topic Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

benbotto — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:28:12 GMT

Hi, I am attempting to conect my dslr EOS 1300d to my laptop. I have pluged the camera into the comp., gone into EOS utility, clicked on utility launcher, the conect box comes up, I then click on pairing and when the next box comes up, with camera model, mac, IP address, the conect botton is greyed out. Can any one advise please?

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

kvbarkley — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:26:28 GMT

Are you making a USB connection or a WIFI connection? You don't need to "pair" with a usb connected camera.

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

benbotto — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:25:33 GMT

Hi KV Barkley, I am gtrying to connect my camera with a usb cable, with not much success, any info you may have as to how to do this would be greatly appreciated. The camera is conected to my windows 10 64b laptop. Should I disable the wi fi? I do have all the Canon software installed and my ultimate aim is to use the camera as a web cam. As you may have guessed by now I am very new to all this thech. Any information will be much appreciated.

KInd regards

Trev B

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

kvbarkley — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:09:28 GMT

Turn off Wifi on the camera.

A Canon DSLR does not make a good web cam. You cannot stream video from it.

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

benbotto — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:47:25 GMT

Hi, KVBarkley, I do not intend streaming, from the camerea, I just want to use it as a webcam for recording through OBS. If you think this is not a good idea, I would be pleased to receive your thoughts on the matter. Thank you once again nfor your input.

Kind regards

Trev B

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

kvbarkley — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:53:06 GMT

What is OBS?

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

benbotto — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:22:55 GMT

OBS is Open Broadcast Service. Which is a streaming and recording app., which is a fantastic program for recording, giving access to several video capture devices, screen captures, images etc: all in the same video. The only reason I want to use my camera is; I am informed, that it records in HD, which hopefully will give a better result than a bog standard webcam. I have studied several tutorial video's on UTube, showing canon items used but none showing the EOS 1300D. Even if I can't use it as a webcam I would still like to know how to connect it to my computer.

Kind regards

Trev B

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

kvbarkley — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:30:23 GMT

Are you sure you are using a standard USB cable and not a charging cable?

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

kvbarkley — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:36:31 GMT

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

benbotto — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:15:33 GMT

Hi KV, I am still having problems, I am using the usb cable that was provided with the camera, I have attempted to follow the instructions you kindly sent me but I didn't get off first base. The computer is not recognising the camera. it is not showing either in devices or printers or devices in the settings menu. I have tried the cable in all of my USB ports all to no avail. Could the camera be faulty or could it be something to do with my computer?

Kind regards

Trev B

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

kvbarkley — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:29:15 GMT

If you turned WiFi off in the camera, then I don't know. You either need to try another camera or another computer. USB cables can go bad, so I would try another one.

All my cameras work on all my computers, though I don't use EOS Utility.

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

axepilot — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:15:43 GMT

I encountered this same problem the first day I got my T6. The problem was the WiFi - I had to turn it off. It linked right up after I turned the WiFi off.

Not clear from the posts here if you tried this.

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

benbotto — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:13:07 GMT

Thank's Kv, I will try another cable.

Kind regards

Trev B

Re: Pairing a canon EOS 1300D to a laptop computer

benbotto — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:18:39 GMT

Hi, Axepilot, I have tried so many things with this problem and I am reasonably sure I have tried what you are suggesting, However: I will check and see if the wi fi is on or off. Thank you for your input.

Kind regards

Trev B.