I recently (last week) bought a new Canon 6D with built-in wifi. Shot this trying to improve my comfort zone in using the iPhone app to control the camera. At left is a screen capture of the iPhone app and at right is a cropped and resized version of the image shot with it. Camera was on a tripod.
Traveller, the left shot was a "screen capture" of the iPhone's screen. To do a screen capture, you press and hold the menu button (the main button below the screen). Then, while the menu button is held down, press the power/lock button (the switch on the top edge of the iPhone). That will save a full resolution copy of the iPhone screen to the photo album on the phone. You can then transfer it to your computer or email it to yourself (which is what I did.) I'm really looking forward to experimenting with this feature ... I just haven't had much time to play with it yet. Another interesting feature of the 6D is that it also has GPS built-in so it can automatically tag your images and, using Google Maps, you can see exactly where they were taken. And the image quality of the 6D is supposed to be very close to the 5D Mark III (the auto focus is not as robust, though). I think I'm going to really enjoy this camera!- Ken
Controlling the Camera from your computer for timed shots or when you want to be out of sight does sound very useful....how did you shoot the left side image? A different camera? Best Wishes, Traveller
The camera can do either. It can act as a hotspot to work with your smartphone (ios or Android) or it can connect to an existing hotspot to send images directly to a computer or a printer, or even to the "cloud." There is also an EOS Utility program that lets you control the camera from your computer. - Ken
Whoa, now that's a neat feature! Does the camera work as a wifi hotspot and transmit with the phone directly (more like bidirectional bluetooth) or do you need to be in range of a wifi for it to work? Very curious! Paul
