Moving pictures wirelessly with Rebel T6 cameras. What a joke.

[ardi]

I think the Canon pre-sale product literature on the wireless NFC feature is borderline fraud.

Who would think that you could not move a picture to anything except a smart phone? Mainly I want to move a picture to a desktop computer to do some real editing on a large display. What a disappointment this was.

This is my first Rebel, and my second complaint is that they seem to add features without any consideration for the user interface. Yes, adding features is nice, but not if you can't find them in the ridiculous menu dropdowns. And who would expect that if you have the NFC turned on the usb cable connection doesn't work? You have to discover that by trial and error. Seriously, they should stop the Rebel upgrades each year and focus on a real overhaul of the whole user experience.

I'm looking at the Sony mirrorless for my next DSLR. Easier to handle and I'll bet easier to use.

[Waddizzle]

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@RobertTheFat wrote:

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@ardi wrote:

I think the Canon pre-sale product literature on the wireless NFC feature is borderline fraud.

Who would think that you could not move a picture to anything except a smart phone? Mainly I want to move a picture to a desktop computer to do some real editing on a large display. What a disappointment this was. ...

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Is there even such a thing as an NFC-equipped desktop computer?

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No, there is not any that I am aware of.

The wireless file transfers in the T6 are geared towards sharing on social media, just like a smart phone would.  This design intent results in the cameras not transfierring RAW files wirelessly.  If you shoot RAW, which is recommended for most shooting scenarios, then you will want to transfer via a USB cable, or removing the memory card and using a card reader.