Nikon WT-5A Wireless Transmitter

Expensive, but it works. I use this with the iPad and a program called shutter snitch. Awesome combination, if you do a search there is an tutorial that will have you setup in 5 minutes guaranteed....

after testing the waters at camranger, which, by the way, I returned for an unbearably unscientific look, inconvenient 'parking' on the DSLR and of course, an outrageously mismatched price; plus, this juggling with the extra battery chargers, wires and USB cables that was all but driving me insane i decided to threw it back to its maker. I ended up taking a chance on nikon WT-5 and I have lot to share.if my D4 wasn't the kind of elite looking, ginormously priced gadget I would have lived with, and probably thru all the other uglinesses of the camranger.So, my brand new Nikon WT-5 finally arrived in a big-smile box after Paying $553, without shipping, handling or taxes. setup could have been a breeze if only I had honored the user manual. I messed up initially because I ignored the fact that this darn ugly looking thing called PC (with an installed 'wireless transmitter utility, whatever that means) was an essential part of the setup. anyway, I learned the lesson hard way, and sooner or later got the device on air.All the rest of the story I have tried to compress in the form of pros and cons. I wont promise but i will try to add more points as they are revealed to me.at the end of this review I will answer the million dollar question, whether it was wise to trade camranger for this sleek looking pricy utility?so here goes:Pros:1. extremely sleek. kind of a 'made for each other' deal when mounted on the Nikon D4. it just cannot get ANY better than this.2. exceptional ergonomics. it does not noticeably increase the size of your DSLR so your camera will pretty much fit in wherever it would before to this small accessory3. ability to form its own wifi hotspot eliminates the need for any other wifi router and allows you to go wireless literally anywhere in the universe.4. no headaches of charging any extra batteries other than your camera battery, no extra chargers to get entangled with and no extra USB cables or wires to worry about.5. No dependence on iOS apps. the camera can be controlled through any regular web browser. this is very important when considering buying the similar devices without any prior track record (such as camranger) that only work when iOS apps is alive. so if the manufacturer goes out of business there will be no one to maintain those apps. so your entire investment could go in drain.Cons:1. pricy. I would have be happier paying $350 as opposed to $553 for this barely visible accessory.2. some extra drain on the battery. but I prefer to charge one battery as opposed to 2 if it had its own. so no big deal3. there is a definite lag in image transmission when live view is on. so this piece of device is ABSOLUTELY NOT suited for fast moving or rather moving objects. but I think this problem may be universal with all of its other competitors.4. lack of a reasonably priced and efficient iOS app that could be used to control the camera from ipad. i wish there was one. the browser option could have been a good backup to count on if everything else crashed5. it cannot be used with ANY other camera in the world. period. not even another nikon model, not to mention of other brands, which is not the case with camrangerand now the answer to that million dollar question, whether or not trading camranger for Nikon WT-5 was a wise idea. Well, I would say that the answer is not very straight forward. it will completely depend on your individual situation. for instance, if u had a canon and/ or more than just the nikon d4 then the answer would be No. however, for someone like me who only has D4 to worry about, and someone who pays great attention to the appearance, battery hassles, dependence on iOS apps and has a hope that very soon a nikon or any other third part app will pop up in the Tunes and dramatically boost its utility, I would say that WT-5 is a better choice.

Nikon should consider to make this WT to be compatible with every NIKON D-SLR cameras. Otherwise, they will be the biggest looser in this digital era in long-term.

is to expensive for this speed, maybe needs more tecnology or other thing. I can't use by my wifi network only point to point with my mac

Nikon should have included wireless in the $6,000 camera this was designed for. Also comes with no protective case--unbelievable--and makes it impossible to use an L-bracket for vertical shooting. Despite being a bit bulky, it does nonetheless work with and iPad thru a Shuttersnitch app. up to 18 yards away on location.

I'm thrilled with this wireless link. It is small and unobtrusive. I have used it with an iPad and an iPhone for remote camera control. It's by far the best remote you can use, since you can preview the image on-screen. I have also used it to download photos to my computer. It's not as fast as a hard-wired connection or card reader, but is still quite good. It's also a great way to review your shooting work in the field on a larger screen. I find it difficult to critically judge a photo on the 3" screen on the D4, but I can look at the photos on my iPad to get immediate feedback if I need to make adjustments. I've also used it to preview photos for shooting subjects when doing portrait work. Again - the real time feedback allows you to make technical adjustments, and your subject can adjust their actions also.The web-based interface is pretty good. It's not perfect, but is reasonably logical.I've set it up with two profiles - one using my general network and router, and another for a field ad-hoc profile that is perfect for remote control applications. I found the setup to be fairly straightforward, but I am a techno-weenie and used to setting up networks. If you're not used to doing this, the manual is ok but not great. A "simple setup" guide would be good.This is small enough that I tend to leave it on the camera almost all of the time.A few improvements:(1) I wish it had a small hardware on/off switch. I try to turn it off from the menus when not using it, but often forget. Luckily the D4 battery is pretty tolerant of the relatively low power draw of this device.(2) It is just ever-so-slightly too big to comfortably fit a USB cable into the adjacent socket. If I am going to plug in the camera, I need to take this off to not worry about forcing the socket.(3) The rubber socket cover flops around when I have this attached. I expect I will end up ripping it off accidentally some time.