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> Why do we still have to mess about with camera tethering when it should be seamless to have photos transfer to a device for professional shoots, or to your sm

by Youden 7y ago

> Why do we still have to mess about with camera tethering when it should be seamless to have photos transfer to a device for professional shoots, or to your smartphone for posting to social media? I think this is the real answer for the standalone cameras: treat it as an extension of the smartphone. It's embarassing that in 2019 it's _still_ not possible to wirelessly transfer RAW files from a camera to a phone. I haven't seen a single camera that can do this. iOS is perfectly ready for it too: there's platform-level support for RAW images and processing and plenty of apps take advantage of it, including the built-in Photos app. Related: does anyone know why cameras typically have horrendously slow wireless transfer speeds? My iPhone can easily reach 600Mbps over WiFi yet even third-party devices made solely for the purpose of quickly transferring photos can only manage ~60Mbps.

frosted-flakes 7y ago
I can transfer RAW photos from my camera to my phone (either through Wi-Fi or by plugging in a USB cable), then edit them in Adobe Lightroom. But I don't do it very often because the files transfer very slowly, and editing on a phone is cumbersome.
dharma1 7y ago
This is a real pain. And the fact camera OS are mostly proprietary walled gardens means others can't add these simple features either. For Sony cameras, the fact they can run android .apk's allows some workarounds for jpg/raw WiFi transfer, see http://www.stg-uploader.xyz/ http://www.stg-uploader.xyz/ You can backup via WiFi to Google photos or FTP, then open from there with mobile Lightroom on your phone/tablet
- Youden 7y ago
  > For Sony cameras, the fact they can run android .apk's allows some workarounds for jpg/raw WiFi transfer, see http://www.stg-uploader.xyz/ http://www.stg-uploader.xyz/ That only works for the older ones unfortunately. They dropped the installable app thing a few years ago.

by Youden 7y ago

frosted-flakes 7y ago

I can transfer RAW photos from my camera to my phone (either through Wi-Fi or by plugging in a USB cable), then edit them in Adobe Lightroom. But I don't do it very often because the files transfer very slowly, and editing on a phone is cumbersome.

dharma1 7y ago

This is a real pain. And the fact camera OS are mostly proprietary walled gardens means others can't add these simple features either. For Sony cameras, the fact they can run android .apk's allows some workarounds for jpg/raw WiFi transfer, see http://www.stg-uploader.xyz/ http://www.stg-uploader.xyz/ You can backup via WiFi to Google photos or FTP, then open from there with mobile Lightroom on your phone/tablet

Youden 7y ago
> For Sony cameras, the fact they can run android .apk's allows some workarounds for jpg/raw WiFi transfer, see http://www.stg-uploader.xyz/ http://www.stg-uploader.xyz/ That only works for the older ones unfortunately. They dropped the installable app thing a few years ago.