Wireless Functions
- Q9
- Are you operating the camera from a remote location?
(Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)) - A9
- You can use the procedure below to shoot a self-portrait by operating the camera from a slightly remote location.
Bluetooth wireless technology connection
You can start “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)” by performing the simple steps below. If there is a Bluetooth wireless technology connection between the camera and smartphone, Bluetooth connection icon on the EXILIM Connect top screen will be pink.
1. Turn off the camera.
2. On the smartphone, start up the EXILIM Connect app.
• Check to make sure that Bluetooth connection icon on the top screen is pink.
3. On the smartphone, tap “Remote Capture”.
This will start up the camera in its wireless mode, ready to record images under remote control of the smartphone.
4. Compose the image on the smartphone’s screen as you shoot.
• After you are finished with “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)”, return to the app’s top screen.
No Bluetooth Wireless Technology Connection
Perform the procedure below to start “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)”.
1. On the camera, touch Show Icons.
2. On the camera, touch Wireless mode icon.
3. On the camera, touch “Shoot with phone”.
4. On the camera, touch “Remote Start”.
• If there is a wireless LAN connection between the smartphone and camera, advance to step 5 of this procedure.
5. For the smartphone’s Wi-Fi settings, select the SSID displayed on the camera and establish a wireless LAN connection between the camera and smartphone.
6. On the smartphone, start up the EXILIM Connect app.
7. Compose the image on the smartphone’s screen as you shoot.
• About 60 seconds after “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)” starts, the camera’s monitor screen will go blank and its back lamp will light green.
• After you are finished with “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)”, return to the app’s top screen.
NOTE
• To use any of this function, you need to install the EXILIM Connect app on your smartphone.
• The Movie Quality is always STD (640x480) when shooting with “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)”.
• The camera’s Motion Shutter cannot be used while shooting with this function.
• With some smartphones, you may not be able to send images from the camera if images were recorded with “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)” without use of position information enabled.
• You can specify the size of the image sent to the smartphone using "Resize before send".
3M Images are converted to 3M size before being sent.
• If an original image is 3M size or smaller, it is sent without resizing.Original (Off) Images are sent in the pixels size they were originally recorded. EXILIM Connect supports the “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)” operations listed below.
• Configuring the self-timer for snapshot shooting
The Remote Capture self-timer countdown time is 10 seconds (fixed).
• Configuring the LED light on/off setting for shooting
The Auto setting cannot be selected.
• Checking the shooting range
• Changing the zoom factor
• Switching between snapshot and movie shooting
• Sending a snapshot that was just recorded to a smartphone. Sending movies is not supported.
IMPORTANT!
• Auto Power Off is disabled while a “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)” operation is in progress.
Take care to make sure the battery is sufficiently charged.
• Though the camera's monitor screen will go blank a short while after you start a “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)” operation, the “Remote Capture (Shoot with phone)” operation continues.
• Note that the LED flash operation for the Self-time countdown operation cannot be disabled.
• Simultaneous Remote Capture with the same camera by multiple smartphones is not supported.
• Simultaneous Remote Capture with multiple cameras operated by the same smartphone is not supported.