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<blockquote data-quote="wornish" data-source="post: 420389" data-attributes="member: 15434">I am not aware of a cheap solution to this on any platform.You can use a long USB cable up to about 12 ft (4 Mtr) and that works fine between your camera and a laptop running some control software.NIkon Camera Control Pro works great and displays the images instantly.&nbsp; Warning make sure your camera model is supported before buying the software.If you use longer USB cables you start to get drop outs.Apparently you can get special powered USB tether cables up to about 25 ft.&nbsp; I haven't tried this but maybe someone reading this has.The next step starts to get expensiveCamRanger certainly works and will give you exactly what you want but its £363 on eBay in the uk so not cheap.&nbsp; It does work with an iPad apparently but not tried it.A two computer solution does work :-I have used my wifes MAC laptop running nikon camera control pro connected via a short USB cable to the camera then used my own iMac to remotely control the laptop via WiFi and download the pictures to my iMac.&nbsp; It works great up to the limit of the WiFi range which is approx 30ft (10Mtr)But you can't use an iPad to do this.Apparently a future release of IOS for the iPad will be able to do direct image downloads but don't hold your breath.&nbsp; Be interesting to see what the new MAC photo app will offer.Hope this helps</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wornish, post: 420389, member: 15434"] I am not aware of a cheap solution to this on any platform. You can use a long USB cable up to about 12 ft (4 Mtr) and that works fine between your camera and a laptop running some control software. NIkon Camera Control Pro works great and displays the images instantly. [B]Warning[/B] make sure your camera model is supported before buying the software. If you use longer USB cables you start to get drop outs. Apparently you can get special powered USB tether cables up to about 25 ft. I haven't tried this but maybe someone reading this has. The next step starts to get expensive CamRanger certainly works and will give you exactly what you want but its £363 on eBay in the uk so not cheap. It does work with an iPad apparently but not tried it. A two computer solution does work :- I have used my wifes MAC laptop running nikon camera control pro connected via a short USB cable to the camera then used my own iMac to remotely control the laptop via WiFi and download the pictures to my iMac. It works great up to the limit of the WiFi range which is approx 30ft (10Mtr) But you can't use an iPad to do this. Apparently a future release of IOS for the iPad will be able to do direct image downloads but don't hold your breath. Be interesting to see what the new MAC photo app will offer. Hope this helps [/QUOTE]

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