Nikon Snapbridge App How to Setup, Connect and Film Yourself on Nikon Z50/Z5/Z6/Z7

[@nerdMike]

Hello, can you do a quick video clip review on the smartphone? On lumix I can check and listen via streaming my recorded clip with audio, on other apps I have to download at least the video files, it's very slow. This app allow to check directly photo and video without any download on the smartphone? Any limitation about face detection and AF mode while using remote live view? Sony on 4k lose the face tracking for example with the app.

[@Imspir3]

Hi, unfortunately the files will have to be downloaded in order to review them as you can see at 13:31. As for limition when shooting video, I've just tried using the app and the face tracking still works at 4k as far as I can see. Hope this helps.

[@nerdMike]

@@Imspir3 thank you for your time. 👍🏻

[@livinproof718]

Phew ty fir this video ... just got a b600 and didn’t know what to do for monitoring for KZbin vlogs

[@allentay]

Nice Video Tutorial.

[@sajis79]

Your effort to explain this appreciated

[@Imspir3]

Thanks for your comment.

[@donaldklopper]

Yup, this is what I came to see... thank you! Oh and I also still love my P30 PRO for photography when I don't have my "big" camera with me. The P30 macro photos are wonderful too.

[@Imspir3]

Thanks. Agreed with the p30 pro. Handy to have the macro capability 😁

[@richardgundry2750]

Thank you, I thought this was an Excellant tutorial and very helpful.

[@Imspir3]

Thanks and glad that it helped 😊

[@CNW_FILMS]

Thanks for the great video, can you change the type of FPS in regards to video on the app?

[@godfreyd8301]

Brilliant. Thanks

[@franckyoichi849]

Yeah with Huawei phones everything is easy greetings from Peru

[@niko0156]

what is the model of the tripod it looks great

[@Imspir3]

It's the Aoka mini cf tripod. Got it from aliexpress.

[@niko0156]

@@Imspir3 how much did it cost? Can I have a link, I can't find it

[@infiniteanalogy7448]

Hello I haven’t found answers for shooting self portrait because when the camera is in vertical alignement the phone screen turns on the side so I can’t see myself unless I brake my neck on the side so it’s really frustrating ?

[@victorsokol7419]

Благодарю! Мне Ваш ролик очень помог. 👍

[@FigureManiaShow]

My goodness. I need to upgrade. I'm currently using a Nikon D7100 and the wireless device is so temperamental and I have no control over the camera in it when I see my image on my ipad. I wish they would allow this on a Macbook pro. Seeing my image on a bigger screen would be a blessing on my eyes.

[@Imspir3]

Yeah this wireless setup for the newer bodies are really awesome. Being able to see what you're shooting on bigger screen is a bliss 😁

[@joegoodman1895]

Hi, I found your Snapbridge video very useful...thanks. Have you figured out any way to assess the exposure of a photo you are about to take in manual, to know if it is about to be over or under exposed as you would looking through the camera viewfinder or live view if Snapbridge was not connected.The exp compensation setting remains at 0 even if the image is severely under or over exposed and of course the live view remains well lit even if the settings are way off. Looking forward to your (or anyone else's) response!

[@Imspir3]

Thanks however my experience is different from yours? If you refer to the section where I change the shutter speed or aperture, the screen did changed to reflect the settings?

[@sam8519]

great video

[@kaleighp7723]

Hello, great video thank you. I’m having a bit of trouble with mine, my camera will say “connected to smart device” like yours does at 3:59 but it seems to not load after that, it’s like those words are frozen on my camera and it won’t go away, and then when I look on my phone, the video showing from my camera is completely black. It says “LV off” on my phone but when I’ve tried to turn on my live view something pops up saying I can’t use the remote photography when the live view is on or when I’m in shooting mode. This is a bit hard to explain and you probably have no idea how I can fix this but I thought I’d ask anyway. If you have any idea or any tips I can try I’d really appreciate it.

[@Imspir3]

Which camera are you using? Next time I would look at is to update the snapbridge app to the latest version.

[@kaleighp7723]

@@Imspir3 Hey thanks so much for answering! My camera is the Nikon D3500, I just got the app yesterday so I’m up to date, but I am trying to update my software to IOS 14 and hopefully that will help out

[@Imspir3]

@@kaleighp7723 NP. If that doesn't work, the last thing to try would be to update the camera firmware?

[@kaleighp7723]

@@Imspir3 thanks so much, I’ll definitely try that since unfortunately the iOS update didn’t help

[@the_elder_wand3845]

I wonder about the distance limit between the cam and phone for snapbridge to work? How far?

[@Imspir3]

Approx. 10m according to nikon.

[@the_elder_wand3845]

@@Imspir3 thank you 😊

[@Rebenz]

10:53 once you start recording the video, will it show the preview on mobile of what is being recorded?

[@Imspir3]

Hi, yes it acts like a live view monitor but there is a bit of lag.

[@chrisnewfie]

Good review, but can you still use and change setting and back button focus instead of using the cell to take the pic? I would just like the sell as the view finder

[@Imspir3]

Thanks. To answer your question, unfortunately the camera is locked when you are connected through the app so you can't use any of the shutter or back focus button.

[@tamarastalter877]

So when you take the photo, the raw image stay on the camera, correct?

[@Imspir3]

Technical it stays in the memory card in the camera😊 There is also a setting to have a backup copy to your phone if you desire.

[@pimonsolak3692]

can you actually set longer shutter speed than 30 seconds using this app? so you dont have to buy a remote

[@Imspir3]

Hi, unfortunately you can't get longer than 30s. I think they have limit this for battery saving. Moreover the app is not able reconnect to the camera when it's disconnected for whatever reason. You'll have to reestablish the WiFi by activating using the buttons on the camera.

[@TheAmbassadorOfQuan]

And you have to go through all these menus EACH time you want to use snap bridge. Imagine wanting to take a photo of yourself when you're out and about.. Nikon needs to make this process simpler

[@marcussparticus8380]

I totally agree. A simple icon on the phone desk top that automatically connects to the camera. I can do it with my headphones, why not my camera.

[@Gab0000]

Is there a pair of lens to buy for smartphones to improving the selfies? I love portrait mode

[@Imspir3]

Unfortunately I don't own any because mobile phone still relies on computational processing to improve due to the physical limit. On cameras with large sensor, you can get great results with the compression you get with long focal lens and low depth of field. This is rather difficult to replicate for mobile.

[@elvincheung1798]

how to change the whitebalance manual in this app???

[@Imspir3]

Unfortunately we can't change the wb manually. There are presets in there which should cover a vast majority of the scenarios. What I normally do is use whichever is the most accurate to my eye and fine tune the photos during pp. I never shoot jpg ONLY raw so this doesn't affect me at all.

[@ISSO.and.NOT.Anders]

Morning... I'd like to use an old SE as a monitor for selfie recordings or maybe also for vlogs. That's really great. But as long as Snapbridge is active, my remote shutter release doesn't work. Is a workaround or setting known to fix this problem?

[@Imspir3]

Hi, I'm assuming you are referring to an iphone? Unfortunately I am on android so can't really help. However this sound like this is app limitation so don't think there will be a workaround. Can't you trigger the shuttle using the self timer function instead?

[@scottweaverphotovideo]

It would be great if Nikon added histogram display to the app. It is excellent for what it does.

[@Imspir3]

One can wish isn't it?

[@Nomisdor]

I dont get how I am able to focus from snapbridge. I got a nikkor z 88mm lense on and no matter where i go I am blurry.... Help me out. If I press down the shot button it doesnt focus still

[@Imspir3]

I don't have that lens but I would check that your lens is set to auto focus as well as the drive mode. As you can see from my video, all I do is tap to focus when connected to snapbridge.

[@Nomisdor]

@@Imspir3 I actually found the answer through your video afterwards, by changing the setting on the lens itself. Now it works so smooth. It is perfect :)

[@Nomisdor]

and of course it is a 85mm lens :)

[@asaliapimentel1234]

How can you see the image on smartphone? On screen it says LV OFF how do I change that

[@Imspir3]

I'm guessing here but refer to 7:30. There is a slide tab to engage that function?

[@fghj44fghj]

How to transfer video from Nikon to iPhone

[@Imspir3]

I am sorry as i don't have an iPhone.

[@redsox7897]

Can you transfer files via cable to SSD ext and how?

[@Imspir3]

I think the only way that I can think of is using the gnarbox-2-ssd but it's expensive. Other than that, you will need a laptop to do so.

[@sam8519]

how do we import raw file to lightroom using snap bridge? help us please.

[@Imspir3]

There are several steps. You need to select in the app to download raw files to your phone. Then it's just a matter of importing the files from lightroom.

[@AnarghKv]

When I use the snapbridge app to record myself the focus box is showing on my face in the app. But the video was out of focus . What could the reason be? Nikon z6

[@Imspir3]

I would make sure the focus mode to be wide area and afc, continuous focus to start.

[@AnarghKv]

@@Imspir3 that's what I used

[@Imspir3]

@@AnarghKv Did it missed focus completely? What lens are you using and is the switch on the lens set to auto focus not manual?

[@AnarghKv]

@@Imspir3 i found the problem. It was supposed to be in AF-F ,not AF-C. Thanks for replying man.

[@360VRStudios]

Tried it, dont like, not enough options.

[@roninmantis7584]

Several questions. 1) Do you need to reconnect to WiFi every time you want to use the app? 2) Does this disconnect your current WiFi connection to the internet on the phone? 3) If #2 is Yes, then does closing the app reestablish the WiFi connection to the internet?

[@Imspir3]

1) Yes if its disconnected. 2) Yes 3) No

[@the5amkebab971]

The camera shuts off the LCD screen when doing this, poor design

[@Imspir3]

I noticed the battery drains faster when using this so my guess is that they are trying to reduce the battery usage? Other than missing histogram, I don't find the lcd off being a bad thing.

[@TheAmbassadorOfQuan]

wifi drains the camaera battery a lot. If all you want is remote control BT is all you should need. Snapbridge is pretty terrible

[@wolfpaw69]

Too hard to understand