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   Switch on the Camera Control API (one time)

   ComputerCanon developer siteCCAPI Activation Tool

   Canon ships CCAPI switched off on most cameras. You turn it on once per camera and it stays on.

   Make a free account on Canon's developer community (developercommunity.usa.canon.com for the Americas, developers.canon-europe.com elsewhere). Download the CCAPI Activation Tool. Connect the camera to the computer by USB, turn it on, run the tool.

   Afterwards a new Camera Control API item appears in the camera's wireless menu, next to Connect to smartphone.

   Bodies reported to ship with CCAPI already on, no tool needed: EOS R1, R5 Mark II, R6 Mark III, R6 V, R50 V. That list comes from a third party, not Canon. The EOS 250D / SL3, R50, R8, R10, R7, R6 II, R5, R6, R3, RP, 90D, T8i and M-series bodies need the tool.

   Tip. Canon does not publish a picture of this screen. If your menu already shows Camera Control API, skip this step.

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   Open the wireless menu

   MENUCommunication tab (R bodies)

   On EOS R bodies the wireless items live under the Communication tab (the wave icon). On the 250D / SL3 and other Rebels, look in the Wireless tab, then Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connection.

   Pick Camera Control API if you activated it. The next screens are the same ones Canon shows for Connect to smartphone, so the pictures here match.

3. 

   

   Choose hotspot or home Wi-Fi

   Add a device to connect toSelect a network

   Choose Add a device to connect to. On an R body go through Advanced connection if the camera wants to pair over Bluetooth instead; FilmDeck does not use Bluetooth or the Camera Connect app.

   The Select a network screen is the fork in the road. Camera access point mode is the hotspot. A router name in the list, or Connect with WPS, joins your home Wi-Fi.

   On the 250D / SL3 the camera goes straight to the hotspot. Press Switch network on the waiting screen to see the list instead.

4. 

   

   Join the camera from your iPhone

   Camera access point modeEasy connectionWaiting to connect

   The camera shows an SSID (it ends in _Canon0A or similar) and a Password. On the iPhone open Settings, then Wi-Fi, and pick that name. Type the password.

   If you chose home Wi-Fi instead, make sure the iPhone is on the same router. Nothing else to do on the phone.

   Tip. If the iPhone refuses the network, set Wi-Fi settings › Security to WPA2 on the camera and try again.

5. 

   Type the camera's address into FilmDeck

   Camera screenIP addressFilmDeck

   Once the phone is connected, the camera shows an address and a port. In hotspot mode it is usually http://192.168.1.8:8080, which is what FilmDeck suggests. On home Wi-Fi it is whatever your router handed out, for example http://192.168.0.23:8080.

   Enter it in FilmDeck and tap connect. The camera screen changes to a connected view with Disconnect,exit. From now on the camera reconnects to this phone with one tap on Camera Control API.

6. 

   Or use a USB cable

   Set-up tabChoose USB connection appPhoto Import/Remote Control

   Plug a USB-C to USB-C cable (or USB-C to micro-USB on the 250D / SL3) from the camera into the iPhone. Turn the camera on. Allow access when iOS asks.

   EOS R bodies have a Choose USB connection app item in the Set-up tab. Pick Photo Import/Remote Control. Not Canon app(s) for iPhone, which is for Canon's own software. The 250D / SL3 and other Rebels have no such menu; the cable is enough.

   Wi-Fi is unavailable while the cable is connected. Unplug to go back to the hotspot.

Good to know

• Auto power off is disabled while Wi-Fi is up, so the battery drains faster. Switch Wi-Fi off when you are done.
• Opening the card or battery door drops the Wi-Fi link. The camera will not start Wi-Fi without a memory card.
• CCAPI is Wi-Fi only on the 250D / SL3 and most R bodies. Only the 1D X Mark III, R3, R1 and R5 Mark II also take wired LAN.