Saturday, December 15, 2012

Hack a Nikon Wi-Fi Dongle to Work with a Wider Range of Cameras

Hack a Nikon Wi-Fi Dongle to Work with a Wider Range of CamerasHack a Nikon Wi-Fi Dongle to Work with a Wider Range of Cameras The Nikon WU-1a and WU-1b are dongles for D3200 and D600 cameras respectively and allow a smartphone app to see the current viewfinder image, snap photos, and share them wirelessly. If you have a different Nikon DSLR you'll need the WT-4 Wireless Transmitter ($1000) or a WT-5A Wireless Transmitter ($877) for the same functionality.

Hardware hacker Joe Fitz figured out a way to make the inexpensive consumer-level WU-1a work with his D800 camera without having to pay for the WT-series wireless transmitters. He accomplished this by hacking the dongle to receive power from the camera using a micro-USB cord instead of a port in the camera itself. See the source link below and the Nikonhacker wiki for full technical details. You won't get the increased range of the WT-series but at less than one-tenth the price that is probably okay for most users.

Hacking the Nikon WU-1A | Joe Fitz via Hack-A-Day

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/wo9L3EKjkpg/hack-a-nikon-wi+fi-dongle-to-work-with-a-wider-range-of-cameras

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