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T7I and Camera Connect - Can't get it to work

Started Dec 22, 2020 | Discussions thread
Len Philpot
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Re: T7I and Camera Connect - Can't get it to work

I tried more than once to use Camera Connect with my T8i, but never got it to work in a satisfactory manner. I was hoping I could simply connect via Bluetooth and use it to geotag my images. Nothing more needed, but from what I recall that's not possible. The way I read it (and saw it), I had to manually connect my phone to the camera via WiFi (or was it vice-versa?) every time I powered up the camera in order for anything to work. I also, on and off, ran into pairing issues with the camera.

Maybe someone else's memory is better than mine -- Once paired, can CC connect automatically to a T8i via Bluetooth only and be configured to geotag images on the camera when shot (without having to download them to the phone)?

In other words, I'd like to overcome the T8i's deficiency of not having a GPSR onboard... possible?

Thanks.

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