How to send photos from my Canon photo camera to my laptop via Wifi?
I have a Canon SX610 HS photo camera which aims to be able to transfer data over wi-fi to my laptop.
I have no idea how to set that up. In the camera settings I have:
NFC:ONPassword:OFFTarget History:ONResize for Sending...:M2/ NoChange Device Nickname...:SX610HSCheck MAC Address...:D8:49:2F:98:3F:04- Reset settings
I guess that somehow I should connect from the laptop to my camera using the Device Nickname and MAC address, but I have no idea how.
How can I do that?
The manual says:
The camera can connect via Wi-Fi to computers running the following operating systems. For detailed system requirements and compatibility information, including support in new operating systems, visit the Canon website.
- Windows 8/8.1
- Windows 7 SP1
- Mac OS X 10.9
- Mac OS X 10.8.2 or later
Then it says to I need to install some piece of software. Obviously, they don't support Linux. Since I'm using Ubuntu and still hope there is a solution to do this on Ubuntu, I'm here. :)
62 Answers
Maybe this will help you. Just take a look at, I cant test it because my camera does not have wifi options.
1Maybe the camera provides a web interface to download pictures? To check try to connect to it via a web browser. After connecting the camera to your WiFi network, first find the camera's IP by:
nmap -sP 192.168.0.\*(you might be on different network than 192.168.0.*, check with ifconfig). If you aren't sure it's a right IP look for the MAC address D8:49:2F:98:3F:04 you found in the settings by running command arp:
arp <some IP found by the nmap -sP>e.g. arp 192.168.0.1. When confirmed, enter IP found> into a web browser.
You might play with scans sudo nmap -O <IP> and nmap <IP>, maybe you will find something useful, like a port number different than 80 (http).
