SFTP with Canon EOS R5 Mark II

[pedz]

I've tried to set this up for the past hour or so.  I can not even get the camera's MAC address to show up on my arp -an output.  Is there a way I can configure the local network and test it out to make sure the password is correct before moving on to the FTP (or SFTP) set up?  Right now, the only thing I get is that it can not connect to the FTP server.

I have not set the root certificate but I assume that is ok.

I setup a Comm and then set up a Function and then go into Connection Settings and create a "set" using my home network and Mac server.  I noticed in the manual that only Windows is supported but that doesn't make any sense to me so I just assumed it was an error.

[p4pictures]

You could give FileZilla a try as the server on your Mac. It's free and supports all three capabilities, FTP, SFTP and FTPS. I have used it in the past on a Mac with an EOS 5D Mark IV, but not in recent times. If you havent already implemented some FTP server the camera won't connect to it. 

I am not able to help on the packet sniffing results as I don't understand much more than what packet sniffing is. 

The grips that exist to add additional network capabilities to the EOS R5 / R5 Mk2 but also add a wired gigabit port to them. This is often the preferred connection for professionals at large sports events where wireless signals are not reliable enough.

In my experience a good quality card high speed reader connected to the Mac USB4 port is still the fastest way to move large amounts of data to the computer. I have tried a few different SD UHS-II and CFexpress readers and there are some that are fast and many that are not so fast. 

[shadowsports]

Brian,

Great suggestion. I was going to recommend filezilla next. It can be configured for SFTP and FTP..  I don't know if it supports FTPS, I've never tried but I do know that you can load certificates with it as well.  

@pedz,

I would think you'd be able to see packets with Wireshark.  It sounds like you understand the process. Connect the camera to the same network as the system running the FTP server.  Point the camera to its IP address and listening port.  Supply credentials.  So that's not working, huh?.

I've never tried to ping my camera when it's connected to my wireless network. Can you try? 

One of the reasons why I've never pursued this is  I'm not a professional in the field needing to get my pictures to a publisher or editor as soon as possible.  Canon has their professional apps for that which can be used on mobile.  I also know that a wired connection is 10x faster and much more reliable.  

Brian.  I appreciate your additions. I've never used FTPS and a certificate only SFTP with a private key.  Thanks for setting me straight on the FTPS protocol.

[pedz]

Another factor in this is Canon now has the ability to set "Priority" on the card selected.  For me, this is a BIG win.  There have been three or four small "favors" that Canon has done with the Mk 2 that I really appreciate.

With the R5, when the CF card was ejected, the camera would switch to the SD card when the card door was closed and not switch back automatically when the CF card was later reinserted.  Now with "Priority" set for the CF card, the Mk 2 will switch back when the CF card is put back into the camera.  For me, removing the card and using a reader to transfer files is going to be faster and probably simpler.  If I thought I would use networking extensively then I would dig back into this more but I just don't think I will.  If I could capture packets on my router (my Wi-Fi hub), then I would analyze this to death.  That's my nature.  But I'm stymied trying to figure out how to capture all of the packets the camera may be sending.  I've never snooped Wi-Fi before.  The doc says that if the network is not "protected" (i.e. not with a password), then I can see all the packets so I'm tempted to set up my guest Wi-Fi just to see, experiment, and piddle with this.

In a past life, I was on the customer support team for networking at IBM.  The fact that I don't see any packets coming from the camera to the server with SFTP leads me to believe that there is a significant bug in the current implementation.  Also, with regards to pinging the camera.  Yes, the camera does ping.  I don't recall the specifics.  I believe it does not ping until the transfer is attempted as oppose to when the "CONNECT" is done on the camera but I was not paying careful attention.  I do remember the ping would start and then stop and then start again but I didn't really characterize it precisely.