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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 780729" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>I only installed SnapBridge after I bought my Z5 recently. It apparently works by wifi or by Bluetooth to connect to the phone. It can also upload or view photos to Nikon Image Space but that will either work by wifi (if connected at the time) or by cellular data plan. My D750 does not do Snapbridge, the older Nikon WMU app is used instead. That can LiveView the camera remotely and be used as a remote control, and transfer JPG files to the phone for use by other apps. SnapBridge is more an evolution apparently where it does all that and also some more. I just have not gotten around to using it other than a verification test.</p><p></p><p>I have a suite of camera related phone apps. Nikon Image Space, WMU, now SnapBridge, the now discontinued Nikon Manual Viewer app also (disappointed about losing this one on future phones). Even my astro-photography go-to tracking telescope mount is controlled by wifi and an app on a phone or tablet.</p><p></p><p>So install and play with it. It means disconnecting from home wifi and connecting to directly to camera wifi in order to do that, which is a manual step that slows down the whole experience. Why I don't use the connected features of my D750 and Z5 much except for specific things.</p><p></p><p>On a side note, I highly recommend installing a PDF reader and saving the camera manual PDF files to your phone. Being able to look up a function in the manual quick when away from home just is so worth it. The table of contents are hotlinked so you just have to touch the entry to be taken to the right page. This was a more automated process in the past using Manual Viewer, but yeah Nikon had to kill support for their best app to have.</p><p></p><p>And another side note, I can tell you resist having to be a cellphone user. You can have full unlimited voice and texting with a very generous 5GB/month data for $20/month. The data amount is generous because you can join your phone to home and work wifi and not be using data when at those locations. Look at Tracfone or Consumer Cellular for details. I have been on Tracfone prepaid for 12 years, and I just buy a $20 service plan card once each 3 months and I get more minutes and texts than I use in that time. My employer provides me another cellphone for work use and that is on a Tracfone monthly plan where it charges $20/month to a CC for that unlimited voice/text +5GB data. I never run out of data, and I basically work from a car most of a day and am constantly sending and receiving emails and looking up stuff online. That includes scanning paper service reports after each repair job I do and emailing to dispatch. Pretty reasonable IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 780729, member: 48483"] I only installed SnapBridge after I bought my Z5 recently. It apparently works by wifi or by Bluetooth to connect to the phone. It can also upload or view photos to Nikon Image Space but that will either work by wifi (if connected at the time) or by cellular data plan. My D750 does not do Snapbridge, the older Nikon WMU app is used instead. That can LiveView the camera remotely and be used as a remote control, and transfer JPG files to the phone for use by other apps. SnapBridge is more an evolution apparently where it does all that and also some more. I just have not gotten around to using it other than a verification test. I have a suite of camera related phone apps. Nikon Image Space, WMU, now SnapBridge, the now discontinued Nikon Manual Viewer app also (disappointed about losing this one on future phones). Even my astro-photography go-to tracking telescope mount is controlled by wifi and an app on a phone or tablet. So install and play with it. It means disconnecting from home wifi and connecting to directly to camera wifi in order to do that, which is a manual step that slows down the whole experience. Why I don't use the connected features of my D750 and Z5 much except for specific things. On a side note, I highly recommend installing a PDF reader and saving the camera manual PDF files to your phone. Being able to look up a function in the manual quick when away from home just is so worth it. The table of contents are hotlinked so you just have to touch the entry to be taken to the right page. This was a more automated process in the past using Manual Viewer, but yeah Nikon had to kill support for their best app to have. And another side note, I can tell you resist having to be a cellphone user. You can have full unlimited voice and texting with a very generous 5GB/month data for $20/month. The data amount is generous because you can join your phone to home and work wifi and not be using data when at those locations. Look at Tracfone or Consumer Cellular for details. I have been on Tracfone prepaid for 12 years, and I just buy a $20 service plan card once each 3 months and I get more minutes and texts than I use in that time. My employer provides me another cellphone for work use and that is on a Tracfone monthly plan where it charges $20/month to a CC for that unlimited voice/text +5GB data. I never run out of data, and I basically work from a car most of a day and am constantly sending and receiving emails and looking up stuff online. That includes scanning paper service reports after each repair job I do and emailing to dispatch. Pretty reasonable IMO. [/QUOTE]
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