topic Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

Astron01 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:04:04 GMT

I'm trying to find options on what I can do to upload videos from my Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Google Drive on my Android phone. This DSLR model is unable to connect to my Android phone. So I was wondering if you help me.

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:42:10 GMT

Is there an SD card reader dongle available for Android phones?

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

Astron01 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:38:48 GMT

How does the process work for the dongle?

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:54:55 GMT

Connect the reader dongle to the phone and insert the SD card into the reader.

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

shadowsports — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:42:44 GMT

Greetings,

No dongle available for this I am aware of. Some (very few) devices have a memory slot, but the added step defeats the benefit. (micro SD)

The T5 uses .mov format for video. This is not supported natively in Android so its going to require conversion, or a 3rd party app to play back these videos. At that point. you might as well bring the files onto a PC or MAC, convert them and/or upload to google drive.

VLC Player for Android is probably the safest app for playback. Its going to be a multi-step process no matter how you do it.

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:43:06 GMT

@shadowsports wrote:
Greetings,
No dongle available for this I am aware of. Some (very few) devices have a memory slot, but the added step defeats the benefit.
The T5 uses .mov format for video. This is not supported natively in Android so its going to require conversion, or a 3rd party app to play back these videos. At that point. you might as well bring the files onto a PC or MAC, convert them and/or upload to google drive.
VLC Player for Android is probably the safest app for playback. Its going to be a multi-step process no matter how you do it.

Hi Rick - I'm not an Android user, but when I searched Amazon I found a bunch of SD card readers that connect to the phones. Won't they work?

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

Astron01 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:21:48 GMT

Would there happen to a SD card reader dongle compatible for a Samsung Galaxy S22?

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

shadowsports — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:11:28 GMT

Hi John,

While I think you can use the card reader to play videos back, I do not think you can transfer them to internal storage or Google Drive. For that, a computer would likely be needed. I'm going to try it when I get back home.

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:51:13 GMT

With iOS it can be done.

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

Astron01 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:27:50 GMT

Will the VLC application help for uploading videos on my laptop and smartphone?

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

johnrmoyer — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 22:15:46 GMT

I have attached a usb card reader to my google pixel phone and it worked. It has been a while since I did this and I do not remember what sort of cable I used. Once the storage is visible on the android file manager, then any actions that can be done on the files in internal storage can also be done on the files on the external usb storage. This is so far as I can remember.

Re: Connecting Canon EOS Rebel T5 to my Android phone to upload videos

shadowsports — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:02:17 GMT

Hi Guys,

First important note. John (jrhoffman75) is correct.

@johnrmoyer also contributed.

Fully documented now. I can't speak for other devices, but these are the results on my Pixel6. I didn't have my USB-C card reader with me so I used a USB to USB-C adapter. Card was immediately detected when connected.

Card Reader / Disk connected

Folder Structure (from 6D2) even has an old .fir file

Images (I was able to open .CR2 files without issue)

Nav Pane - I moved files to Internal Storage successfully

Move to Internal Storage

Tested on Pixel 6 with stock Android 13. I didn't have any .mov files on this card. The VLC app should be able to play them back once they are on the device.