Sending images from a camera to an Android smartphone
Article ID: ART167868 | | | Date published: 06/01/2017 | | | Date last updated: 09/12/2017 |
Description
Sending images from a camera to an Android smartphone
Solution
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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 an NFC connection.
: 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 smartphoneâs specifications.
To confirm the Android⢠OS version information, check the [Settings] menu( ) [About device] [Android version].
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.
1. Touch the [Play Store] application on your smartphone to access Google Playâ¢.
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].
Step 3: Connecting the camera to the smartphone
1. Press the [ ] button.
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 cameraâs SSID is displayed on the screen.
5. Choose the SSID (network name) displayed on the cameraâs screen from the list of access points displayed on the smartphone.
6. Tap the [Canon Connect]( ) application icon on the smartphone to start [Camera Connect].
7. On the camera selection screen displayed on the smartphone, choose the camera to begin pairing.
8. 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.
9. The following screen appears.
10. Once you have connected to the smartphone, a screen like the one below will appear.
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 [Save] on the bottom right of the screen. The selected images will be saved to the smartphone.
4. After the images have been saved, touch the [Home] button 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].
6. After the camera and smartphone have been disconnected, the following screen appears on the cameraâs screen. Choose [OK], and then press the [ ] button.
This concludes the explanation of the procedures for operating the smartphone to send images.
*Androidâ¢, and Google Play⢠are trademarks of Google Inc.
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Related Info |
Smartphone (Device) Specifications and System Requirements for a Wireless Connection with a Camera (Canon Camera Connect)
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SIMS Doc Id
8202771900