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anonhasbeenthenumberonecamera

brandforglobalsalesformorethana

decadeandoffersa hugerangeof

mirrorlessandDSLRcameras.So,it

shouldcomeasnosurprisethatit offersa well-

establishedconnectivityappthatenables

photographersto notonlytransferimages

betweenthecameraanda smartdevice,butalso

controlthecameraremotelyandattachusefuldata

suchasGPSlocation,too.

TheCanonCameraConnectappis availableto

downloadforfreeforbothiOSandAndroiddevices

fromtherelevantappstoresandrequires73MBof

freespace.Interestingly,thesameappworksfor

bothentry-levelmodelslikethe200D,rightupto

Canon’sprofessionalmodelssuchasthe5DMark

IV.AndroidusersneedAndroid5 whileiOSusers

will need at least the iOS 11 version of the platform

tousethefunctionality.Availablein a numberof

languagesin caseEnglishisn’tyourmothertongue

(French,German,Italian,Japaneseandmore)the

appis compatiblewithsmartdevicessuchasiPad

andiPodTouchdevicesaswellasyourphone,

offeringmoreoptionsandaccessibility.

Thefeaturesonofferenablephotographersto

uploadcontentwhiletheyareoutin thefield–

hugelyusefulforvloggers,newsshootersona

deadlineorphotographerswishingtosendimages

toclientsin a rush.Shootingremotelycanalso

openupnewcreativeopportunitiesthatwould

otherwisebehardertocapturewhenusing the

camerain a more traditional sense.

Features

Thegreatnewsis thatCanon’sCamera

Connect app is jam-packed with features and

Wanttoshareshotsonthego?Wecontinueournew

serieslookingathowtoconnectyourCanoncamera

to your smartphone.Matty Graham off ers an insight

Canon Camera Connect

CAMERA CONNECTIVITY Testbench

For and against

Offersremote-controlfunction

Simple,easy-to-navigate

userinterface

Canbeusedwithmultiple

Canoncameras

Givesuserstheoptionofa

reduced(5MP)filesize

Goodoptionsavailablewhenit

comestobulktransfers

Heavyusedoesaffectthe

camera’sbatterylife

Manualfocusingviatheappis

a little slow to use in the field

Theappoffersdirectcontrolofkey

shootingsettings,includingAFmodes

when it’s used in remote shooting mode