Nobby
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Hi,
I hope you can help with my question?
I would like to be able to use my iPad Air 2 as a play back viewing screen. I don't want to transfer the files, I just want to connect my Nikon bodies [D500 / D850] and view the photos from the SD card. My thinking is that I would like to view what I have taken at any time but on a larger portable screen.
I don't take a laptop on any trips / holidays as this stays at home and I transfer my photos on my return. I do view the photos taken throughout the day on the cameras viewing screen during / after but as this is small you can only gauge the focusing through enlarging the image.
The connection on my D500 / D850 is a micro B USB with a lighting connection on the iPad Air 2
Happy to buy any connection / adaptors to enable this. I have the standard micro B USB to USB A cable that came with the camera
I know I can use Snapbridge to control the camera from the iPad and have this enabled already
I know I can connect the camera to a PC, Laptop or iPad with a Tether Tools cable but this views the photo and saves the file as these are taken
I have watched a mix of videos but these all focus on wi-fi transfer / tethering and I just want a larger viewing screen to plug in [such as the iPad] as I don't intend to use wi-fi while away from home.
I have my first safari planned for September this year in the Masai Mara staying on two conservancies. This has been a long build up after waiting 3.5 years with two delays due to Covid since this was first booked. The benefit has been upgrading my kit as we have waited.
I know I will be filing the SD cards [x6 at the moment] and want to make the most of this trip of a lifetime
So being able to view without taking a laptop would be great to ascertain how the keepers are stacking up
Hope you can guide me, open to all comments and any corrections on my thinking?
Nobby
I hope you can help with my question?
I would like to be able to use my iPad Air 2 as a play back viewing screen. I don't want to transfer the files, I just want to connect my Nikon bodies [D500 / D850] and view the photos from the SD card. My thinking is that I would like to view what I have taken at any time but on a larger portable screen.
I don't take a laptop on any trips / holidays as this stays at home and I transfer my photos on my return. I do view the photos taken throughout the day on the cameras viewing screen during / after but as this is small you can only gauge the focusing through enlarging the image.
The connection on my D500 / D850 is a micro B USB with a lighting connection on the iPad Air 2
Happy to buy any connection / adaptors to enable this. I have the standard micro B USB to USB A cable that came with the camera
I know I can use Snapbridge to control the camera from the iPad and have this enabled already
I know I can connect the camera to a PC, Laptop or iPad with a Tether Tools cable but this views the photo and saves the file as these are taken
I have watched a mix of videos but these all focus on wi-fi transfer / tethering and I just want a larger viewing screen to plug in [such as the iPad] as I don't intend to use wi-fi while away from home.
I have my first safari planned for September this year in the Masai Mara staying on two conservancies. This has been a long build up after waiting 3.5 years with two delays due to Covid since this was first booked. The benefit has been upgrading my kit as we have waited.
I know I will be filing the SD cards [x6 at the moment] and want to make the most of this trip of a lifetime
So being able to view without taking a laptop would be great to ascertain how the keepers are stacking up
Hope you can guide me, open to all comments and any corrections on my thinking?
Nobby
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