Dslr and Android Phone. (1 Viewer)

[Phil Carter]

This may be a stupid question but is there a way of connecting a Dslr to an Android phone (in this case, a Pentax K-5 and a HTC Desire HD)? Mainly just for uploading pics to the web but also the possibility of using as a remote viewfinder.

Phil

 

[Keith Dickinson]

Nice idea but unless the camera has bluetooth capabilty I can't see how you'd connect them.

 

[pppppvvvv]

I miss this function quite a bit.
You can get wireless SD cards, but I don't think they would help here. The phones are "dumb" and can't manage the link.
I could send a photo to the web from the field, but that would involve my netbook as a go-between! The camera connects to the netbook, the phone can be made into a wireless access point. Then the netbook can go online.

Even taking the memory card out of the camera and letting a phone read it seems to be a big deal. Anyone out there who knows differently?!

Peter

 

[Phil Carter]

Damn, I hoped the answer would be, "Easy, just plug one end of a wotsit cable into the camera and the other into the phone and Bob's your Auntie." Nothing's ever easy is it.

Phil

 

[pppppvvvv]

Damn, I hoped the answer would be, "Easy, just plug one end of a wotsit cable into the camera and the other into the phone and Bob's your Auntie." Nothing's ever easy is it.

Phil

In this case no! I would guess the next generation of devices will be handheld pc's with phones built in. Everything will be fine! Wonder if the android tablets with phones built in can do this? Anyone got a motorola xoom or similar?

 

[kurakura]

I believe there are several dslr-Android apps out there

ex.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.dslrcontroller&hl=en

I met a Singaporean using a samsung galaxy sII with a canon dslr - he used it as a cableremote and remote liveview - would be very nice with older models with the "bad/not so good" screen

 

[pppppvvvv]

It looks like "saving images to the android device as opposed to the camera" is listed as a future feature.
Worth keeping an eye on, and would be very good if they could add this feature.
Thanks KuraKura.

 

[pppppvvvv]

It looks like moving photos from a camera / SD card onto your mobile, then onto the internet is possible in the field using USB "on the go" devices (or OTG devices).

Haven't used one first hand but have been promised a demo by someone in the office.
A quick google suggests there are lots of these devices around. I hadn't heard of them previously. Will post more if it looks like it has potential.