4: Sending images to the smartphone
1. Use the smartphone to import images from the camera to the smartphone.
2. After the screen refreshes,
choose the desired images, and then
touch [Save] on the bottom right of the screen. The selected images will be saved to the smartphone.
3. After the images have been saved, touch the [Home] button to return to the menu screen.
4. To end the connection, touch the [
] icon displayed in the upper right of the screen, and then touch [Yes].
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*Android™, and Google Play™ are trademarks of Google Inc.