Longtime DPReview community member and forum moderator Horshack has created a free desktop application designed to help Nikon users wirelessly transfer files from their cameras to their computers - something not provided by any Nikon program. Compatible with OS X, Windows and Linux, Airnef is an open-source utility that works with Nikon's external Wi-Fi adapters and cameras with Wi-Fi built in. The program can be used with Canon cameras as well, but the app is designed with Nikon shooters in mind.
The demo video above shows Airnef in action, as well as the options it provides for the handling of files selected for transfer. Images can be selected for transfer in-camera the same way you'd proceed if you were sending images to a smartphone. Once the camera's Wi-Fi network has been activated and the computer connected to it, Airnef will handle the download process.
Airnef can recognize and automatically skip any images that have been previously transferred, and users can choose to download files based on file type, date captured, by specific folder or from a particular media card slot.
Good program, just not works for me. Nikon Coolpix P900. Says "Connection established to 192.168.1.1:15740 Camera Command Failed: MTP_OP_OpenSession, Error: MTP_RESP_InvalidParameter" It is possible to debug?
Well, here's a good reason Nikon falls further and further behind. They don't want pros to use WIFI for some irrational reason. Sure, pay them massive amounts of money for an old technology (Their WIFI is woefully outdated.) And ignore the competition.
Canon at least has put gigabit ethernet (with a full-sized plug no less) in the D1X years ago. That's what I'm using at work now.
I've sold off almost all of my Nikons because it's become clear they have no interest in being contemporary and they have no desire to make the best cameras they can. My work cameras are Canon, and my personal cameras instead of Nikon are now Olympus. Try to compete with the size, weight and capabilities of the OMD E-M5 Mark II. The only thing Nikon has going for it are Sony sensors. And Olympus is about to get a 20 mp sensor in their next pro camera. And I'm going to be all over it, with the equivalent of 14mm-300mm 2.8 in three lenses and one quarter the weight.
Well done. Works great with my iMac and a D750. I need to set up the D750 to connect to a secure Time Machine (router/backup) but otherwise no problems. Thank you.
My computer keeps blocking the site for malware and malicious attacks. I hope this is resolved. Sound like the software is the answer to a problem we all wish Nikon would have addressed long ago.
I've checked every security package and the only one I've found that flags my site is bitdefender. I've submitted a false-positive support ticket to them and received an auto-responder message saying the site will be removed from their blacklist within 72 hours once they confirm it's a false-positive. I'm guessing my site is being flagged because of the unsigned downloadable executables it contains (Airnef included).
Here's a site that aggregates URL-based checks from the various security providers:
"WS.Reputation.1 is a detection for files that have a low reputation score based on analyzing data from Symantec’s community of users and therefore are likely to be security risks. Detections of this type are based on Symantec’s reputation-based security technology. Because this detection is based on a reputation score, it does not represent a specific class of threat like adware or spyware, but instead applies to all threat categories."
I saw the same thing when I first released rawshack, my raw file analysis utility. I resolved it then by submitting the executable to Norton for inclusion on their whitelist. Looks like I'll have to do the same for Airnef.
It's a shame I'm spending my entire morning submitting tickets to security vendors. Would rather be spending my time working on new features for Airnef :(
"It's a shame I'm spending my entire morning submitting tickets to security vendors. Would rather be spending my time working on new features for Airnef :( " While I feel your pain, I am happy that there are vetting procedures like this, making the internet a little bit less like a completely anarchistic free-for-all.
Update: Bitdefender appears to have processed my false-positive support ticket - it's no longer flagging my site. The only security firm still flagging is Webroot's Brightcloud - I submitted a support ticket to them earlier this morning.
Wow, this is amazing news. Many thanks to the developer! It is also a mystery to me why Nikon have never released a program for anything other than mobile devices.
Once the auto download of new files function is enabled I'll set it up so that files are downloaded as soon as the camera is within range of my computer at home. Then put the kettle on, make a cup of tea and voila!, the first of the day's images are on my system ready to be edited :) I'd imagine Thom Hogan will be pleased by this possibility too.
I see from the notes on the developer's website that it took reverse engineering to make this work. Come on Nikon, either release an SDK or develop the app yourself. Users require this sort of usability - all you will do with time with this sort of closed attitude is drive people to Canon, Fuji or Sony...
Thanks for the app!! Works with my D5300 and Windows 7 x64.
Would it be possible to add an option to auto-download every time a new file is captured on the camera's card (instead of pressing the big "Start Download" button)?
It works with my J4. I didn't have a J5 on hand to test before release unfortunately. Can you set the logging level to 'Debug' in Airnef and then send me the resulting output by copying the transfer report to the clipboard and pasting that into an email? You can send it to airnef@hotmail.com. Please write airnef-support in the subject line. Thanks!
What?! Nikon put the Wi-Fi hardware and put a PTP/IP responder (the transfer firmware) in the cameras in the first place, then shipped a free software development kit letting any developer take advantage of those transfer features without having to deal with the low-level details. I fail to see what Nikon has to "learn" from this, except that their vision found one application. That said, 2MB/s is not a practical speed, it's about 100x slower than a fast UHS-II memory card on a fast USB 3 reader.
I scan the site every day and have never had a malware problem. Some antivirus software apps will automatically flag unsigned apps if you received the warning when trying to download one of the executables. Here's a link anyone can use to scan the site:
Nikon releasing the SDK paying off here. It's impressive work.
Yet...
All that navigation on the camera, selecting the images. That looked so painful. Click click, click. Select. Click, click click.... For the ten minutes that all took, I could have popped out the SD card, plugged it into my PC, downloaded several GB worth of files, put the card back into the camera, and still have had time to drink a coffee, finish my cookie, and write this post!
Selecting images in the camera is only one of the methods for transferring images. If you choose the 'Select on Computer' method you can download every image and video off the camera with a single mouse click.
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