What You’ll Need to Connect Your Camera

You can remotely control all sorts of cameras, from point and shoots to DSLRs. As previously mentioned, some come with the feature built into the hardware and have corresponding apps. That said, you don’t need this functionality to participate in all the stuff we’ll accomplish in this post. Just make sure you’ve got what’s on this list: A Wi-Fi connected camera (with a corresponding app for your smartphone), an Eye-Fi card and the Eye-Fi mobile app, or a camera you can connect over USB with a tethering app on your smartphone. A smartphone running Android or iOS. (While some options exist for other platforms, you don’t have much to choose from so we’re sticking with the big two here.) A general knowledge of how cameras work. As we’ll discuss in later sections, you’ll need to know some basic terminology like aperture, shutter speed, focal length, and a few others. If you need to brush up on your basic photography skills, read this first. While you can use USB for tethering purposes, this guide will mostly concentrate on your wireless options. If you want more in-depth information on how to connect to your camera with a cable, read this guide first.