Canon Camera WiFi functionality
Background
This article was written on 19-Jan-2024.
This is my first experience on using camera with wireless connection.
I was assuming I can directly save my photo to remote folder.
Or at worst transfer the image (from camera) to an FTP site.
But my assumption was wrong.
You will still need storage card to save your taken pictures.
And you need another device (PC, Cellphone, or another camera) to initiate file transfer.
Precautions
This article only focus on how to transfer images from camera to PC.
Prerequisites
A wireless access point is needed.
Canon software dcsw-7–1–0–1–9l.zip
https://asia.canon/en/support/DIGITAL%20IXUS%20285%20HS/model
PC with Windows 10
Process
No matter how I hate it, the first step is to install this Canon software in your PC.
Please note that we are unable to register to canon image gateway with this installer. Most probably because the address has changed.
Because I do not want to install canon apps, I choose “custom” install.
Even if you want to register, it will show unable to connect. Most probably because the URL has changed.
Run the WiFi connection setup to allow communication with camera.
That is it, your PC will be discoverable from the camera.
Next we proceed with setting up camera WiFi.
To setup your WiFi connection from your camera, press the wireless button.
There are several options on how you want to connect your camera to.
For now, we choose “connect to computer”.
And now what?
I have to spend half day to figure out and eventually resort to the manual (what a shame :) ).
It turns out that you have to add the device (camera) manually.
So open your control panel and select “add device”.
And … (drum rolling ….) your camera is shown in your PC devices and drives.
You can open and browse the image as you wished.
And that’s all folks!
