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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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