R6 M2: Amazing to transfer photos using SFTP

bmninada wrote:

I wanted to share my experience recently.

Menu - Communications (Lightning icon)

tab1 - wifi : enabled.

tab 2 - transfer images to FTP server - add device to connect to - configure offline

Selecting SFTP (radio button) presents option to add address (Address setting)

What I did was to have a dynamic DNS linked to my home ISP's actual IP address and then got a DNS name (dynu.com / dns-o-matic, etc.)

I also created a user ID in the system *desktop* and made sure it defaults to a single folder only in my system. [Read MacOS/Windows/Linux guides].

If there's a home router - then probably port forwarding required from WAN 22 port to that computer's 22 port also.

Back to my camera - after putting the address (port default to 22 is good) asked for user name and the password.

The password can NOT have ANY special characters! That's a caveat from Canon, not SFTP or computer.

After saving all that - if you go back into the menu default you'll see that DNS name and clicking on it camera auto populates a list of SSIDs available in that location. If selected and accessible then boom - connection is made and

one can transfer photos from anywhere in the world!!

Note: In my case I have a Synology NAS drive so I was able to avoid all the desktop IDs/folders, etc.

Note: if someone uses a cloud service, ask them if they support SFTP uploads. Then configure that URL instead. Avoids all the added stuff of having to create a local ID. I strongly recommend avoiding FTP. Another alternative is FTPS but if using that option: there's an additional step. You'll need to get a certificate, load it into the SD card and then apply that. I have never used FTPS so don't know.

That sounds really helpful. We often transfer to a phone, then the phone syncs then we have it on the system. A bit in efficient and more time consuming.

Your method must be quicker.