Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-03-14)

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it’snotuntilyouexperimentwiththeapp
thatyourealiseexactlyhowmuchyou
cancontrolfromyourdevice.Someof the
featuresarecontrolledviathecamera’s
Bluetoothtechnologywhileothersrelyona
Wi-Ficonnection.Butthesedaysvirtually
everyCanonbodyis equippedwithboththese
features.Pairingandconnectingtheapptoa
cameratogetyourselfstartedis surprisingly
easyandI foundthattheconnectionbetween
myiPhone7 andCanon90Dwashugely
reliableanddidn’tcutoutat allduringtesting

• a remarkableachievementgiventhatapps
  fromotherbrandsoftenstruggle.
  Betterstill,I experiencednoissuescaused
  byApple’slatestiOS 13 platform,whichhas
  causedproblemsforappsfromother
  camerabrands.Formoreinformationon
  pairingseethepanelbelow.In termsof time,
  it tooklessthantwominutes,sonobody
  shouldlosepatiencewhileattemptingto
  establisha connection.
  Toexplainthefeaturesfurther,we’regoingto
  walkthroughthevariousmodesoffered,which
  can generally be split into two groups:

HOW TO CONNECT YOUR CANON CAMERA TO YOUR SMARTPHONE

1 Searchand

download

forfree

Visittheappstoreon

yourphone(App

StoreforAppleor

GooglePlayfor

Android)and

downloadthefree

CanonCamera

Connect.When

youopentheapp,

enablepermissions

fortheapptoaccess

your photos.

2 MakeBluetoothandWi-Fi

activeonyourcamera

NavigatethroughyourMenusystemandhead

totheconnectivitysettings.Theappset-up

guidewillinstructyoutoselectWi-Fi/Bluetooth

connection so find this option and select it.

3 Selectthe

camera

model

Theapponyour

phonewillprompt

youtoselectwhich

modelof camera

youwishtopairwith

yoursmartdevice.In

mycaseit wasthe

90D,soI typedthis

in andthenselected

the OK button.

Testbench CAMERA CONNECTIVITY

transferringimagesfromcameratodevice,

andusingthedevicetocontrolthecamera.

RemoteLiveViewshooting

Asthenamesuggests,thismodeenablesthe

photographertocontroltheircameraandits

settingsviathesmartdevice.Theinterfacefor

themodeis setoutin a simplewaywitha main

windowrelayinga liveviewof whatthe

camerais seeingwithexposureinformation

andadjustmentoptionsaroundthebottomof

thescreenandextrainfolikebatterylifeand

shotsremainingonthememorycardabove

theliveviewwindow.

TheRemoteLiveViewoptionworkswhen

capturingstillsandvideo,anduserscanadjust

variablessuchasgeneralexposuresettings

(shutterspeed,apertureandISO– depending

if youarein manualmodeora semi-automatic

modesuchasaperturepriority).However,it

doesn’tstopthereandtheappallowsyouto

alsoselectwhichfocusmodeyouwishto

employ,whichdrivemodeyou’dliketoshoot

with(burstmodeorevenself-timer)andwhich

white balance you’d like to use too. Hit the

settingswheeliconandyoucanchoosetoturn

on/offtheliveviewdisplay,lockthescreen

orientationandevenrotatetheliveview

rotationthrough90°.Thereis anoptionto

magnifytheliveviewfeedtooforstudying

scenesordetailsveryclosely.Allin all,this

givesa veryhighlevelof controloverthe

camerathroughyoursmartdevice.

Photographerscanestablisha focuspointin

thescenebytappingonanareaof thelive

viewwindowonthedeviceanda greensquare

willappearoverthisareatoconfirmcorrect

focushasbeenacquired.Thisfeatureworks

extremelywell,reactsquicklyandI foundit to

bereliable,withthefocuspointmatchingup

withwhereI intendedit tobe.If thecamerais

settoManualFocus(MF),youcanfine-tune

thefocuszoneusingtheapp,andalthoughthis

featureis incrediblyuseful,it canbea littleslow

touseoutin thefield.Onecleverlastfeature

of noteis theabilitytoactivatea bulbmode

triggerbyemployinga long-taponthescreen.

It shouldbepointedoutthoughthatthis

featureis notsupportedbyeveryCanon

camera that features wireless connectivity.

As these screengrabs illustrate, Canon’s Camera Connect app has a dark user interface. Sliders are used to turn various settings on and off in an instant