Wireless DSLR Tethering to iPad

June 21st, 2010

I love shooting tethered. Viewing my photos on a large screen *while* shooting makes critical evaluations of exposure, focus, and composition much easier. Clients love it, too. They get a confidence boost from being able to see the photos as they’re taken. On commercial shoots, tethering is a must. You can’t have the client, art director, and make up artist all crowding around a tiny 3″ screen on the back of the camera.

As much as I love shooting tethered, sometimes it’s just not practical to lug a computer around, especially on remote location shoots. More gear means more crew. And more crew means bigger budgets (something that’s sadly lacking in the industry these days). On a run-n-gun shoot, even tethering to a laptop is awkward at best. Imagine doing a “walk a-about” photo shoot where you are tied to an assistant with a 10 foot rope. That’s ONLY convenient if one of you happens to fall into a crevasse.

Here’s a better solution. Wireless tethering to an iPad. No wires, no worries; portable and practical.

OK, onto the technical milieu. There are a few variations on the following workflow, but for the sake of simplicity, I’m just going to share what I’m using to go from my Canon 5D MkII to the iPad.

176211First thing you need is a little app called ShutterSnitch. It’s $8 and available in the app store. ShutterSnitch creates a landing point for the photos that are getting sent from the camera. There are some other great features built into the app, but rather than write about them you can read about them here.

EyeFiThere are a couple ways to get the photos out of your Canon dSLR wirelessly. Canon makes several WFT (as in, Wireless File Transmitter) devices for their various flavors of dSLRs. But, one look at the price and you might want to rearrange that acronym to WTF (as in, WTF!?). The cheaper option, and the one I’m using, is a wifi card from Eye-Fi. Eye-Fi makes SD cards that have a microscopic wifi antenna hidden inside. These cards can connect directly with ShutterSnitch. But there’s a caveat with Eye-Fi cards and the 5DMkII. The camera won’t recognize the newer X2 version so you’ll need one of the older classic pro models.

CFMultiNow, at this point you’re probably thinking,”WTF! How am I supposed to use an SD card in a CF-only camera like a 5DMkII?” Gotchya covered there, too. You simply need an SD to CF card adapter. Yeah, I didn’t know those existed either. Eye-Fi does not officially support CF adapters for their cards, but I found one that works well with my MkII. The CF multi from Syncrotech. Some adapters will cut the wifi signal strength so be sure to find one that has been tested for use with Eye-Fi cards. The CFMulti seems to have no effect on the Eye-Fi’s ability to transmit. So far I’ve used it successfully up to about 25 feet with no file errors.

photoTo make all of these photo transfers work, both the card and the iPad have to be connected to the same wireless network. Not a big deal if you’re shooting in a studio or any place there’s power. But if you’re on location you’re going to need a way to create an ad hoc wireless network. I cannot officially condone jailbreaking your iPad (nor does Apple), but it will allow you to install an app called MyWi. Yes, MyWi is the same app that people are using on their iPhones to share their 3G connectivity with other devices. Running the app on the iPad will create a network for the Eye-Fi to use for transferring photos. The great thing about this solution is that you’re carrying your network with you. Which means wireless tethering will work even if you’re deep in the jungle or on top of a mountain.

Just to recap, here’s what you need:
1. Older model Eye-Fi card
2. Synchrotech CFMulti adapter
3. MyWi app
4. ShutterSnitch app

One last tip on setting up the camera. Be sure to set your camera to shoot RAW+JPEG (small works best). The RAW files stay on the card, the JPEGS get transfered to the iPad for reviewing.

Big props to Matt Jeppsen of FreshDV for turning me on to this idea. We shared a few tweets back and forth on the workflow and Matt pointed me in the right direction. Check out FreshDV.com for tasty snippets of video industry news.

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94 Responses

  1. Glad to see you got this done. Can’t wait to put it in use myself!

    June 21st, 2010 2:18 pm

    Daniel

  2. Ever since the iPad was announced, I have been wondering about this as a solution to shooting tethered.

    But the pro only has a 4GB option? Ouch, especially if you’re out on location with a 5D Mk2, you might need a couple of those shooting as backup.

    But glad to see a solution has been found, however limited. Hopefully this will become the standard.

    June 21st, 2010 5:13 pm

    Dale Napier

  3. Dale – Ideally, Eye-Fi will start making CF wifi cards so we can skip all of the adapter hoopla. Yes, the 4Gb card will fill up fast. For now, I’ll just dump the card once it’s full. Not ideal, but it works.

    June 21st, 2010 6:12 pm

    jesse

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    June 22nd, 2010 12:52 pm

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  5. Great article. How did you get the iPad to broadcast in Wireless G? Mine is broadcasting in N and I can’t setup my Eye-Fi card to connect to it because it is only G. Thanks!

    June 24th, 2010 6:32 pm

    Steve

  6. That’s pretty friggen cool.

    June 25th, 2010 7:33 am

    Dan P

  7. Steve, I’m no networking expert so I’m afraid I can’t comment directly. I did have to configure the Eye-fi card with the Eye-fi software before using it with the iPad. Hope that helps.

    June 25th, 2010 9:56 am

    jesse

  8. [...] My optimism is further bolstered by some recent developments, including a very interesting blog by Jesse Rosten, a digitally advanced professional photographer who has done some very creative integration of his own using a DSLR, an iPad and EyeFi cards (full article). [...]

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  10. Hi love your set up for I pad,iv just got my self the 32gi wifi version ,bought a wifi card now got that set up with my nikon d5000 ,and on iPad but bit stuck on how u set up mywi on iPad for wifi card to see it any chance you could tell me the settings I need on mywi to get it to run my wifi card when I’m out of the house cheers ..

    July 5th, 2010 6:50 am

    Paul

  11. Paul,

    Mywi creates a network that works just like any other network. The Eye-fi card just needs to be configured to recognize that network. To do this, the Eye-fi connect the Eye-fi card to your computer (via the included SD reader). Once connected, run the Eye-fi software. Keep your iPad nearby and turn on the Mywi app. You should see the mywi network pop up in the Eye-fi software. Now just click to add.

    Hope that helps

    July 5th, 2010 10:53 am

    jesse

  12. Hi,

    I was able to tether shots from my canon 50d with wft-e3a to the iPad without using any wireless router or jailbreaking my iPad to use myfi.

    You need to setup WFT’s wireless ad-hoc configuration first then connect your iPad to that adhoc network like the normal way connecting to a regular wireless network. However, you need to assign a static ip add to the ipad, same network with your WFT. Dont forget to assign a default gateway both on the ipad and wft. It doesnt work for me if i dont have a default gateway assigned. I am not sure if thenipad can recognize automatically when connecting to an adhoc wireless network.

    Once the wireless connection is established, setup your Wireless File Transmitter’s(WFT) FTP settings. In this case, im am using ShutterSnitch on my ipad as the FTP server. Target server on the WFT is your iPad’s static ip add and im using port 26000.

    I am not sure if anyone tried this before successfully but i am just sharing this to everyone that it is possible to have an adhoc connection between the ipad and your canon WFT.

    Cheers!

    Melson

    July 13th, 2010 7:01 pm

    Melson

  13. Ok I am understanding it all except mywi, is your ipad unlocked? I am not finding the app in app store did goggle search and all the leads refer to unlocked devices and cydia.

    any help is appreciated

    July 15th, 2010 2:58 pm

    Mike irvin

  14. Mike, yes, to run MyWi you must jailbreak the iPad.
    Melson, great! Thanks for sharing.

    July 16th, 2010 6:01 pm

    jesse

  15. This is great. but no one seams to be selling the classic eyefi 4GB cards that are compatible with the 5DmkII.

    July 21st, 2010 12:47 pm

    David

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  17. Hi thank you for. Your reply not had chance yet to try out you advice on mywi been bit busy will let you know how I get on. Soon

    July 26th, 2010 3:54 pm

    Paul

  18. [...] So here’s the latest gadget to hit town (officially, of course) and suddenly everyone’s twittering and facebooking about their new toy. I was reading the news from Koh Samui where Lydia and I spent time with family post-wedding. Not our honeymoon technically since that’ll be in September. I’m not rushing to get the iPad but here’s what I’d like to do with it – shoot tethered. There’s someone who has tried it already, a photographer names Jesse Rosten and blogs about his experience here. [...]

    July 28th, 2010 12:31 am

    iPAD

  19. I have mywi running on my iphone. Will the ipad and eye-fi card still be able to see each other and transmit? I do not want to pay for another data plan just for my iPad.

    August 4th, 2010 4:47 pm

    Dan

  20. Dan,

    Yeah it should work. The card and app just need to be connected to the same network. Doesn’t matter where that network is originating.

    August 6th, 2010 11:26 am

    jesse

  21. Is this the card I need for this to work ?
    http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/614992-REG/Eye_Fi_EYEFI4EV_4GB_Explore_Wi_Fi_SDHC.html#specifications

    I’m unfamiliar with these eye-fi cards and the store doesn’t say if it’s first or second generation. I’m about to buy an Ipad just for shooting tethered and don’t want to buy a wrong card to begin with.

    Thanks

    August 11th, 2010 5:08 pm

    Ljupco

  22. Depends on what camera you are using. The newer X2 cards won’t work with the Canon 5D MkII, but will work fine with SD based cameras. Here is a link to the older model that I’m using with my MkII:
    http://www.eye.fi/products/classic/pro
    Which ever card you decide to go with, be sure to get one that supports Ad Hoc connections.

    August 11th, 2010 5:17 pm

    jesse

  23. I’m going to be using it with my 5d MK II. So basically I need an eye-fi card of 4gb I generation that supports ad hoc connections and that particular SD to CF adapter, right ? I’ll try and see if B&H has that kind of eye-fi in stock.
    Thanks a lot Jesse :)

    August 13th, 2010 3:01 am

    Ljupco

  24. Yep, that’s the formula that worked for me. I found my Eye-Fi card on B&H but It looks like they’re out of stock now. Good luck!

    August 13th, 2010 10:36 am

    jesse

  25. Hi,

    The Eye-Fi Centre can’t see the network created by MyWi in both my iPad and iPhone. Do you have any tips to do that so that I can add the network to the card?

    August 17th, 2010 2:20 am

    Alan

  26. By the way, I’m using 4GB Connect X2 (Do I need a PRO card?)

    August 17th, 2010 2:21 am

    Alan

  27. Hi Jesse. I am trying to get this to work for me. I have the SD card, the Adapter, but I have a zalip mobile router. I have the one suggested by this post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4CgABZVNjU.

    I setup my network with the “default” wireless setting for the zalip. When I set up my eye-fi card it connects. The shuttersnitch app and my ipad connects to the “default” zalip router. The images are on the card both raw + jpg.

    But nothing happens when I take the pic. Not sure whats up. Im on a mac and zalip has no mac instructions on setting up the network. So I basically went with the default settings.

    August 19th, 2010 7:12 pm

    TreyE

  28. So you are shooting raw+jpeg and transferring the jpeg only to the ipad. Which means you could go with the basic, non pro eye-fi card. Is that correct?

    August 20th, 2010 12:27 am

    Lorinc

  29. Alan, I think you need a PRO card. The MyWi creates an Ad Hoc network and you need a card that connect to that type of network.

    August 20th, 2010 9:54 am

    jesse

  30. TreyE, hmm… are you sure you have Shuttersnitch configured correctly? http://2ndnature.thebrew.dk/shuttersnitch/faq.php

    August 20th, 2010 9:59 am

    jesse

  31. Maybe I do not have shuttersnitch set up correctly. I’m going to start from the beginning. I’m leaning towards it being that my zalip router is not setup correctly.

    Is there anyway you can tell if your eye-fi and router is not on the same network? My wireless connection says “default.” So I’m not sure if this is the right “default” or the equipment’s “default” settings.

    trollhunter on youtube will be posting videos this weekend to walk ppl thru the setup. Hopefully this will help me. Thanks.

    August 20th, 2010 2:06 pm

    TreyE

  32. You have worked this out well! Do you know wich model of Eye-Fi will work with 1DMIII? How to connect to MacBookPro? do I use the same apps? Thx in advance!

    August 26th, 2010 6:06 am

    Albert

  33. So do I need a 3g ipad ? or can i use the wifi ipad?

    August 31st, 2010 10:29 am

    rev

  34. [...] over de Eye-fi card mogelijkheden. Probleem is hier een geschikte CF adapter voor te vinden. Uit http://jesserosten.com/2010/wireless-tethering-to-ipad dit artikel blijkt dat de adapter van Synchrotech hiervoor geschikt zou zijn. Wie heeft hier [...]

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  35. Thank you melson!!
    I was able to setup Direct Connection from a Canon EOS 1ds III via Cañon wdt without using any Other Network or jailbraiking my Ipad (3.2.2)
    Shutter snitch listenes. And receives Pictures and Shows them just the Way my customers Love it!
    and I do so too.
    Thanks again.
    martin

    September 3rd, 2010 12:07 pm

    Martin jehnichen

  36. Darn it, Jesse….!

    And I was doing SO WELL up until now resisting running out and getting an iPad… I now see resistance is futile… this is THE killer ap.

    Great job figuring this out; thanks for sharing your geek-powers for good! :)

    September 4th, 2010 7:58 pm

    AJ

  37. AJ, resistance is futile!

    September 4th, 2010 11:10 pm

    jesse

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  44. You know the next question – how “bout video – just so I don’t have to explain to my wife why I need a Marshall field monitor…

    September 23rd, 2010 6:05 am

    semiglossy

  45. Semi,
    To do this with video you need some heftier hardware. Check out the Cube by Teradek. It’s spendy, but hey, no wires!

    September 23rd, 2010 9:53 am

    jesse

  46. Hi, Jesse!
    Thank you for this great tutorial!
    I was looking for a solution like this one to use between my 40D and my brand new iPad. However… I don’t want to jailbreak it. Do you know any other solution to myWi? Or just the other 3 will do the trick?

    Cheers,
    Daniel

    September 24th, 2010 3:11 pm

    Daniel

  47. Daniel,

    If you have wireless available where you’re shooting, then you don’t need to run the MyWi app. If no wireless is available, you can try to find a portable device that’ll create a WiFi hotspot.

    September 27th, 2010 11:52 am

    jesse

  48. Hi Jesse,
    thanks for the article. I have a 40D. Do you know if that will recognise the X2 or will I need the classic pro card?
    Thanks
    Brett

    October 1st, 2010 9:33 pm

    Brett Taylor

  49. Not sure, Brett. Why don’t you have a go and report back if it works. Good luck!

    October 6th, 2010 6:47 pm

    jesse

  50. hi jesse,

    supposed that eye-fi pro already have the ad hoc feature (http://www.eye.fi/how-it-works/features/advanced ), doesn’t it mean that i don’t have to jail break the ipad? have you ever tried with the non-pro eye-fi? because i can’t find eye-fi pro anywhere in the market. seems like it’s discontinued.

    thanks,
    irene

    October 18th, 2010 4:46 am

    irene

  51. Hello Irene,

    The purpose for jailbreaking the iPad is to create a wireless network (using the MyWi app). If you are shooting where a wireless network already exists, there is no need to jailbreak.

    I’ve tested the new EyeFi X2 Pro with a Canon 5dMKII and Syncrotech CF adapter and it does NOT work. It may work with other camera bodies though.

    October 18th, 2010 3:25 pm

    jesse

  52. Jesse,

    Good article. I just found out about this groundbreaking app. Your readers might like to read and hear more, I conducted an audio interview with Brian Gerfort, the author of shuttersnitch. Find it here

    http://www.widstrand.com/jobs/shuttersnitch_article.pdf

    November 10th, 2010 10:26 pm

    Russ widstrand

  53. Jesse,

    Re CF card adapters. You are correct, the X2 Pro will not work with CF adapters, but older versions of the Eye-Fi cards may work.

    November 11th, 2010 2:21 pm

    Russ Widstrand

  54. its great but, its still a bit overcomplicated, am i the only person who is not totaly in love with wifi! whatever speeds they claim teatherd by usb cable also seems faster and more reliable

    im fed up looking a right joker in front of the client when u lose connection !!!!!!!!!

    the ipad / android tabs are just what you need for location but we need a app somthing like on1 but will work via cable live, and ideally operate the camera, it seems obvious to me and im sure it on its way but when!! its been nearly 6 mts now

    November 24th, 2010 9:27 am

    richard jackson

  55. i’m with you Richard, forget wifi, already just tethering to ipad in a simple way (like no jailbreak, just display what’s on liveview) would be great. When? it’s been way too long…

    January 2nd, 2011 1:52 am

    katja

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  57. Jesse!. I have 5d MKii with IPAD 3G.
    i understand i need to have
    1. Older model Eye-Fi card
    2. Synchrotech CFMulti adapter
    3. ShutterSnitch app
    but do i need to have MyWi app?? even though my ipad is already 3g?

    January 19th, 2011 2:18 pm

    MJ

  58. The Eye-Fi card only works with a wireless network. So if there’s no wireless network available, you’ll have to create one using the MyWi app.

    January 21st, 2011 11:39 am

    jesse

  59. Hey man…….awesome tutorial…….got everything and works beautifully…….however, you said as your last tip to set the camera to Raw + jpeg and the Raw would stay on the card and the small jpeg would transfer to the ipad…….is that a setting Im missing somewhere?……..because both sizes are transferring…………thanks for the help……..

    January 21st, 2011 12:29 pm

    Robby

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  61. Hi this seems an excellent way to cut prices on the canon wifi grip. I did a fast check online of where i could find eye fi cards but it seems hard to find the old pro generation.
    Is it certain that this setup wont work with the X2 generation of eye fi ?

    thanks. r.

    March 3rd, 2011 8:12 am

    robin

  62. Is There ANYWHERE you can get the old eye fi pro cards? I really need help with this… any suggestions at all?!? i can’t find them anywhere and this magical way of doing things is a Must have for me!! Please Help!!

    March 3rd, 2011 9:11 pm

    will

  63. Will, at this point, I’m thinking they’re probably out of stock everywhere. Best bet is to petition EyeFi to make a CF version of their cards.

    March 5th, 2011 9:05 pm

    jesse

  64. So would I need the pro version for this to work? I was hoping to get the cheapest eye-fi SD to put in my D7000 (it uses SD and NOT CF) so would that work? Also, would the jail broken app send a signal that any eye-fi card can pick up?

    March 13th, 2011 11:03 am

    James

  65. James, my (limited) understanding is that to connect the card directly to the iPad, using the iPad generated wifi network, you’ll need the card to support Ad Hoc connections. So yes, this translates to the Pro version. But I’m not an expert and haven’t tested with the cheaper models. If I were you, I’d get both the high and low end, test ‘em, and return the one you don’t need.

    March 14th, 2011 5:36 pm

    jesse

  66. Well I tried it with the “connect” version. It didn’t want to recognize the ipads signal. Oh well… I don’t see myself spending $150 on the pro card (rather have an octobox).

    March 14th, 2011 6:39 pm

    James

  67. I have looked everywhere but cant find the older version of the Pro card. Do you know of any place where they are available

    March 22nd, 2011 9:51 am

    Jesse

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  69. Thanks, for the response. Since the old pro card isn’t available anywhere I guess I might as well prepare that email to beg Eye-Fi to make a CF version.

    April 2nd, 2011 9:05 am

    will

  70. hi jesse,

    as robby already asked – I also can’t figure out how to force the 5DMKII to only send the jpegs and keep the RAWs on the card????

    has this something to do with eye-fi card?
    Or the software?? (shuttersnitch?)

    On the camera itself I can’t find any setting for sepaeate file handling??

    I’m really desparate to find a solution because the tethering possibility is really taunting… :-)

    April 10th, 2011 3:49 am

    will.i.am

  71. Do you know if there is a way to do this with an Android tablet?

    May 15th, 2011 9:53 am

    Brandon

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  73. Brandon, not sure.

    June 2nd, 2011 12:26 pm

    jesse

  74. will, and for those that would like to use the new X2 Eye-Fi cards, after scouring the Eye-forums it is apparently possible with specific CF/SD adapters, I recently wrote a sum up of the option in a obsession to find a solution:
    http://danylophotography.com/blog/?p=439

    It worked for several people and I am waiting for my adapter + ipad to pop in the mail any day now ; ) i’ll give an update on the results!

    June 9th, 2011 4:44 am

    Danylo

  75. Can anyone confirm that this will work on the Canon 7D?

    June 12th, 2011 4:28 pm

    Ronnie

  76. Does the shuttersnitch app allow you to wirelessly control the camera. Including shutter speeds, aperture and ISO? If so, I am going for it.

    June 28th, 2011 9:26 pm

    raphael

  77. Tks for the post, Jesse!

    Any clue where I can find the Eye-fi card and the CF Multi from Synchrotech in NY? Looking everywhere but can’t seem to find it! :-(

    Best,
    Julio

    June 29th, 2011 9:36 am

    Julio Bittencourt

  78. Pretty clever and creative solution!

    I love showing off my pics on a nice big screen. and as you say, that ability is a real must on remote shoots these days.

    I will be using this trick for sure!

    July 22nd, 2011 6:07 pm

    Nikon d5110

  79. Hey,

    will this work with an IPhone?

    August 13th, 2011 7:44 pm

    Ryan Powell

  80. Hey,

    will this work with an IPhone 4 and Nikon D5000, 7000, or D2X?

    August 13th, 2011 7:47 pm

    Ryan Powell

  81. iPad and iPhone run the same OS, so yes, it’ll work with an iPhone. But the screen isn’t going to be that much bigger.

    August 13th, 2011 7:51 pm

    jesse

  82. Should be even easier with Nikon since it uses SD cards. No CF adapter or older model Eye-fi needed.

    August 13th, 2011 7:52 pm

    jesse

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  84. Hi great posting , Thank you for giving this information

    September 14th, 2011 9:00 am

    Connor

  85. Think twice if you have an iPad 2… the current version of the iPad 2 OS (4.3.5) can’t be jail broken, so you won’t be able to do this without having a computer/network to transfer the files between your camera and iPad.

    September 19th, 2011 9:46 pm

    Chris

  86. I have been using the eye fi pro x2 to connect to a standard Ipad for about a year. You do not need to jailbreak the ipad.

    I have used both a canon 550D and an 5D2, in fact I use the 550D just about everyday like this, no sweat.

    October 19th, 2011 11:15 pm

    Mark

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  88. Firstly I would like to thank Jesse for sharing his thoughts with us.

    I beleive ,although I am no IT expert, that there is no need to jail break anything. simply turn on your Iphone personal hotspot and connect both devices (eye fi and IPad) on the network created

    PP

    November 7th, 2011 9:09 am

    Paul Peterson

  89. When using the transmitter with a d7000, can you use one card to record images while using the second to transmit a sample image to the ipad?

    November 7th, 2011 9:32 pm

    zapjak

  90. zapjak – yes you can: http://nikonites.com/blogs/jdeg/77-my-mobile-4g-dslr-camera-rig.html

    January 17th, 2012 4:16 pm

    John

  91. Im about tobuythings I need to do this. Are the steps the same with the IPad 2?

    January 25th, 2012 3:08 am

    Lynn

  92. Thanks for the info Jesse,

    I just dug around in our “misc items” box and found a never used 2gb old skoool eye-fi ;¬b
    I guess 2gb is better than nothing!

    February 13th, 2012 2:37 am

    Mister L

  93. I have the ipad working wirelessly with my 5d2 but it leaves me wanting in terms of proper color and exposure. Ipads cannot be calibrated as yet so it’s not the perfect solution. Will soon get an ips type of laptop for critical location work.

    February 24th, 2012 5:41 pm

    corex

  94. The adapter I am using with my 5DMkII is a Delock (#61796) TypeII UDMA, with a EyeFi Pro X2 card. Shooting to a iPad1 using ShutterSnitch, or to my laptop. I have had no issues so far, works very well. I purchased the adapter in the U.K. and posted to me in Australia….$25 incl shipping).
    Hope this helps some of you.

    March 8th, 2012 2:18 am

    Peter Marin


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