Canon Camera Connect App connect with both iPhone and iPad

[stsong]

Is it possible to use the Canon Camera Connect App with both iPhone and iPad. I have it setup with my iPhone but haven't been able to use the same connection or establish a new connecton with iPad.

Any one else had this issue? Thanks in advance.

[RobertTheFat]

In each case, which device is the access point and which the client? Phones are usually more willing to serve as access points than computers are.

[stsong]

I would like to view photos on iPad, merely due to bigger screen and can view more details of photo taken by my SL2.

I haven't figured out a way to establish a connection with iPad. The existing iPhone connection does not work on iPad.

[acc]

Of course you can use Camera Connect with an iPad - or at least mine, a mini 4. I've been doing it for about 3 years now. Just requires a separate software configuration on your camera. Your iPhone connection is probably called Set1. Just add Set2. Not easy,  but nothing is easy with the Camera Connect app. But I did it, with a lot of persistence.

Or just go to Best Buy or an Apple store and buy a "Lightning Apple iPhone iPad card reader." Simple to use, and flawless. I got mine for about $30 at an Apple store. Best Buy sales them too. Or get a generic one for half the price on eBay (don't know if they are any good, though).

[Waddizzle]

Well, that is your answer. You cannot connect directly to the iPad. Both must connect to the same hotspot, like your phone.

[stsong]

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@Waddizzle wrote:
Well, that is your answer. You cannot connect directly to the iPad. Both must connect to the same hotspot, like your phone.

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I understand that, but it wouldn't establish a connection between iPad and camera. I am wondering if this is a limitation that only one ios device can connect to one camera.

[acc]

Incorrect. I have been connecting my 80d with my iPhone and my iPad for  years, and my iPad isn't connected to anything - no hot spot, no iPhone, nothing. The interface is between the iPad and the camera. Nothing else is involved. But it isn't easy. Better to just go buy one of these.

[Waddizzle]

I think you have misunderstood me, and Robert too. The limitation is the iPad, not the camera.

You do not seem to understand clients and access points. I wrote that both camera and iPad need to connect to the same wireless access point, not to each other.

[stsong · Accepted solution]

I finally got Easy Connect Guide to create a connection between iPad and camera.

Thanks for all who had replied.

[Wimbrooklyn]

That appears to be the case with latest version of Camera Connect. I used to be able to connect with my iPhone or iPad individually but now I have to reset the Wfi settings in the camera and start fresh if I wish to alternate devices. Not a step forward.