R6 M2: Amazing to transfer photos using SFTP

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.

Yes -

1. for as you mentioned eliminates the need for the phone and also reduces a middleman (the smart phone).
2. The phone will need data plan when outdoors or connect to a public Wifi. Which, as we all know is not very safe, especially for a smart phone. In this case, the camera has hardly anything and you're using SFTP anyways to transfer.
3. I have transferred the same CR3 file - using iPhone to my NAS drive and from camera. Maybe its just me but raw unedited file sent from camera looked better.
4. If you change phone - rinse and repeat.
5. If you don't have your phone with you - you have a problem.
6. During the time transfer occurs, the phone is connected to the camera's wifi which means no internet @ iPhone.
7. The best part I found out : you can have multiple profiles defined in the camera. What I mean is -> I also have a cloud service. So created that too. After I've uploaded to NAS, I uploaded to the cloud service. So have a backup too.
8. The camera intelligently transfers only those you haven't transferred yet. And it does it by profile.
9. This releases the need for the 2 SD cards with 1 being backup.
10. As there are literally these days tons for Wifi access points - its all good.
11. Even tethering via the phone is possible.
12. On the phone's app I see an option for FTP too but it happens to be a subscription plan. The same is achieved using the camera -> for free!