Setting Up a WiFi Camera. Canon Studio Solution

Tutorial: Running a Shoot

8. Your camera is now ready to shoot tethered.

Setting Up a WiFi Camera

The software can receive photos wirelessly from any Canon Wireless File Transmitter

(WFT) using an FTP server. You will need to have a wireless internet connection set up on your computer to use a WiFi camera.

Follow these steps to set up your WiFi camera for the shoot:

1. Select the Manage Studio tab from the bottom of the software and select the

Cameras from the top of the studio.

2. Select WiFi Camera from the left side of the software under Select Camera Type.

3. Make sure the WFT is connected to your camera.

4. Turn the camera on.

5. Use the WFT connection wizard through the camera menu. For more details on finding the WFT wizard, refer to the camera manual.

6. Select FTP as the communication method in the camera wizard.

7. Enter your wireless network & router settings in the camera wizard.

8. Once the FTP Server settings appear on your camera, enter the FTP Address and

FTP Port listed on the Cameras page in the software. You must have Auto-Detect

Address checked for this option.

9. Once Login Method appears on your camera, use either ―Anonymous‖ or match the username and password defined below. You must have Anonymous

Username checked to login anonymously without a password.

10. Once Target Folder appears on your camera, select Root Folder.

11. Complete the Wizard.

12. Your WiFi camera is now ready to shoot wirelessly.

Ensure that your camera has been detected and appears in the software in both the

Cameras studio tab and in the status bar, located at the very bottom left of the software.

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Tutorial: Running a Shoot

Starting the Shoot

Your customer is entered into the studio and ready to go, your booking has been created, and your camera is connected and ready to shoot; let’s start the booking.

Select the Manage Studio tab from the bottom of the software and select the

Home tab from the top of the studio.

Your booking should appear on your home page with the customer name, booking time, and booking information.

Select the customer‟s name to go to the booking information page.

If you could not find the booking on your home page or you are starting the booking early, select the Customers tab from the top of the studio and click on the customer

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Select the Go to Session button on the right side of the software.

The booking will open automatically with a new catalog in the Photo Workshop. The catalog created is under Portraits, titled with the customer’s name, last name first. The photo group within the catalog is titled with the booking information you entered.

Capturing and Importing Photos

Once you have started the booking, you will be in the Photo Workshop, with a new catalog and photo group open for your customer. Verify that you are in the right catalog by checking the catalog and photo group from the top of the Photo Workshop workspace.

Press the camera shutter or press SPACE on the keyboard as a hotkey to automatically take a photo.

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