📷 Guide

Connect your camera over Wi‑Fi

Your camera sends every JPEG straight into the app over Wi‑Fi using FTP. You set it up once per camera; after that you just shoot.

The values to type into the camera — they are also shown, filled in, in the app under Admin → Camera Setup Guide.

1. First, the iPad

Join the iPad to the venue Wi‑Fi (Settings → Wi‑Fi) — or to your phone's hotspot.
Open AI Photographer → Receive tab. Tap Start; the dot turns green. The first time, allow Local Network access.
Write down the Wi‑Fi address. It changes when you change network.
iPad Settings → Display & Brightness → Auto-Lock → Never. If the iPad sleeps, the camera waits forever.

a7 IV, a7R V, a1, a7C II, ZV‑E1, FX3…

MENU → Network (globe) → Wi‑Fi → Wi‑Fi Connect: On.
Access Point Set. → pick the same Wi‑Fi as the iPad and type its password.
MENU → Network → FTP Transfer → FTP Transfer Func. → Server Setting → Server 1.
Destination Settings → Host Name: the Wi‑Fi address · Secure Protocol: OFF · Port: 2121.
User Info Settings → User: camera · Password: photo.
Back on FTP Transfer Func. → Passive Mode: On · Auto FTP Transfer: On · RAW+J/H Transfer Target: JPEG.
Connection Test → OK. Then FTP Function: On and take a photo.

a7 III, a7R III / IV, a9, a9 II

MENU → Network (globe), page 2 → Wi‑Fi Settings → Access Point Set. → same Wi‑Fi as the iPad.
Network page 1 → FTP Transfer Func. → Server Setting → Server 1 → Destination Settings: Host Name, Secure Protocol OFF, Port 2121.
User Info Settings → User camera · Password photo.
On the FTP Transfer Func. screen press DOWN on the wheel until it jumps to page 2 → Auto FTP Transfer: On · RAW+J Transfer Target: JPEG.
Page 1 → FTP Function: On. It should say Connected · Server 1.

EOS R5, R6, R6 II, R5 II, R3, R8…

MENU → Communication / Wireless tab → Transfer images to FTP server (or Network settings → Connection settings) → add a new connection.
Wi‑Fi → the same network as the iPad.
Protocol: FTP (not FTPS, not SFTP). Address: the Wi‑Fi address · Port: 2121 · Passive mode: Enable.
Login password → User camera · Password photo · Target folder: root.
FTP transfer settings → Automatic transfer: Enable.

Z6 / Z7 II, Z8, Z9, Zf

MENU → Network → Connect to FTP server → Network settings → Create profile → Wi‑Fi → same network as the iPad.
FTP type: FTP · Server: the Wi‑Fi address · Port 2121 · PASV: ON · User camera · Password photo.
Options → Auto send: ON · Send file as: JPEG.

Fujifilm (X‑T5, X‑H2, GFX…): MENU → Network/USB → Connection Mode → FTP → FTP Optional Setting: server, port 2121, user and password above, passive mode on; turn on automatic transfer.
Panasonic (S5 II, GH6…): MENU → Setup → Wi‑Fi → Wi‑Fi Function → Send Images While Recording → FTP: server, port 2121, passive on, user and password above.

Transfer with Canon Camera Connect, Sony Creators' App, Nikon SnapBridge or Fujifilm XApp, then turn on Import new photos saved to Photos on the Receive tab. iPhone/iPad photos and screenshots are ignored.
From any phone or laptop: scan the QR on the Receive tab and upload from the browser.

Nothing in the Log when you shoot → camera and iPad are on different networks, the server address is mistyped, or FTP Function is off.
“AUTH TLS” → the camera has Secure Protocol / FTPS on. Turn it off.
“530 Login incorrect” → user or password mistyped.
“STOR” but never “Received” → turn Passive Mode on; check the router isn't isolating devices (guest networks often do).
“Ignored (not an image)” → the camera sends RAW. Set transfer to JPEG.
FTP↑ blinking on the camera → the iPad is asleep or the app is closed.
Faster transfers: JPEG size M (≈ 24 MP), quality Fine — 2–3 s instead of ~10 s for 60 MP.

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