Wireless Tethering Canon 5D Mark IV

[Hector1970]

Hi All,
I was experimenting tethering a Canon 5D Mark IV to a PC using EOS Utility 3.
My first comment is that is seems to be overly complicated.
I understand the set up of the wireless, I think that is reasonably well explained and easy to do.

I'd have thought the first function of tethering software would be you take a photo through the viewfinder and this shows up on the screen so you can see what photo you took.
By default its set up for Thumbnails.
I made the Thumbnails as big as possible and seemed to have something set up now that the picture I am taking, takes up most of the screen (but not all).

It seems to be much easier to set up a Live view set up but when you take the photograph it goes immediately back to Live View.

I know the software is set up for 101 different uses and people but I would have expected tethered shooting to be set up so it's really easy to get going.

I looked at some videos on Youtube but they seemed to move to tethered shooting when they started using the camera through the viewfinder.

I was wondering if anyone have set it up and am I going the wrong way about it.

 

[Hector1970]

Zero replies so it may not be a very exciting topic.
I tried to tether the camera yesterday under time pressure and in the front of an audience.
The computer seemed to link to the computer but the software didn't seem to acknowledge the computer.
Has anyone tried wireless tethering.
Is there a better more specific software I should use?
Any tips / links would be appreciated.
It would seem to be something worthwhile to be able to do easily and not lost in sub menus.
Something like a dedicated app.

 

[Alex_M]

sorry . 6d owner here. i am quite confident that wireless tethering options of your camera would be indentical (or nearly) to the same of 6D.

my experience with wireless tethering:
this feature can be used for remote shooting with great success.( as in setting up your camera remotely and trigering the shot).
wireless tethering works but time for 20Mb large RAW file to be transferred is painfully long. it takes up to a minute or even longer... by then your model is bored and gone
i ended up purchasing 4.5m long usb tethering cable instead. there are much longer cables available (powered USB extender) if you have to.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Hi All,
I was experimenting tethering a Canon 5D Mark IV to a PC using EOS Utility 3.
My first comment is that is seems to be overly complicated.
I understand the set up of the wireless, I think that is reasonably well explained and easy to do.

I'd have thought the first function of tethering software would be you take a photo through the viewfinder and this shows up on the screen so you can see what photo you took.

Generally I view tethering as viewing the image seen by the camera sensor remotely on a external device which also controls focus and other settings. Then it allows you to activate the shutter and download the image.


What you are describing is more like the eye-fi card, take a shot, and its immediately uploaded to whichever device you have set. I would not call that tethering.