topic How to connect a 5D III (hardwired) to a iPad 4 Retina? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

How to connect a 5D III (hardwired) to a iPad 4 Retina?

mkg — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 23:55:11 GMT

I am trying to connect my Canon 5D III to my iPad 4 Retina so I can review photos as I shoot. I want a wired connection. I have the correct cables. One end is connected to my camera, the other is connected to my iPad. This is as far as I got. The camera will not fire. I'm looking for a detailed description of what I need to do. Help. Bob

Re: How to connect a 5D III (hardwired) to a iPad 4 Retina?

ebiggs1 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:42:51 GMT

So far this is not a really good way to view your photos. A Macbook or laptop is way better. But it can be done. There is/are apps availble for iPad and andriod. There are camera controlers too. You just need to find them and buy one. They are not free.

Re: How to connect a 5D III (hardwired) to a iPad 4 Retina?

mkg — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:24:10 GMT

I have it working, but my canon 5D III keeps switching to BUSY. So, I turn the camera off and then on. I can take a few pictures, then it goes BUSY again. REGARLESS OF HOW LONG I WAIT IT WILL NOT WORK UNTIL I TURN IT OFF THEN ON.

Re: How to connect a 5D III (hardwired) to a iPad 4 Retina?

RobertTheFat — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:48:07 GMT

@mkg wrote:
I have it working, but my canon 5D III keeps switching to BUSY. So, I turn the camera off and then on. I can take a few pictures, then it goes BUSY again. REGARLESS OF HOW LONG I WAIT IT WILL NOT WORK UNTIL I TURN IT OFF THEN ON.

Sounds like the problem is on the computer's side. Evidently it's not reliably informing the camera that it has completed its downloads. How do I know it's not the camera's fault? I don't, but in cases like this, the smarter device (here, the computer) has more opportunity to get it wrong. Presumably you didn't program the camera to talk to the computer; you programmed the computer to talk to the camera. When you power cycle the camera, it of course forgets that it was waiting for a transmission to complete.

Re: How to connect a 5D III (hardwired) to a iPad 4 Retina?

ebiggs1 — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:06:30 GMT

"So far this is not a really good way to view your photos."

It is a sloppy technology right now. Go to a laptop.

Re: How to connect a 5D III (hardwired) to a iPad 4 Retina?

Skirball — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:23:31 GMT

The best way is with a CamRanger. It's reliable, doesn't require any 'hacking', and is wireless to boot. But it requires additional hardware and isn't cheap.

I know they got DSLR controller to work with iPad if you jailbreak it, but I don't know if they've updated it for the iPad 4 yet. Or if "they" have even jailbroken the 4 yet.

I didn't think you could do it hardwired, via OTG cable, without jailbreaking it. Has that changed? I don't follow Apple too closely, and this is actually why. If you're willing to jailbreak it I have no doubt it'll work. I'm sure there are forums out there that would have far more information on this than here. I use XDA forum for Android, but I don't believe they do iPad.