applecider said:
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I still believe that WIFI is possible to build into the body if canon was motivated enough, especially as somewhere in the grip there could be room for an antena.
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As long as the body is built with any kind of metal.
The answer is no.
Please do not try to tell me it works with mobile phones.
They do not put the antennas behind metal.
But behind really strong plastic materials.
The reason is called natural laws.
(Source, i studied electronics and basic radio technology in high school).
And putting the antenna low is always a bad idea.
The higher the better.
I use the WFT-6(B) together with my 1Dx bodies.
I regularly work with something called Shoot it live.
Which is a service for publishing photos instantly on a web site, transmitting with FTP directly from the camera.
(One example form when i used it, on assignment for a major Swedish newspaper, during the last Swedish speedway championship final:
http://www.expressen.se/sport/motor/folj-andra-sm-finalen-i-speedway--direkt-har/ ).
And i would prefer more stable connections and higher speeds more than to have it built into my cameras.
Having the antenna outside the body does make a serious difference in stability and speed.
While working on bigger event, like pro hockey games, with a lot of radio interference. i which i could use Ethernet more often.
Sadly that's usually not possible.
Having a less realizable WiFi solution is something that's just not an option to me. Or any other professional photogs that just need things to be as stable as possible.
Also, i would love to have transmitter images automatically write protected. Would make a serious difference to me on my assignments.
(When the camera is transmitting a image file. You cant write protect any images at all.
Which causes me some problems and unnecessary stress that i could do without.
Write protect is the absolutely best way for me to know which files i transmitted during the event. When i have transferred them to my computer. For now the transferee images gets a "icon" in the camera. But it cant be seen in the commuter.
But i can very easily find the write protected files as "tagged" in Photo Mechanic, which is a key software in my workflow.
I do hope somebody from Canon are reading this.
Since i thin that the 1Dx is a great camera. And that some changes would make it even better.
Also, the possibility of write protecting transferred images are already in the cameras from "the dark side").
Would also love to have the possibility to crop my images before i transmit them.
That functionality are already in the 5Ds.
So i have good hopes that i will be found in the 1Dx mkII as well.
(When I'm shooting sports it just isn't possible to get the a good composting while taking the photos).
