Photography News | Issue 35 | absolutephoto.com
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More about Nikon SnapBridge
Sharing pictures on social network sites is seriously big business and more and more cameras are coming out with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity to enable this. Send pictures from the camera to the phone or tablet eats battery power and this can compromise your capacity to take shots or make phone calls – unless you have a backup battery, of course. It also means switching the connection on and off to conserve energy. Nikon’s answer is SnapBridge, a low battery consumption Bluetooth interface. Once connected you can stay connected so it is very convenient too. The Nikon SnapBridge app is free to download and available for both Android and IOS devices. The app allows you to pair up your smart device with your camera so you can transfer photos directly to your device via Bluetooth even while the camera is still in use. There’s the option to transfer a full size image or a 2MB file, which is the perfect size for uploading straight to social channels or emailing. Other options within the app let you add EXIF information onto the image such as camera, lens, aperture etc, and you can also record the location. If you’re signed up to the Nikon Image Space you can also link SnapBridge with your account to share photos directly with it. Once your images are downloaded you can view them within the app or go to the SnapBridge gallery created within your device’s normal gallery. SnapBridge also enables you to shoot remotely from your smart device, but I didn’t try that out on our Dubrovnik sojourn.
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