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A Special Wireless-Free Nikon Camera Is Publicly Available for the First Time

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teh64 wrote: post #33
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #6

> no Nikon SnapBridge Unless they significantly improved that app, in the last eight years or so, it may not be a great loss.

The Snapbridge app is still not great, but in 2019 Nikon released a firmware update for older cameras, so you can use other apps, such as cascable: https://lrtimelapse.com/news/free-wifi-nikon-firmware-update... The newer Nikon cameras dont require snapbridge for using wifi.

WHAT? This is news to me. Does this apply to newer cameras as well? I have a CoolPix P950, and I'd love to ditch the Snapbridge app

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forsalebypwner wrote: post #71
teh64 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Snapbridge app is still not great, but in 2019 Nikon released a firmware update for older cameras, so you can use other apps, such as cascable: https://lrtimelapse.com/news/free-wifi-nikon-firmware-update... The newer Nikon cameras dont require snapbridge for using wifi.

WHAT? This is news to me. Does this apply to newer cameras as well? I have a CoolPix P950, and I'd love to ditch the Snapbridge app

I somehow assumed Nikon did it to all their cameras, but it as far as I can tell it only to holds true for DSLRs and mirrorless.

Sorry to disappoint :(

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Post by dghlsakjg »

dylan604 wrote: post #21
i_am_proteus wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Can't have an antenna of any form in it. All wires are antennas...

But the short wires in a Nikon camera are not long enough to be a useful antenna. In fact, I doubt there's really anything one would consider a wire in a camera body. Everything is probably just traces on a PCB.

At >= 2.4ghz, you measure antenna length in mm.

Bluetooth antennas that are just traces on a PCB board are very common. Think about how small a bluetooth earbud can be and still get pretty incredible range.

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Post by galago »

teh64 wrote: post #32
aleksejs wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The camera (even the regular model) does not have its own GPS receiver at all. It relies on a smartphone to transmit GPS coordinates over Bluetooth. This is pretty common in modern cameras, presumably because most photographers expect to be able to turn their cameras on and off very rapidly, and it would be difficult to maintain a GPS fix with that usage pattern.

Well Nikon has a GPS module (Nikon GP-1, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_GP-1 ) for the hotshoe that does work, so I dont think that is the issue. Also at least on my D850, turning off the camera does not turn off the bluetooth automatically, and it can sync photos to the smartphone while the camera is off, so depending on how much power GPS would use, it could be possible to have it run in the background. And tu…

I had a GP-1 at one point. It would take several seconds to get a GPS lock, so about a third of the time my images had no GPS or I had to wait for the light to indicate it was working. Not very practical in my case. Also it connected via an awkward cable.

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Post by forsalebypwner »

teh64 wrote: post #72
forsalebypwner wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

WHAT? This is news to me. Does this apply to newer cameras as well? I have a CoolPix P950, and I'd love to ditch the Snapbridge app

I somehow assumed Nikon did it to all their cameras, but it as far as I can tell it only to holds true for DSLRs and mirrorless. Sorry to disappoint :(

No worries - the crappiness of snapbridge has certainly made me think twice about buying a Nikon in the future. I typically pull directly off of the SD card instead anyways.

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Post by rationalist »

didntcheck wrote: post #37
rationalist wrote: post #3

It's a shame it costs more. I'm sure there are people who would like the non-wireless option, but would rather "save" $400.

Unless you need it for a high security environment that's limited to civilian procurement, why? I'm struggling to see a use case beyond that

Less cognitive and screen clutter for one. Less things to break and cause unintended consequences.

In other products: less weight, smaller size.

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