7DII No Wifi

[Drakester]

Dare I say it, I'm pretty disappointed that there is no Wifi in the 7DII.

I've got a 70D and have never posted a picture to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, but have had great results using the Canon App to control the camera wirelessly to get up close and personal to wildlife with some great results, and then connecting to my iPad afterwards in the pub to view my shots on a decent sized screen.

I think Canon have missed an important trend here.

Consequently, i can't think of one occasion where GPS would have been of any use to me at all.

Am I missing the point?

 

[Don Haines]

Dare I say it, I'm pretty disappointed that there is no Wifi in the 7DII.

I've got a 70D and have never posted a picture to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, but have had great results using the Canon App to control the camera wirelessly to get up close and personal to wildlife with some great results, and then connecting to my iPad afterwards in the pub to view my shots on a decent sized screen.

I think Canon have missed an important trend here.

Consequently, i can't think of one occasion where GPS would have been of any use to me at all.

Am I missing the point?

+1

 

[Click]

I agree with you Drakester.


...And by the way, welcome to CR

 

[retina]

it would have been nice indeed. it would be a more complete camera with WiFi.

lots of wildlife photographers (among many other) will buy and use this camera, GPS will sure come in handy

 

[dchen99]

Dare I say it, I'm pretty disappointed that there is no Wifi in the 7DII.

I've got a 70D and have never posted a picture to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, but have had great results using the Canon App to control the camera wirelessly to get up close and personal to wildlife with some great results, and then connecting to my iPad afterwards in the pub to view my shots on a decent sized screen.

I think Canon have missed an important trend here.

Consequently, i can't think of one occasion where GPS would have been of any use to me at all.

Am I missing the point?

+1

+ another 1

 

[noncho]

+1

I like the WiFi on 70D for remote shooting.

 

[AmselAdans]

well it depends... I don't use a smartphone so Wifi would be no use for me.
Instead, when travelling, I love the idea of having the GPS position (and image direction) annotated in the file to remember, where I were.

Of course having both would be the best. But there are indeed users like me who won't miss Wifi.

 

[mdmphoto]

I'm also disappointed that Canon left the wifi off what seems to be a compelling instrument. I use it regularly, yes, with EOS Remote for shooting odd angles, low-light, and such - and even, rarely, to include myself in compositions. That said, there are a great many inexpensive wired/wireless device options, including some with preview screens, available for triggering the shutter; including some that include a preview screen. These devices can generally be used on more than one of my camera bodies so the cost would be spread out over all. Stand-alone GPS, on the other hand, usually costs quite a bit more and the setup and use seems to be quite a bit more technical. If only one or the other option could be fit into the 7dII body I suspect I'd rather it was the GPS. Still, having owned an XT-i, 40D, and still owning a 50D, 7D, and 6D, this camera looks mighty tempting...

 

[soccerkingpilot]

For those who aren't aware, I read that Canon was not able to integrate Wi-Fi because the magnesium alloy chassis (as opposed to plastic on 70D) causes too much interference with the signal. They had to decide between durability and features. Though Wi-Fi would have been nice, there's still IR shooting and tethered USB...which works well enough for me.

 

[Skirball]

Another +1.

The facebook comment made me laugh, as it's the first remark I hear when someone finds out that my camera has WiFi. And I don't even know if the GPS on my 6D works; never felt compelled to find out.

 

[Khalai]

For those who aren't aware, I read that Canon was not able to integrate Wi-Fi because the magnesium alloy chassis (as opposed to plastic on 70D) causes too much interference with the signal. They had to decide between durability and features. Though Wi-Fi would have been nice, there's still IR shooting and tethered USB...which works well enough for me.

They could have installed WiFi antenna port. You could then just screw-in antenna and call it a day

 

[Skirball]

For those who aren't aware, I read that Canon was not able to integrate Wi-Fi because the magnesium alloy chassis (as opposed to plastic on 70D) causes too much interference with the signal. They had to decide between durability and features. Though Wi-Fi would have been nice, there's still IR shooting and tethered USB...which works well enough for me.

There seems plenty of options to get around that, from antenna embedded in the outer shell somewhere, or putting in an optional grip attachment (chaching for Canon), or simply a port where you can attach a small external antenna when you want to use WiFi. Maybe not as nice as having it embedded, but it'd be nice to have the option.

 

[Diko]

Cheaper than 6d. Ok. Why wi fi should have costed 800$?

 

[wtlloyd]

Camera battery is probably lacking the power to stream files continously, what would it take to enable that functionality?
Built-in WiFi in Canon 6D is slow and disconnects randomly, not super useful. Are Canon's external $800 accessories faster? One would hope so.
I've got a TP-Link MR3040, costs $40, I'm gonna compare that to the Canon 6D and see.....

 

[Skirball]

Camera battery is probably lacking the power to stream files continously, what would it take to enable that functionality?
Built-in WiFi in Canon 6D is slow and disconnects randomly, not super useful. Are Canon's external $800 accessories faster? One would hope so.
I've got a TP-Link MR3040, costs $40, I'm gonna compare that to the Canon 6D and see.....

I haven't had many issues with it disconnecting randomly. My tablet shuts off and it disconnects, but that's not the camera's problem.

As far as it being slow: what are you using WiFi for? There's a little lag on mine, but that's to be expected. I find it fast enough to work with. Sadly it doesn't seem much slower than Lightroom takes when tethering with a cable.

 

[m]

Dare I say it, I'm pretty disappointed that there is no Wifi in the 7DII.

This topic came to my attention recently and I also had hopes for wifi in the 7D2.
However, the camera seems to be an outdoor/sports camera, which is probably the reason why there's GPS and no wifi.

It's a shame that the dedicated wifi grips are so expensive.

 

[unfocused]

I think all manufacturers are woefully behind the times. The 7DII sounds great, but I also can see no good reason whey they didn't include either wifi or touch screen.

Not deal breakers, but certainly would have been nice features to have.

For those who think a touch screen would cause "nose-setting-changes" that's very easy to fix. My little Fuji X-20 senses when my eye is near the viewfinder and switches from live view to the viewfinder. A similar technology could easily be incorporated into a touch screen interface.

But, back on topic. I think we are not far away from the day when most brides will expect that the picture of them walking down the aisle will be posted to Facebook before the ceremony ends. Manufacturers could do their customers a big favor by making it easier to satisfy these demands.

Similarly, wouldn't it be helpful to sports photographers if pictures of the first half of the game could be on the web at halftime?

Yes, all this puts more pressure on photographers, but that pressure isn't going away. The public will demand instant posting of images, regardless of what manufacturers do, so why shouldn't camera manufacturers make it easier or their customers (the photographers) to gain a competitive edge.

 

[Skirball]

But, back on topic. I think we are not far away from the day when most brides will expect that the picture of them walking down the aisle will be posted to Facebook before the ceremony ends.

Yes, all this puts more pressure on photographers, but that pressure isn't going away. The public will demand instant posting of images, regardless of what manufacturers do, so why shouldn't camera manufacturers make it easier or their customers (the photographers) to gain a competitive edge.

I can't think of a day in anybodies life where they should be further away from Facebook. The rest of the day goes by in the blink of an eye after walking down the aisle. You're rushed off for photos, then meet and greet, a few toasts, before you know it you're on the dance floor. By that time I was far to drunk to be posting to Face Space anyway. But I digress...

I'm sure you have a point, and it does increase the pressure on photogs. But it is something else that helps separate the pros from the uncles with a 5d3 and 70-200 II vying for a good seat on the aisle. So I guess I can see a good side to it.

 

[RustyTheGeek]

+1

I'm with Khalai on this. No WiFi because of the magnesium is ridiculous. There are several ways to make it work which happen all the time in other devices.

The real reason there is no WiFi is to push the user into buying the expensive Wireless File Transmitter. It's a money grab pure and simple.

What I think is sad is that the 7D2 is aimed at sports shooters, but I guess only sports shooters that can afford to have multiple shooters at a mid level event each with a 7D2 (7D2 Time Sync feature) but not sports shooters that would work a more high level organized event like the Olympics where they use WiFi to stream the pictures in real time so they can be culled, edited and uploaded in minutes to the world. Bummer! ??? Those folks are pushed into the 1DX I guess. :

 

[unfocused]

But, back on topic. I think we are not far away from the day when most brides will expect that the picture of them walking down the aisle will be posted to Facebook before the ceremony ends.

Yes, all this puts more pressure on photographers, but that pressure isn't going away. The public will demand instant posting of images, regardless of what manufacturers do, so why shouldn't camera manufacturers make it easier or their customers (the photographers) to gain a competitive edge.

I can't think of a day in anybodies life where they should be further away from Facebook. The rest of the day goes by in the blink of an eye after walking down the aisle. You're rushed off for photos, then meet and greet, a few toasts, before you know it you're on the dance floor. By that time I was far to drunk to be posting to Face Space anyway. But I digress...

I'm sure you have a point, and it does increase the pressure on photogs. But it is something else that helps separate the pros from the uncles with a 5d3 and 70-200 II vying for a good seat on the aisle. So I guess I can see a good side to it.

Yeah I'm not condoning it. I just know how people are these days. The first Mayor Daley had a saying: "It if isn't in the Tribune, it didn't happen."

These days it could be modified to: "If it isn't on Facebook within the hour, it didn't happen."

We can all be nostalgic for the old days, when people were actually willing to wait weeks for pictures. Now they expect everything to be posted on Facebook immediately and photographers will, sadly, be judged by how quickly they can do that. As competitive as the industry is, it is too bad the manufacturers still don't seem to "get" social media (And this comes from a guy who is pushing 61)