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4 Connectandestablish
TurnyourcameraonandselectWi-FiConnection
orConnecttoSmartDevice(dependingon
cameramodel)in theCameraSetuporNetwork
menu. Then choose ‘Establish Wi-Fi Connection’.
6 Finally
Youshouldnowbe
connectedtothecamera
andcanreturntotheNikon
SnapBridgeapptomakeuse
of allof theconnectivity
features.5 Wi-Fisettings
TheWi-Finameand
passwordshouldbe
displayedonthecamera
screen.Nowgotoyour
smartphone’sWi-Fisettings
andselectthecameraWi-Fi
and enter the password.Nikonprovidesa freephoto-sharing
serviceforitsuserscalledNikonImage
Space.If youowna Nikoncameraand
registerthenyoucangetupto20GBfree
storageforyourimages,whilst2GBare
availablefornon-Nikonusers.Imagesthat
youhavetakenonyoursmartphonecan
alsobeuploaded.
WithinSnapBridgeit is possibletoselect
imagesthatyouhavetransferredtothe
phonetobeautomaticallyuploadedto
NikonImageSpace,ensuringthatyourbest
imagesarealwaysbackeduponline.You
canalsobackupanunlimitednumberof
2-million-pixelimages,withoutthembeing
partof your2GBor20GBstorage
allocation.
FromwithinNikonImageSpaceit is
possibletocatalogueandarchiveyour
imagesbasedonratings,keywordsand
locations,aswellassortimagesbyany
numberof differentmetadataattributes,
suchaslens,cameraorevenapertureused.
Thiscanbeusefulforfindingoutwhich kit
and settings you use the most.NikonImageSpaceHeretheappis being
usedtoadjustthewhite
balanceofthecamera
remotelyin aperture
priority shooting modetransferrawimagesis a realpluspoint.
However,don’texpecttobetransferring
hundredsof imagesoverWi-Fi.I foundthata
24.5-million-pixelrawfile fromtheNikonZ 6,
comprisingof 32.9MBworthof data,took
around 41 secstotransfer.Sofortheodd
imagethatyoumaywanttoquicklyeditfor
socialmediait canbeveryuseful,butif you
plantotrulyusea mobiledeviceforediting
lotsof imagesonthego,usinganappropriate
cardreaderandadapteris thebetteroption.
ObviouslytransferringJPEGimagesis faster,
witha 4.5MBfull-resolution24.5-million-
pixelJPEGfile arrivingonmyiPhonearound
5 secslater,whilsta low-resolution2-million-
pixelimagepoppedupafterjusta coupleof
seconds.The2-million-pixelimagetransfer
optionis usefulwhenyouwanttoquicklyshare
animage,andthefilesaresosmalltheyhelp
tosavestoragespaceonyoursmartphone.
Selectingtheimagesviatheappis very
straightforward,withindividualorbatch
transferringpossible.I foundit veryintuitive,asit
shouldbeforanyonefamiliarwithbrowsing
through images on their smartphone.
Locationdata
AnotherwaythatNikonSnapBridgecantake
advantageof usingBluetoothconnectionis to
addGPSlocationdatatoimages.Foundin the
Autolinkmenutherearetwokeyoptions–
SynchroniseClocksandSynchroniseLocation
Data.Turningbothof thesesettingsonmeans
thatthecamerasettingswillchangetoshow
thecorrectlocaltime,accordingtoyour
phone,andit willalsoaddtheGPSlocation
datatoeachimage.
Thereis a furthersettingtuckedawayin the
mainsettings(identifiedbythethree
horizontallinesat thetop)thatenablesthe
GPSAccuracytobechangedbetweenLow,
MediumandHigh.Thedifferentsettingsalter
theamountof timebetweenco-ordinates
beingsenttothecamera.TheLowsettingwill
sendtheco-ordinatestothecameraat slower
intervalsthanusingtheHighsetting,which
mayresultin thembeinglessaccurateif you
aretakingpicturesandmovingquickly.
ConverselytheHighsettingwillbemore
accurate,albeitat thecostof phoneand
camera battery life depleting faster.