How to Take Wireless Photos with Your DSLR and iOS Device [Photography]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5639184/how-to-take-wireless-photos-with-your-dslr-and-ios-device

Whether you're looking to wirelessly upload your photos to your iOS device or want to use it as a remote shutter, here's how to make it happen.

We're going to take a look at two ways to make this happen. The first is with an app called Shutter Snitch, which sends photos wirelessly from your camera to your iOS device, and the second is with an app called DSLR Remote, which lets you control your camera with your iOS device. Check out the video above for a quick run through of how to set things up.

Shutter Snitch

Here's what you'll need to get started:

• A camera
• The Shutter Snitch app ($8)
• A Non-X2 version Eye-Fi card (Around $50) or a wireless adapter for your camera (expensive!)
• An SD to CompactFlash adapter, if your DSLR doesn't take SD ($15-25)

Before you can start using your Eye-Fi card with your iOS device you'll need to turn off Relay Mode in the Eye-Fi manager and make sure it's not automatically uploading photos to your computer, Flickr, or anywhere. Once you do that you can set up Shutter Snitch on your iOS device.

To start the setup, tap options and sign in to your Eye Fi account on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Shutter Snitch will, hopefully, recognize your card and sync up with it. If you check your Eye-Fi manager, you should see the name of your iPhone as the computer your Eye-Fi card is connected to. If not, try restarting. Now you can make a new collection in Shutter Snitch, open it, and start taking pictures. You have to be in a collection in order for the photos to be transferred. If you are, they should start appearing on your iPhone in a few seconds.

DSLR Remote

Here's what you'll need to get started:

• A camera
• The DSLR Remote Lite or Pro app ($2 or $20)
• A USB cable that fits your camera (probably mini to regular)

DSLR Remote is $2 for the lite version, which has basic features, but it'll set you back $20 for the pro version which gives you things like live view mode. Setup is pretty easy. You download software on both your computer and iOS device, then connect your DSLR to your computer with a USB cable. Your iOS device should recognize your computer pretty quickly. Select your computer from the list and that's really all you have to do. Aim the camera where you want it and then you can start capturing pictures directly to your machine by hitting the shutter on your iOS device. You can even change settings and focus. Unfortunately, so far, you can only take pictures. No video yet.

Shutter Snitch [iTunes App Store via Jesse Rosten]

DSLR Remote Lite / Pro [iTunes App Store]