qDslrDashboard with the following configuration.Ad-hoc WiFi connection from the camera to my laptop (Windows 7).To get you started, this is what I have used in my workshop, Please refer to the official site for details.

This solution was originally written for Nikon cameras supporting Nikon’s WMU (Wireless Mobile Utility), it may not work with some of the newer cameras until the qDSLRDashboard was patched to do so. As you may have noticed, this post was created in 2015, and things has changed a lot since then. In short, the application open up a lot of possibilities for Nikon WiFi of top of the official apps.

Currently it runs on Android, iOS, Linux, OSX and Windows platforms”ĭespite listed as in-development stage still, this handy application works for most Nikon DSLR and is stable enough for daily usage. It uses the PTP and PTP/IP protocol to communicate with the connected DSLR camera.

“qDslrDashboard is a free cross platform application for controlling Nikon and some other DSLR cameras. The Nikon apps will only work with Android or iOS devices, does that means you can’t use it with laptop and etc?Īfraid not, I am writing this post to share about a 3rd party application named qDslrDashboard ( Available for most common platform including PC, Mac, Android and even Rasberry Pi). Unlike the pro-series, the WiFi feature in these camera are officially designed to work with smart devices only. The high-end pro series of Nikon DSLR has been enjoying WiFi since many years ago, and finally we get to use that in more affordable, mass-market models, you just have to keep in mind that in order for this to work you have to have a good internet connection, we suggest to follow this recomendation about best wi-fi online!

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