Connecting to 'smart phone'?

[Jim Ford]

Is it possible to connect an E5 (or E3) directly to an Android smart 'phone using a USB cable (male mini to male micro), so images can be transferred to the 'phone? I don't want 'suck it and see' and risk damage to either!

I've got a VPN set-up on my 'phone, so I could theoretically transfer images from the camera to the 'phone, and then upload them to my NAS. I'd really need to do this using WiFi rather than my 'phone data allowance though.

Jim

[Daveart]

Re: Connecting to 'smart phone'?

Hi Jim you can upload your images to a smartphone or Tablet providing they have usb connection, and that the device supports it i.e. Android do and there are software for android to view your raw images to, I do this on my Android tablet when I'm away as I don't have a laptop anymore.

As I have a Tablet with retina screen and I have devised away of using my 500gb Samung moble pocket HD to download to.

Dave

[Jim Ford]

Re: Connecting to 'smart phone'?

Hi Jim you can upload your images to a smartphone or Tablet providing they have usb connection, and that the device supports it i.e. Android

So it's simply a matter of getting a male micro USB to male mini USB cable and hitching the camera an 'phone together then?

Jim

[raichea]

Re: Connecting to 'smart phone'?

So it's simply a matter of getting a male micro USB to male mini USB cable and hitching the camera an 'phone together then?

Jim

As long as your phone supports USB OTG (on the go). Prior to USB OTG being developed, a piece of kit with a USB port was either a device (such as a memory stick or camera) or a host (such as a PC) to which a USB device could be attached. It could be one thing or the other, not both. USB OTG allows a device to switch to host mode, which lets you attach other devices to it.

My daughter hoped to do just this with her Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7" tablet, so she could back up her pictures on a long trip. Unfortunately, turns out this tablet doesn't support USB OTG and can only act as a USB device.