Bluetooth connection to camera

I have a Canon 5D camera which has a USB port to connect to a PC or laptop.
Is there any way I can get a wireless Bluetooth link to the PC/Laptop
instead - and what equipment would I need.

UKR wrote:
I have a Canon 5D camera which has a USB port to connect to a PC or laptop.
Is there any way I can get a wireless Bluetooth link to the PC/Laptop
instead - and what equipment would I need.

Check Canon's site, or BnH.

How would you be using this?

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John McWilliams

I want to shoot straight to a laptop both in a stdio and location sutuation
but I want a wireless connection - bluetooth - to avoid using a USB cable
link.
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UKR wrote:
I have a Canon 5D camera which has a USB port to connect to a PC or
laptop. Is there any way I can get a wireless Bluetooth link to the
PC/Laptop instead - and what equipment would I need.

Check Canon's site, or BnH.

How would you be using this?

--
John McWilliams

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I have a Canon 5D camera which has a USB port to connect to a PC or
laptop. Is there any way I can get a wireless Bluetooth link to the
PC/Laptop instead - and what equipment would I need.


Canon has a wi-fi solution, but it ain't cheap:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search

The description says it's for the 1Ds M.II, but the Canon website says it is
compatible with the 20D, 30D, 5D, 1D, & 1Ds.


Mark

I know about Canon's WIFI solution - like most things Canon it's too
expensive and there must be a cheap bluetooth solution I feel
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"UKR" wrote in message
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I have a Canon 5D camera which has a USB port to connect to a PC or
laptop. Is there any way I can get a wireless Bluetooth link to the
PC/Laptop instead - and what equipment would I need.


Canon has a wi-fi solution, but it ain't cheap:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search

The description says it's for the 1Ds M.II, but the Canon website says it
is compatible with the 20D, 30D, 5D, 1D, & 1Ds.


Mark

UKR wrote:
I know about Canon's WIFI solution - like most things Canon it's too
expensive and there must be a cheap bluetooth solution I feel

Bluetooth has a maximum data rate of a little over 700kbps, and nominally
amywhere between 100 and 400kbps. Expect it to take several minutes to transfer
a single full-resolution photo via BT. Is going wireless really worth so much
of your time?

Thanks Matt - that is useful reply and a bit of a reality check for me. I
just dont like having to pay Canon's exploitative prices for accessories.


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UKR wrote:
I know about Canon's WIFI solution - like most things Canon it's too
expensive and there must be a cheap bluetooth solution I feel

Bluetooth has a maximum data rate of a little over 700kbps, and nominally
amywhere between 100 and 400kbps. Expect it to take several minutes to
transfer a single full-resolution photo via BT. Is going wireless really
worth so much of your time?