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| Posted: Thu Sep 1st, 2016 19:00 |
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TomOC
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Lots of complaints and 1 star ratings in iTunes as well...think most of it is about the firmware not being ready when the app was released - a major "minor league" mistake by Nikon.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 6th, 2016 21:13 |
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amazing50
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Thom Hogan has a few thoughts on this http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/snapbridge-isnt-a-snap-nor.html
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| Posted: Wed Sep 7th, 2016 08:15 |
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jk
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Just as well that I dont do a similar write up. This is what is claimed to be a solution. It is meant to work with all Bluetooth devices. I have an iPhone4S and iPad third generation and cannot connect the camera to either of these devices. It always fails. The software is clunky and poorly designed from what I can see. The D500 firmware update still requires the Bluetooth stuff to nbe done before the WiFi works. There is no cheap device to directkly connect the camera to an Ethernet network either wifi or direct connection. Nikon you are a shambles. Your software is rubbish and the design to use a Scottish term is shite!. If I could return my D500 I would as I find that in truth I should probably have bought the D750 with a battery grip. Eric if you read this I will swap my Nikon D500 and non-Nikon Battery grip for your D750 and a non-Nikon battery grip and or a few spare batteries if you are interested.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 7th, 2016 09:24 |
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amazing50
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2 sec fix to put any DSLR pic onto a smartphone in low definition. Just snap a pic, with a smartphone, of the pic displayed on the LCD of the DSLR and ZAP, it's on the web. 
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| Posted: Thu Sep 8th, 2016 06:16 |
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Robert
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Nice one! I don't quite get this... How is it important to be able to export images directly from a D500 camera to social media? If this is important, simply take them on an iPhone and save £xxxx. These are large image files, unedited and presumably NEF's, else not much point in using a D500. Not many files would fill a 'phone to bursting point. To offload large numbers of high resolution image files requires a robust and fast connection. Even using a Firewire 800 CF Card reader it's a slow process unloading a full 32Gb CF card. In what way is this improved using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi with all the complexities and fragility that involves? I am all for innovation but this needs to be done properly, not using the digital equivalent of sealing wax and gaffer tape. I can see some point in being able to control and make exposures, either from an inaccessible vantage point or some other remote need. It would be handy to be able to monitor star trail intervalometer sessions from the comfort of the car and other similar things like setting the camera up near a birds nest and retreating out of sight.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 8th, 2016 07:55 |
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jk
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The Snapbridge application is only designed to do: 1. Allow remote control of camera for shooting. 2. Allow download of JPG images to iPad or iPhone for sharing or editing. The internet sharing is of no interest to me but occasionally it is useful to transmit to a customer. Frankly if the connection was easy and to one or more devices it would be useful but since it is limited to one device without deleting a previous device it is like saying you can fill your car with petrol from only one petrol station in a country! Useless. Also unless you enable the bluetooth part via Snapbridge then the wifi doesnt work. Doooh, who designed that? This camera firmware and Snapbridge application has got to have been designed by an idiot.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 8th, 2016 08:23 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:Also unless you enable the bluetooth part via Snapbridge then the wifi doesnt work. Doooh, who designed that? My understanding is that simple Wi-Fi communication between camera and other devices can be both flaky and power consuming for technical reasons which are hard to surmount. I have read that the Bluetooth component is a less power hungry workaround to nudge the various devices into action when a Wi-Fi transmission is about to happen. As I understand it Bluetooth has it's own limitations when it comes to working with multiple devices and that's probably what's happening here. I'm not a great fan of wi-fi for large scale file transmissions, much prefer hard wire for reliability and speed, although I can see benefits in some situations especially when multiple photographers are working together at an event for one organisation. What I can't figure is why this minor snag is such a big deal. Bottom line is that they are trying to incorporate a marginally need feature which was doomed to failure in the first place. Apart from very expensive specialised commercial setups, nobody has got this working simply or reliably yet, presumably because very few people need it. When I bought my P3, a long while ago, I chose it for it's 'Wi-Fi capability'. It never worked as advertised, was unreliable frequently only sending only some of the image files. It was much more trouble than a USB wire or an SD card reader. Lesson learnt. The base technology has hardly changed.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 8th, 2016 18:14 |
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amazing50
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I basically agree that all this connectivity is also a low priority for me, however there is a whole generation of consumers that must have it and are willing to pay top dollar for the hardware and data plans. Smart phones have seriously cut into the sales of traditional  digital cameras and Nikon etc. have failed to keep up with the times.This translates into cost cutting, R&D, Quality, Service etc. with hyped up new model introductions lacking serious improvement.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 9th, 2016 10:26 |
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jk
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Response to me from Nikon Tech Support. Dear Jonathan, Thanks for contacting us. The wireless functionality of the D500 and Snapbridge app requires that your smart device is compatible with 'Bluetooth low energy' or 'BLE' (ie. a function only enabled in devices that support bluetooth 4) in order to establish and communicate over the wireless connection. Being that bluetooth 4 is relatively new it is not included in many of the past smart devices from many manufacturers, Apple included, which may explain the issue you have with some of your earlier iOS smart devices. On the Snapbridge page of the iOS app store it does list system requirements and some guidelines you can use to determine compatibility of the app with your iOS device. I have provided this information to you below: "System Requirements iOS 8.4 or later or iOS 9.1 or later (the most recent version of iOS 8 or iOS 9 is recommended). iPhone 5 or later, third-generation iPad or later Bluetooth 4.0 or later There is no guarantee that this app will run on all devices." With the above in mind then, it is expected that it doesn't work on the 1st and 2nd generation iPads and also the iPhone 4s. It should work on the 3rd generation iPad though. Can you confirm what the iOS version is on that iPad and update it accordingly so it is using iOS 8.4 or above? The fact that say it works on an iPhone 6 and a 4th generation iPad though indicates that the app and the D500 wireless functionality is working as expected. I hope this message finds you well and I look forward to your response. If you have any orther enquiries then please let us know. Kind Regards, Brian Scully Senior Advisor Nikon Customer Support United Kingdom: 0330 123 0932 Republic of Ireland: 01 5171851 Monday to Friday: 9am-5pm http://www.europe-nikon.com/support According to Apple. What iPhones and iPads have Bluetooth 4.0? What iPhones and iPads have Bluetooth 4.0? Bluetooth 4.0 (BT LE), also known as Bluetooth Low Energy and Bluetooth Smart first appeared in smartphones in 2011. It is required for the Handoff feature of iOS 8 and Yosemite. The following iPhones and iPads use Bluetooth 4.0: iPhone * iPhone 4s * iPhone 5 * iPhone 5c * iPhone 5s * iPhone 6 * iPhone 6 Plus iPad * iPad, 3rd generation * iPad, 4th generation * iPad mini * iPad mini 2 * iPad mini 3 * iPad Air * iPad Air 2 I havent tried to get Snapbridge working again since I raised the issue with NPS. I will try once again with my iPhone and iPad 3rd Gen products before I give up.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12th, 2016 02:59 |
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jk
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I retested yesterday with Samsung (Android) smartphone and the snapbridge worked fine. It is a crappy interface but it works. I then tested with iphone 6 and it works. I then finally retested with my iPhone 4S and iPad third generation which both should work. Both indicated that they saw each other and were communicating but they did not pair! This is really poor on Nikon's part. I will be contacting Nikon NPS in UK and ask them what gives!
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