At the same time, my laptop has tiny Wireless USB transmitter plugged into one of the USB ports (only about a 1 inch dongle), and is powered by the USB port. I use Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 for that.īoth the NEF and JPEG-Large pair is received and displayed on my laptop in about 3 seconds per shot. I have full wireless control of all camera functions, including LiveView, from my IBM Thinkpad laptop. The USB2 dongle is powered by a small 5v DC battery - it transmits both NEF+JPEG-Large file pairs to my laptop wirelessly at a rate of 480Mpbs - way faster than any existing WiFi solution. First I have a fast wireless (WUSB2) transmitter (dongle) connected to my D800. I''m doing that now in my portrait studio to some extent - but totally wireless camera to laptop and wireless laptop to HDTV. What would be awesome, is for the D850 to be connected to a Laptop, Tablet, Smartphone with Live view working on both the camera and the connected device, ie Laptop, and control the camera, and also see Live-View and the Preview of the shot taken out of HDMI, then one could have a very inexpensive 32-50' 4K TV for the Live-View setup, and the shot taken preview. I've been conversing with the developer on his forum, but he is now telling me that my timelapse intervals are too short (5 second interval for a less-than 2 second exposure) and he's stopped responding to the thread, so I would recommend trying another app. MY problem is that qSDLRDashboard errors out, crashes out to the desktop frequently, which renders it useless to me for timelapse sequences. This works for the session, but if you close out qSDLRDashboard, you need to go back to the Snapbridge step (#2) to re-connect. This forces the Nikon Wifi on, which qSDLRDashboard can now connect to. Press the Download Pictures link and press Okay, let it error out and dismiss that dialog box.Turn on the D850 with Blutooth on (paired with tablet, which is only done once).D850, Samsung Tab A, latest qSDLRDashboardįor me, the steps are simple (perhaps fewer steps than outlined on the AirNef site): Once connected you should be able to use any compatible program including digiCamControl. It's a bit cumbersome though and 'deep in geek territory' as someone said. Have a look at AirNef and scroll down to the part labeled 'Nikon D500 and other SnapBridge Cameras'.Īlthough AirNef itself doesn't support live view the author explains how to connect a Snapbridge camera to a laptop using 'normal' WiFi. Just wish the Nikon D850 would open up it's Wifi. I found a program for free, called Digicamcontrol, works very well.

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