The process requires using the SnapBridge app for iOS or Android, which you can also use to embed any information, such as location and copyright info.īut Bluetooth is only used for images. You can add location information when shooting via Bluetooth on the OM-1. To keep the transfer process quick, the image transferred is a 2-megapixel JPEG version of the original the original can be transferred as well, although Wi-Fi should be used since it’s faster. A website that introduces photo import, remote shooting, and other features of. The connection is maintained even if the camera is turned off. With BLE-based SnapBridge, the camera can automatically transfer images while you’re shooting. “Users can also continue to enjoy mobile Internet connectivity during image transfer, allowing them to check their email or access social media while syncing their photographs.” “This is achieved automatically without the need to activate image transfer from the camera, while also keeping power consumption low for both devices,” Nikon says. With SnapBridge, the camera switches from BLE to Bluetooth for data transfer, and switches back when it’s done – to the “always on” standby mode. Now, there is value in knowing what 'protocol' the connection is using, because surfing via GPRS is vastly different than surfing via 3G or LTE (or even EDGE), and Ethernet is different to WiFi or Bluetooth the valuable quantities being (max. It’s similar to GoPro’s Wi-Fi’s implementation, which uses BLE to quickly establish pairing, however GoPro then switches to Wi-Fi for the rest of the connection. The setup needs to be configured just once, and a SnapBridge camera can support up to five mobile devices. This means the user can quickly establish the connection when he or she needs to transfer a photo from the camera – without interrupting the Wi-Fi or cellular. But with the addition of BLE, new Nikon cameras can stay connected to a paired phone or tablet. SnapBridge started off as a marketing label attached to Nikon’s Wi-Fi-capable cameras, but the technology was no different in implementation than other camera makers’. Nikon says the new SnapBridge will be available in nearly all Nikon cameras from 2016 onward. Introduced in the new D500 DSLR, the new SnapBridge uses Bluetooth low energy (BLE) to establish an “always on” connection and for transferring images from the camera to the connected device.
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Nikon is introducing an upgrade to its SnapBridge wireless connectivity protocol that will make it easy to pair a camera with a mobile device.