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Connecting a Canon Camera over Wi-Fi

Canon calls remote computer control the EOS Utility connection. Pick that one item correctly and the rest is straightforward.

What you need

An Android phone that can share a hotspot, a Canon EOS camera, and the CamCon app. No cable and no router.

Indoors with a router available, joining the camera and phone to the same router works exactly the same way. In that case skip the first step and start from the second.

This brand has not been verified on real hardware yet

The connection path is in place, so following the steps below has a good chance of working. We simply have not been able to test it on a camera of this brand ourselves. Telling us either way helps a lot.

Connecting

Five steps. Most people get stuck on the third and the fifth, so pay attention to those two.

Turn on the hotspot on your phone

The camera joins your phone directly, so nothing passes through a router. In CamCon, the Wi-Fi connection screen has a button that opens the hotspot settings for you.

Turning on the hotspot usually switches your phone Wi-Fi off automatically. That is expected, so just leave it.

You will type this name and password into the camera in the next step.
Open configure and you can see the name and password. These are what you type into the camera.
If the band is on 5GHz, a camera that only does 2.4GHz cannot find this hotspot. The phone warns you about exactly that. When the camera will not show up, switch to 2.4GHz here.

Join that hotspot from the camera

Under network functions, add a device and create a new setting, then pick your phone hotspot from the list and enter the password.

MENU ▸ Network settings ▸ Connect to EOS Utility
Camera screen
My phone hotspot name
Other nearby Wi-Fi
You can look up the exact menu location for your model in the maker's official manual. Official manual
In network functions, choose connect to EOS Utility.
Choose add a device to connect to.
In comm settings, choose new settings.
For LAN type, choose Wi-Fi.

Leave the address on automatic and turn IPv6 off

When the address screen appears, leave IPv4 on automatic and set IPv6 to disabled. Then simply confirm the values shown and continue.

Choosing the smartphone connection blocks remote shooting

The same network menu also offers a smartphone connection and FTP transfer. Those open the camera for file transfer only, so shooting control will not work.

Leave the IP address on auto setting.
Set use TCP/IPv6 to disable.
It reports that the settings have been saved.

Search for the camera in CamCon

Open the Wi-Fi connection screen in the app, select the phone hotspot tab and tap search. If the camera has joined the hotspot, the model name appears within a few seconds.

With the hotspot on, the app says so here. Tap search for camera and it starts looking.
Cameras found
My camera name
Auto discovery · maker confirmed
The model name and maker are identified before connecting. Check that it is your own camera before selecting it.

Select the camera in the app to finish

Once the setup is done, the camera screen switches to waiting for pairing. Select the camera in the app at that point and the connection completes.

It asks whether to start pairing. Press OK and the camera waits.
Once connected

Photos land on your phone the moment you press the shutter. If a film simulation is on, they arrive with the look already applied. Live view and shooting settings can be controlled from the phone as well.

If it does not connect

Work down the list in order. The first three solve most cases.

  • Is the connection set to EOS Utility?

    If it is set to smartphone connection or FTP, the camera shows up but shooting control will not work. Check the setting again under network functions.

  • Is IPv6 still enabled?

    With IPv6 on, the camera sometimes fails to get a usable address and never shows up in the search. Set it to disabled and try again.

  • Has the camera actually joined the hotspot?

    Check that your phone hotspot is the selected entry in the camera Wi-Fi list. A single wrong character in the password prevents the connection.

  • Has power saving switched the camera radio off?

    Cameras switch their radio off on their own after a while without input. Half press the shutter button to wake it, then search again.

  • Is the phone hotspot still on?

    Battery savers sometimes switch the hotspot off on their own. Also check the option that turns it off after a while when no device is connected.

  • Still nothing? Turn the camera off and on again

    A previous session can linger on the camera and block a new one. Power cycling clears it.

You can also connect with a cable

All you need is a USB cable, and it works with far more models than Wi-Fi. Use this route if wireless will not hold, or if you need the originals on the card as well.

Connecting with a Cable